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Chilmark Manhunt Ends With Arrest
9:17 pm, December 3, 2013Sara BrownAfter an extended search that involved a large contingent of law enforcement from up-Island and beyond, Chilmark police arrested an Oak Bluffs man Tuesday for assault...
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Century-Old Chappy Development Plan Swims With the Fishes
1:30 pm, December 4, 2013Tom DunlopPromoted by the State Street Trust Co. of Boston in 1913, the 775-lot Chappaquiddick-By-The-Sea was never built. But if it had been, many of the cottages might not be...
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Oldest Menemsha Fish Shack Caught in Crossfire of Property Rights Dispute
4:27 pm, December 4, 2013Remy TuminThe Aquinnah selectmen voted to take possession of what is known as the Alfred Vanderhoop shack, believed to be the last remaining structure on Menemsha harbor that...
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Building Boats On a Boat Is One Way to Keep Business Afloat
12:29 pm, December 5, 2013Ivy AsheA flock of mallards quacked outside and a small wood stove crackled from within Rick Brown’s boat workshop on Lagoon Pond in Vineyard Haven, where he was sanding an...
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Films Aim to Provide Tailwind for Sail MV
12:23 pm, December 5, 2013Olivia HullIn a series of short films, Sail Martha's Vineyard describes how its free programs help Islanders experience a sport often reserved for the wealthy -- and why it...
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Pilot Algebra Class in Edgartown Forges New Path in Learning
6:13 pm, December 5, 2013Olivia HullThey are called guinea pigs, seven promising middle school students in Edgartown who are testing the proposition that learning algebra early will let them reach...
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Walking the Line, Aquinnah and Chilmark May Swap 200 Feet
7:35 pm, December 5, 2013Remy TuminThe smallest town on the Vineyard may soon get a bit smaller. Chilmark and Aquinnah are considering changing a shared boundary line for the first time in more than...
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Harbor Improvements Top Warrant in Chilmark
7:28 pm, December 5, 2013Remy TuminNew pilings for Menemsha harbor, a new office for the harbor master and a new wood floor for the Chilmark Community Center are all decisions for voters Monday night.
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Tisbury Takes Up Connector Road Again
7:30 pm, December 5, 2013Ivy AsheThe longstanding issue of whether to build a connector road will come before Tisbury voters again at a special town meeting next week, this time in three parts, but...
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Lights, Trees, Garland, Action! Decorating Committee Gets Busy
7:37 pm, December 5, 2013Sara BrownAn Islandwide attraction, the yearly Christmas display in Edgartown seems to appear overnight, but there’s a method to the magic. Instead of elves, the town has the...
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Language of Community Is Spoken Here
12:43 pm, December 5, 2013Ivy AsheWelcome to the parlor of Cleaveland House in West Tisbury. For at least half a century, this cozy room has served as a salon of sorts for Island poets who gather to...
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Age of Imagination Knows No Boundaries
2:45 pm, December 8, 2013Ivy AsheThe renowned Vineyard painter Allen Whiting set up his easel Saturday at Featherstone Center for the Arts alongside 12 youngters, aged three to 10.
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Vineyard Brings Some Shuck and Awe to New York City
3:23 pm, December 9, 2013David CrisantiWith the temperature in the low 30s and a wintry mix blowing in off the East River, it was a morning fit for neither man nor beast. And yet a calm but energized...
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Speed Limits to Protect Right Whales Become Permanent
7:42 pm, December 9, 2013Julia WellsAnnounced Monday, the news from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was hailed as a boost to protection efforts for the critically endangered right...
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Chilmark Speeds Through Special Town Meeting
6:06 am, December 10, 2013Ivy AsheReduced funding for a new piling project in Menemsha harbor was approved. A new floor for the community center will wait for another day. The meeting lasted just over...
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High School Hockey Ready for Season
3:38 pm, December 10, 2013Ivy AsheIn preseason scrimmages both home and away, the boys' and girls' hockey squads have been skating well. The puck drops for the boys' first home game on Saturday. The...
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Tisbury Connector Road Defeated Again
11:36 pm, December 10, 2013Ivy AsheThe long-discussed bypass road system off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road was rejected for a third time Tuesday during a well-attended special town meeting.
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Police Detective Work Leads to Arrest in Copper Theft
6:54 am, December 11, 2013Sara BrownAn Oak Bluffs man has been charged with stealing more than $5,000 worth of copper wiring from an Island electric company. Edgartown Det. Michael Snowden led the...
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Burgeoning Oyster Farms in Edgartown Spur Need for More Shellfish Personnel
8:28 pm, December 11, 2013Sara BrownTown selectmen approved a request from the shellfish committee to add personnel hours, but balked at adding an entirely new employee to the department.
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Gift from Tribe to Oak Bluffs: Stormwater Collector for Harbor
12:37 pm, December 12, 2013Olivia HullThe town selectmen presented a certificate of appreciation to the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Tuesday for the rare gift of environmental protection.
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