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Major Improvements Planned for Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road
5:27 pm, December 18, 2014Olivia HullAn extensive plan to upgrade and resurface the 6.5-mile stretch of road that spans three towns has the backing of the joint transportation committee and funding...
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Towns Slow to Set Tax Rates in Revaluation Year
5:37 pm, December 18, 2014Ivy AsheWith all six Island towns in a revaluation year for property assessments, tax rates have been slow to arrive this year. Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and Tisbury all saw...
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Encouraged by Nab's Corner, Chilmark Seeks More Affordable Homesites
5:45 pm, December 18, 2014Alex ElvinWith the need for affordable housing on the Vineyard still acute, selectman Warren Doty has proposed a five-year initiative to provide 10 more homesites in his town.
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Aquinnah Scrambles to Address Budget Shortfall
5:49 pm, December 18, 2014Alex ElvinFacing an unexpected budget shortfall, Aquinnah town leaders will call a special town meeting early next month to decide how to balance the budget. Town officials...
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Squibnocket Committee Presents Its Work; Reaction Is Upbeat
5:07 pm, December 19, 2014Alex ElvinA recommendation for restoring the area around Squibnocket Beach was well received at a public meeting Thursday. The light-spirited gathering at the Chilmark...
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High Cost of In-House Attorneys Questioned at Airport
6:41 am, December 20, 2014Olivia HullOngoing internal clashes at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport are now focusing on an unseen, but costly presence at meetings of the airport commission: legal counsel....
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Vineyard House Celebrates Official Opening of New Campus
8:49 am, December 20, 2014Alex ElvinStaff, supporters and others who had made the new campus possible, celebrated with a ribbon cutting Friday. Designed by Mashek MacLean and built by Squash Meadow...
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Hanukkah Tradition Remembers Struggle for Freedom for All
9:24 am, December 20, 2014Ivy Ashe Tradition, music, food and loved ones were celebrated at fourth night of Hanukkah festivities at the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center. Ljuba Davis’ fourth grade Hebrew...
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From Cruisers to Canvas; Old West Tisbury Police Station to Become Artists'...
2:44 pm, December 23, 2014Ivy AsheArtists Kenneth Vincent and David Wallis were awarded a lease by the town selectmen last week to use the old West Tisbury police station as a studio space.
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Eastville Resident Sues Town Over Oyster Farm
3:14 pm, December 23, 2014Oliva HullAn Oak Bluffs resident is challenging the award of an aquaculture license at Eastville Beach. Jacob H. Ludwig 3rd is asking the superior court to overturn a decision...
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Land Bank Revenues: Dec. 19
5:48 pm, December 23, 2014The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $182,254.48 for the business week ending on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014.
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Public Record of Cases in Edgartown District Court
5:50 pm, December 23, 2014The following cases were heard in Edgartown district court.
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Whale of a Winter
5:56 pm, December 23, 2014The prolonged cold snap which the Vineyard has experienced for virtually two weeks without a thaw has caused the older inhabitants to rack their memories for some recollection...
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A Man With a Heart as Big as His Creation
5:59 pm, December 23, 2014Arnie ReismanNorman Bridwell, who died last week at 86, was living proof that there really are no absolutes in life, and that especially includes rejection. The story has been...
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When Santa Is Your Grandmother
6:03 pm, December 23, 2014David Lott"Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming!" That’s how my grandmother, Addie Crist, would greet me when she came to visit my parents and me for the holidays.
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Saving Lives Is Gift Given All Year Long
6:06 pm, December 23, 2014Sydney BenderI woke up wearing a hospital gown. The paper napkin tie-on dress was a faded robin’s egg blue, dotted with orange bloodstains from the burns that turned into...
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Still Leaning on Her Rock, Gratefully
6:11 pm, December 23, 2014Nicole MercierThe rock and the general — those are the words I use to describe my paternal grandparents. Herbert and Claire Mercier, married for 63 years, created a life on...
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For Every Season
6:17 pm, December 23, 2014Nature seems to whisper during a snowstorm as a blanketing hush falls over the land, sky and sea. Even the foghorn sounds muffled, appearing to broadcast an octave lower,...
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Keepers of a Warm Tradition
7:09 am, December 25, 2014Henry Beetle HoughEvery Christmas on Martha’s Vineyard is an old fashioned Christmas, even though the observance came relatively late to New England. The three youths who...
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History Arrived Under Full Sail to Light Up 2014
5:22 am, December 26, 2014Julia WellsIt snowed as if it would never stop snowing. A resort economy sputtered back to life. History came alive and sailed down the Sound into Vineyard Haven harbor. These...
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