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Town Budgets See Steady Rise Through the Years
5:18 pm, March 31, 2016Julia Wells Beginning this month, Vineyard voters will be asked to spend more than $100 million collectively to keep their towns operating for the coming fiscal year.
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On the Front Porch of History: Old Houses Are Growing Center of Attention
5:21 pm, March 31, 2016Alex Elvin An afternoon stroll through Edgartown or West Tisbury might reveal two or three centuries of architectural history. Can all these old houses be saved? Around the...
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Sheriff Michael McCormack Hangs Up His Keys
5:14 pm, March 31, 2016Steve MyrickSheriff Michael McCormack reminisces about his many mentors through the years, as he finishes his last term and eases into retirement at age 69.
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Tisbury Harbor Master Will Retire
1:07 pm, April 1, 2016Heather HamacekJay Wilbur will leave his post June 30, after 24 years at the helm on the Vineyard Haven harbor. Mr. Wilbur, 64, notified the town this week.
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Edgartown Post Office Temporarily Closed; Customers Sent to Vineyard Haven
6:14 pm, April 1, 2016Sara Brown The Edgartown Post Office has been closed since Friday morning and operations temporarily moved to Vineyard Haven because of water damage.
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Life's Golden When Filled With Canine Carousing, Puppy Love
8:29 am, April 2, 2016Sara Brown Rebecca Mayhew and her husband Mike Hewitt are leading a dog's life, running Sunstruck Goldens and Grooming out of their Edgartown home. A recent litter in January...
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Historic District Case Set to be Heard in Superior Court
6:43 am, April 4, 2016Steve MyrickThe spring sitting of Dukes County superior court opens this week with a mix of cases, including one civil case that pits an Edgartown property owner against the town...
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Community Chorus Tackles Brahms Requiem and Scores a Touchdown
11:28 am, April 4, 2016Louisa HufstaderThe Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center was filled to near capacity this weekend for the Island Community Chorus’s free performances of the Brahms Requiem.
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Rep. Timothy Madden Joins Tuesdays in the Newsroom
2:33 pm, April 4, 2016 Rep. Timothy Madden, who represents Martha’s Vineyard in the Massachusetts legislature, will be the featured guest for this week’s Tuesdays in the Newsroom event held at the...
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Airport Commission Chooses New Airport Manager
3:46 pm, April 4, 2016Steve MyrickThe Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission voted to hire Ann Crook, director of aviation for the Elmira Corning Regional Airport in central New York, to manage the...
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Edgartown Post Office Closure Causes Backlash
8:19 pm, April 4, 2016Sara Brown and Steve MyrickWhile Edgartown post office customers were trekking to Vineyard Haven to gather their mail, tension and frustration marked the selectmen’s meeting...
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Spring Soccer Season Begins
9:20 am, April 5, 2016Four M.V. United travel teams took to the pitch on a soggy, rainy Saturday last week. One team played at home while the other three played away.
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Memorial Service for Philip Lockwood Swift
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 11:12amA memorial service for Philip Lockwood Swift of Oak Bluffs will be held at the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m.Mr....
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Helen Bowring, Fiercely Independent and Original; Devoted to Art
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 11:23amHelen Hulbert Bowring died suddenly but peacefully at her beloved winter home in Barbados on March 17. She was 94.Helen was born on Feb. 1, 1922 while her parents, Mary...
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Grand Jury Indicts Two on Rape Charges
5:12 pm, April 5, 2016Sara Brown A Dukes County grand jury handed down indictments Monday for two men, Adam M. Smith of Berkeley, Calif. and Michael L. Jackson of Edgartown, on rape charges.
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Warren E. Fish, 82, Mason, Shriner, Former Edgartown Resident
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 10:03pmWarren E. Fish died peacefully on Sunday, April 3 after a brief illness. He was 82.Born in Bristol, R.I. on Nov. 5, 1934, he was the son of the late Leslie W. and Ruth...
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New Ship in Town: Woods Hole Welcomes Research Vessel Neil Armstrong
6:44 pm, April 6, 2016Sara Brown The scene was celebratory in Woods Hole Wednesday as the oceanographic research vessel Neil Armstrong was welcomed for the first time at her home port at the Woods Hole...
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West Tisbury Town Column: April 8
9:23 pm, April 6, 2016John S. AlleyWell the weekend weather was more like winter than spring, rain all day Saturday and snow showers, thunder and strong wind on Sunday morning forcing the cancellation...
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Oak Bluffs Town Column: April 8
9:57 pm, April 6, 2016Skip FinleyIt’s only in magical places like Oak Bluffs that one might find himself neighbors with a real Indian chief. About six columns ago I reminisced about growing up during...
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On Chappy: April 8
10:06 pm, April 6, 2016Peter WellsYippee!! Snow! What a way to finish up winter. Mother Nature put on quite a show for us last Sunday. We had samples of all types of snow.
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