ACE MV Students Hit the Stage
3:44 pm, April 1, 2014Student writers in ACE MV classes will read at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore on Main street in Vineyard Haven on Saturday, April 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and again the following...
View ArticleNature Walk with Land Bank Staff
3:55 pm, April 1, 2014The land bank staff invites the community on a guided natural history walk of Tea Lane Farm and Middle Line Woods Preserve in Chilmark. The walk will last approximately three...
View ArticleState Looks to Hire Superintendent for Correllus Forest
3:54 pm, April 1, 2014Olivia HullThe state conservation and recreation department is accepting applications for a superintendent following the sudden death of John J. Varkonda in late December. Mr....
View ArticleCommunity Chorus Concerts
4:10 pm, April 1, 2014The Island Community Chorus raises its voices for two concerts at the Performing Arts Center at the regional high school on Saturday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, April 6,...
View ArticlePolly Hill Dine to Donate Benefit
4:16 pm, April 1, 2014Polly Hill Arboretum reaps the benefits of a dine to donate event at Offshore Ale in Oak Bluffs on Monday, April 7. Twenty per cent of food sales will be donated to the arboretum.
View ArticleGardening Lectures and Workshops
4:24 pm, April 1, 2014Spring has sprung and everyone at Vineyard Gardens in West Tisbury is ready. On April 5, the garden center begins its Saturday educational lecture series and workshops.
View ArticleWander Wasque
12:56 pm, April 2, 2014The Trustees of Reservations invite you to check out the dynamic landscape around Wasque from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 6. Meet on the Chappaquiddick side of the Chappy ferry...
View ArticleNational Park Service Pays a Visit to Gay Head Light
1:10 pm, April 2, 2014Remy TuminWith erosion eating away at the Gay Head Cliffs, a historian for the National Park Service recognized the urgency in transferring ownership to the town. The lighthouse...
View ArticlePublic Record of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court
2:18 pm, April 2, 2014Public Record of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court: Asa W. French, 28, of Vineyard Haven, was arraigned on March 19 charges in Vineyard Haven of possessing to distribute a...
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: March 24 - March 30
3:15 pm, April 2, 2014Gregory L. Dankert and Dorothy J. Enrico purchased 14 Edgewood Drive in Edgartown from Lester W. Holcomb Jr. and Elizabeth R. Holcomb for $499,000 on March 24.
View ArticleRobert Gordon Bassett, 55
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 3:33pmRobert Gordon (Gordie) Bassett died on Feb. 2, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He was 55.Gordon was living in Baltimore, and was in the process of...
View ArticleBeattie Crume Lamb
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 3:38pmAt noon, Saturday, April 12, there will be an interment of Beattie Crume Lamb at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven. A gathering of family and friends will be...
View ArticleFrom Pondside to Curbside, West Tisbury Police Embrace New Home
4:06 pm, April 2, 2014Sydney BenderThe West Tisbury police station has a new address. After two years of planning, the police have moved from their tiny cramped building on the Mill Pond into new...
View ArticleOak Bluffs Town Column: April 4
4:48 pm, April 2, 2014Skip FinleyArticles on Tuesday’s warrant include construction of a new town hall and public safety building. Town hall is apparently too broken to fix and the trailer adjacent to...
View ArticleOn Chappy: April 4
7:38 pm, April 2, 2014Peter WellsThe Trustees of Reservations, in an effort to cultivate more public interest in Mytoi Garden, have concluded that perhaps all that is needed is a name change.
View ArticleChilmark Town Column: April 4
7:46 pm, April 2, 2014Jane N. SlaterIt was the Chilmark pound, not pond, that the late Peter Darling always kept in order. The pound is along the roadside in Quitsa. It is a stone enclosure with a rail...
View ArticleLocal VNA Demise Is Teachable Moment
2:25 pm, April 3, 2014Victor CapocciaOur Island is blessed with committed and skilled health professionals. We have all the components needed to achieve an integrated and accountable health care...
View ArticleCouncil on Aging Investigation Continues, CPA Hired to Lead
2:49 pm, April 3, 2014Olivia HullOak Bluffs has hired an off-Island accountant John Sullivan to resume an investigation into the possible mismanagement of funds at the council on aging, selectman and...
View ArticleIsland Schools Will Test Drive New Standardized Exam
2:53 pm, April 3, 2014Olivia HullNearly all Island schools are participating in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College Careers (PARCC) field test to varying degrees, where students...
View ArticleParking Ticket Fees Go Up in Tisbury
3:03 pm, April 3, 2014Ivy AsheOvertime fines in Tisbury are currently set at $15 per offense. By comparison, fines are $20 in Oak Bluffs, $25 in Edgartown and Aquinnah, and $30 in Chilmark.
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