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Maybe It's Time to Stop Spreading the News
12:58 pm, December 31, 2014Nancy Slonim AronieOver the years people have asked in that incredulous voice, how are the winters out there? Isn’t it freezing? You get away for a few months, right?
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Collaboration Key for Nonprofits
1:03 pm, December 31, 2014Peter TempleCollaboration is a buzzword in the nonprofit world that elicits varied reactions. Donors and foundations encourage it because they believe it makes their gifts...
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Nothing but Net in the Coaches Corner
1:02 pm, December 31, 2014Ivy Ashe It’s basketball season, and Maureen Hill is on the move. This year is her first as head varsity coach for the regional high school girls’ basketball team, but she’s...
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Trying to Get Health Insurance Is Hard on Your Mental Health
1:07 pm, December 31, 2014Tom DunlopDear Governor Baker: throw away the Massachusetts Health Connector website and start all over again.
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Offshore Winds
1:13 pm, December 31, 2014While reading a series of Gazette editorials ruminating on the New Year over the years, the eye catches on one written in 1942 in the middle of World War II.
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After House Fire, Community Aims to Help Family
1:53 pm, December 31, 2014Sara Brown The Vineyard community is rallying around a Vineyard Haven family after a weekend house fire left the family uninjured but destroyed all their belongings.
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Your Passport to Immigration Reform
1:54 pm, December 31, 2014Alison L. MeadIsland attorney Rebecca McCarthy is working to clarify some of the confusion around President Obama's executive order, which was part of an initiative to address...
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Big Shoes to Save, Islanders Give Draft Horse Gift of New Life
1:58 pm, December 31, 2014Alex Elvin Rescued from the auction block last week and leaving his working life behind, a 15-year-old Belgian draft horse named Charlie has found a new home on the Vineyard....
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Aquinnah to Address Big Budget Shortfall
2:04 pm, December 31, 2014Alex ElvinHow to make up for a major budget shortfall discovered last month will be the topic of a special town meeting next week in Aquinnah.
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Town's Ban on Herbicides in Squibnocket Pond Upheld in Legal Action
2:13 pm, December 31, 2014Jane Seagrave A two-year effort by a group of Chilmark landowners to use herbicides to combat phragmites in Squibnocket Pond came to an end this week. The Hon. Gordon H. Piper...
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Islanders Gather for All Lives Matter March
2:49 pm, January 1, 2015Ivy Ashe Bundled up against the wind chill and holding handmade signs, more than 80 Vineyarders gathered at Five Corners on New Year’s Day for a march of solidarity. The event...
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Remembering Mario Cuomo: A Look Back at a 1997 Vineyard Interview
11:29 am, January 2, 2015Julia Wells Editor's Note: In July 1997, Mario Cuomo took time out of a Vineyard vacation for a wide-ranging interview with the Gazette. Mr. Cuomo, a three-term governor of New...
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Archaeological Survey Complete, Path Cleared to Move Gay Head Light
6:13 am, January 3, 2015Alex Elvin The relocation of the Gay Head Light is scheduled to proceed this spring after an archaeological survey around the Aquinnah lighthouse found nothing of significant...
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Senator Edward W. Brooke, Longtime Summer Resident, Dies at 95
5:45 pm, January 3, 2015Sara Brown Sen. Edward W. Brooke, the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate after Reconstruction and a longtime summer resident of Oak Bluffs, died Saturday at age...
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Chilmark Potluck Jam Provides Winter Warmth
8:30 pm, January 4, 2015Ivy Ashe A light snow fell outside of the Chilmark Community Center Saturday evening, and on the stage, a guitar player tuned his instrument. The third Chilmark Potluck Jam of...
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New Efforts Are Underway to Restore Mayhew Chapel
12:08 pm, September 4, 2014Alex Elvin Today the weight of history is more apparent than ever at the Mayhew Chapel, with its moss-covered roof, peeling white paint and crumbling ceiling. New efforts are...
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Birders of a Feather Flock Together for Christmas Bird Count
1:34 pm, January 5, 2015Alex ElvinLots of birders, but fewer birds, showed up on Saturday for the 55th annual Christmas Bird Count. The tally is both fun and informative as it tracks how species...
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Gail Jackson Fulfilled Dream as Jazz Singer
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 2:30pmGail Elizabeth Jackson lost her battle with lung cancer at the Leonard Florence Center in Chelsea, on Jan. 1, 2015. She was 76.Born on August 13, 1938, her personal...
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John Rodes Helm Was Founding Member of Vineyard Conservation Society
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 2:38pmJohn Rodes Helm died Nov. 29 in Montclair, N.J. He first came to the Vineyard as an infant in 1931 with his parents, Mary Rodes and Harold H. Helm. He returned to...
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Regional High School Announces Honor Students
2:53 pm, January 5, 2015The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2014-2015 academic year.
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