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Steamship Authority Discusses Plans for New Freight Ferry
8:22 pm, July 21, 2015Steve Myrick The Steamship Authority board discussed assigning the new freight vessel Woods Hole to the Martha’s Vineyard route, possibly keeping the freight ferry Governor in...
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Edgartown Town Column: July 24
10:56 pm, July 21, 2015Kathie Case There is only one word that describes this week’s weather and that is HOT! I personally do not like it this hot. I lived with “Nanuk of the North” for 28 years and...
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Oak Bluffs Town Column: July 24
11:15 pm, July 21, 2015Skip FinleyOak Bluffs’ legacy as a religious retreat may have started when Jeremiah Pease helped found our city in the woods in 1835 for the Methodists, but the religious...
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On Chappy: July 24
11:28 pm, July 21, 2015Peter Wells The Chappy Community Center has been the real hub of activity on Chappy for the past weeks. I drop my granddaughters off there two mornings a week for sailing. I have...
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Off Squibnocket, NOAA Ship Pursues Mission to Survey Sea Bottom
7:50 am, July 22, 2015Alex ElvinThe coastal mapping vessel Ferdinand R. Hassler is nearing the end of a two-month mission to gather data south of the Vineyard. The data will be used to update nautical...
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Chilmark Town Column: July 24
10:11 am, July 22, 2015Jane N. SlaterChilmark is facing midsummer with plenty of sunshine and warmth. The crowds seem bigger than ever and the usual breaks called changeover weekends seem not to be...
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Oak Bluffs Selectmen Sign Off on Center for Living Agreement
11:11 am, July 22, 2015Steve MyrickOak Bluffs selectmen, against the recommendation of a majority of the financial advisory committee, voted last week to become the sixth and final Island town to sign...
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter Issues Call to Put Nation's Infrastructure Back in the...
6:09 pm, July 22, 2015Alex ElvinTired of obstacles to mobility in the United States, Harvard Business School professor and seasonal Edgartown resident Rosabeth Moss Kanter decided to take matters into...
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Varian Cassat, 89
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 5:42pmVarian Cassat, formerly of Chappaquiddick and Vineyard Haven, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 21 surrounded by her family. She was 89 years old.She was the former...
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Tim Moriarty Joins Firm as Law Associate
5:46 pm, July 23, 2015Timothy Moriarty has joined the West Tisbury law office of George B. Brush as an associate attorney.
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IGI Sees Leadership Shift
5:44 pm, July 23, 2015Island Grown Initiative announced last week that Sarah McKay, former board president, will be taking over as interim executive director for the next year.
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Conservation Restriction 20 Years in the Making Is Nearly Complete
5:52 pm, July 23, 2015Alex ElvinThe Vineyard Conservation Society is gathering final approvals for a conservation restriction in Chilmark more than 20 years in the making.
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Steady as She Goes on the Vineyard Haven Waterfront
7:12 pm, July 23, 2015Megan Cerullo From Owen Park to the Lagoon Pond drawbridge, decades old, family-run businesses pepper the Vineyard Haven waterfront. The architecture is haphazard, but that is...
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Last Groundfish Permit Stays on Island, Though Unicorn Days Are Numbered
6:42 pm, July 23, 2015Alex ElvinThe Nature Conservancy, working with the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust, has purchased the Island’s last historic groundfish permit. The permit was...
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Making Dreams Come True in Spirit of Norman Bridwell
6:47 pm, July 23, 2015Heather HamacekThe 37th annual Art Buchwald Possible Dreams Auction will be held on Sunday, July 26 at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort in Edgartown. This year’s auction will...
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Tribal Chairman Smack in Middle of Legal Fight Over Casino
6:54 pm, July 23, 2015John H. KennedyTobias Vanderhoop is in the middle of a legal fight to determine whether the Wampanoag tribe has the legal authority to convert its community center into a class II...
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Public Records Law Overhaul Aims for More Transparency
6:59 pm, July 23, 2015Julia Wells A bill to reform and significantly strengthen the Massachusetts Public Records Law is attracting midsummer heat on Beacon Hill, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers...
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Truck Carrying Sand Rolls Over on State Road
7:52 pm, July 23, 2015Sara Brown A portion of State Road in West Tisbury was closed to traffic for a short time Thursday afternoon after a truck carrying sand rolled over after trying to avoid a...
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Out of the Cellar
9:41 am, July 24, 2015To understand just how outdated is the Massachusetts Public Records law, consider that it was enacted the same year Xerox introduced the Alto.
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Robert F. Tilton, 84
Friday, July 24, 2015 - 10:52amRobert F. Tilton died on Thursday, July 23 at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was 84.He was predeceased by his wife, Shirley (Knudsen) Tilton in May of 2013.A graveside...
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