On Chappy: April 1
8:51 pm, March 29, 2016The next Chappy potluck dinner will be hosted by Joanne and Bill Brine on Wednesday, April 6. Joanne has suggested that perhaps folks could prepare their dishes using recipes...
View ArticleAquinnah Town Column: April 1
9:28 pm, March 29, 2016June D. Manning The pinkletinks have announced their arrival and have been in full chorus along Lighthouse Road since March 24. Herring are running at the herring creek to spawn...
View ArticleBill Simmons Jr., Familiar Sight Bicycling in Katama, Saw Babe Ruth Play at...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 9:48pmSumner Earl (Bill) Simmons Jr. of Down Harbor Road in Edgartown and Barrington, R.I. died on March 22 after a long illness. He was 95.He was predecased by his wife, Ruth...
View ArticlePublic Record of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court
10:32 pm, March 28, 2016The following cases were heard in Edgartown district court.
View ArticlePublic Record of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court
10:56 pm, March 29, 2016The following cases were heard in Edgartown district court.
View ArticleAquinnah-Chilmark Town Line Issue Heads to Beacon Hill
8:45 am, March 30, 2016Alex ElvinPlans to redraw a portion of the town line between Chilmark and Aquinnah are finally headed to the State House in Boston for approval almost two years after getting the...
View ArticleDancing to What's Written Within
11:36 am, March 30, 2016What’s Written Within, an Island-based modern dance company, will perform at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Sunday, April 3, at 4 p.m.
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: March 21 to March 27
3:45 pm, March 30, 2016Trustees of June Acher Miller 2013 Revocable Trust purchased 101 Longview Road from Marshall H. Segall and Sally B. Segall for $700,000.
View ArticleLand Bank Revenues: March 25
4:00 pm, March 30, 2016The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $78,572.50 for the business week ending on Friday, March 25, 2016.
View ArticleTisbury School Feasiblity Study Set for Town Meeting Vote
5:52 pm, March 30, 2016Heather HamacekThe Tisbury school building project comes up for a pivotal decision in two weeks, when town voters will be asked to approve funding for the initial phase of the...
View ArticleEdgartown Town Column: April 1
8:51 pm, March 30, 2016Kathie Case We finally got some much needed rain. Now we have some wind then the warm air followed by some more rain. Welcome to spring in New England.
View ArticleOak Bluffs Town Column: April 1
9:23 pm, March 30, 2016Skip FinleyThe original people of the Nunnepog tribe had called Oak Bluffs Ogkeshkuppe for thousands of years before Joseph Daggett was granted the land for his farm in 1642 when...
View ArticleVineyard Haven Town Column: April 1
9:34 pm, March 30, 2016Nancy GardellaHas it been windy enough for you? Child psychologist Christopher Green always said that windy days affect cattle and toddlers. I guess I’m still a toddler; a windy...
View ArticleTurning the Addiction Tide
2:15 pm, March 31, 2016While I applaud the new opioid law, I was disappointed the law didn’t address the lack of accessible and quality treatment on demand.
View ArticleIs Paying the Price for Paradise Worth It?
2:26 pm, March 31, 2016Virginia Crowell JonesIn the last month I’ve traveled by car, ferry, train, taxi, bus and private car to and from Port Townsend, Wash. to visit family.
View ArticleMore Deer Equals More Lyme Disease
2:41 pm, March 31, 2016Dick Johnson There appears to be considerable confusion about ticks, the role of their different host animals and what can be reasonably be done to reduce the high incidence of...
View ArticleUnderstanding Lyme Disease
2:56 pm, March 31, 2016When you can go for a walk without wearing gloves, it’s time to take precautions.
View ArticleSocial Media Workshops
3:09 pm, March 31, 2016An April workshop series aims to help businesses and nonprofits make the most of social media.
View ArticleIn the Grip of Heroin Addiction, Suboxone Can Be Path to Healing
4:49 pm, March 31, 2016Steve Myrick Speaking with the Gazette, several Islanders credit the medication known by the brand name Suboxone for successful, extended recovery from opiate addiction.
View ArticleTask Force Finds West Tisbury Bears Brunt of School Costs
5:12 pm, March 31, 2016Heather HamacekA special task force appointed last year to study cost allocation in the up-Island regional school district made its report to the West Tisbury selectmen this week.
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