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Growing Roots
5:42 pm, November 12, 2014Lynne IronsIt has finally happened. We’ve had a proper freeze. It’s sad, as always, to see another season come to an end. It is, however, oddly comforting to see the...
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Rock On
5:53 pm, November 12, 2014Suzan BellincampiLooking for luck? Head to the nearest rocky beach.
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Fighter Jets to Fly Over Vineyard Thursday Morning
9:08 pm, November 12, 2014Sara Brown Five F-15 fighter jets from Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield will be flying over parts of eastern Massachusetts Thursday morning, including the Vineyard....
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End of Apple Era Presses on the Heart
5:06 pm, November 13, 2014Sara BrownNaches Heights in the Yakima Valley is just east of the Cascade Mountains, the part of Washington state where the lush green of the mountains gives way to a more...
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Fall Sports Come to an End; Soccer Shines, Football on a Roll
5:11 pm, November 13, 2014Mac Sashin With many of the fall sports concluding last week, there was much space left for the remaining two teams to shine.
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Land Bank Revenues: Nov. 7
5:26 pm, November 13, 2014The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $371,910 for the business week ending on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014.
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Storm Unearths Pieces of Shipwreck on Chappaquiddick
5:31 pm, November 13, 2014Sara Brown The storm that slammed the Island in early November cancelled ferry trips and eroded beaches on Chappaquiddick. It also unearthed a mystery.Pieces of what appears...
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Boys of Soccer
5:31 pm, November 13, 2014On any Saturday morning in the spring and fall, the West Tisbury school fields are filled with kids playing soccer.
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Tree Sense
5:37 pm, November 13, 2014A 177-year-old tree, as horticulturist Tim Boland so gently put it, is in its senescence, which is a scientific way of saying the twilight of its life.
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Takes a Grandma to Spread the Word and Keep the Peace Online
5:46 pm, November 13, 2014Sydney BenderIn 2012, Islander Lori Robinson Fisher started a Facebook group named Islanders Talk. The group has grown to include 2,600 members, a place for sharing all types...
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Going Green, But How? Scientist Digs Menemsha Pond Sea Slug
5:55 pm, November 13, 2014Ivy Ashe Menemsha Pond means different things to different people. For Dr. Sidney (Skip) Pierce, a professor emeritus at the University of South Florida, the pond is a place...
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Key Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Research Fostered by Islanders
6:21 pm, November 13, 2014Olivia HullFor three decades, Alzheimer’s research has been stymied by a debate about how the disease behaves in the brain. New research coordinated by Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi...
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Waiting on Pins and Needles; Excitement Builds for Oak Bluffs Bowling Alley
5:41 am, November 15, 2014Sydney BenderMany Islanders are eagerly anticipating the opening of The Barn, Bowl and Bistro on Uncas avenue in Oak Bluffs. The lanes are scheduled to open in March, but...
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Competing Interests Over Prospect of Sand Mining
7:46 am, November 15, 2014Alex ElvinA public discussion hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission aimed to find common ground on the controversial topic as a comment period on the draft state Ocean...
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Vineyard Boys Fall to Norwell
7:55 pm, November 15, 2014Ivy AsheA spectacular season for the Vineyard boys soccer team came to an end Saturday with a 2-1 loss to Norwell in the south section finals. “They need to be proud of...
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Push for Uniform Taxi Rules Sees Pushback from Cabbies Over Meters
5:22 am, November 17, 2014Olivia HullIt’s not uncommon to take an Island taxicab from one place to another and pay one fare, and on the way back pay something different. A committee formed by the...
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Theodore Zuk Penn Loved Body Surfing at Gay Head
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:59amTheodore Zuk Penn of Charlestown, R.I., died at home surrounded by his family on Monday, Oct. 27 at age 74. He had been a resident of Oak Bluffs for 16 years.Ted had...
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Cynthia Vieira, 83, was Vineyard Native
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:26pmCynthia Mary Vieira, 83, of Pocasset and a native of Martha’s Vineyard, died on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 at the McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich. Cynthia was the...
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Football Team on a Roll as Island Cup Nears
4:13 pm, November 17, 2014Ivy Ashe Junior Ben Clark notched two touchdowns and rushed for 141 yards to lead the Vineyard football team’s offensive effort Friday night as they defeated visiting...
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Fine Dining Among the Fire Trucks; Edgartown Police Cook for Seniors
5:01 pm, November 17, 2014Mark Alan LovewellEdgartown seniors were treated to a hot meal at the Edgartown Fire Station Friday afternoon, compliments of the town’s Police Patrolmen’s Association. The...
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