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Martha's Vineyard Sharks Advance to League Championship
9:59 am, August 13, 2013Ivy AsheThe top-seeded Martha’s Vineyard Sharks will go to the championship series of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League after a 7-3 victory against the Old Orchard Beach...
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Obama Detour Signals Drop in Up-Island Business
6:47 pm, August 13, 2013Sara BrownWest Tisbury businesses, from a gas station to farm stand vendors, fear that the partial closure of South Road and prominent detour signs spurred by President Obama’s...
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Presidential Vacation Continues as Low-Key Affair
9:49 pm, August 13, 2013Sara BrownFried food at Nancy’s to go, eaten at friend Valerie Jarrett’s house in Oak Bluffs. Dinner out alone with the first lady at the Beach Plum in Chilmark. A round of...
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Big, Buff and Ready to Rough It, Draft Horses Get the Job Done
9:52 am, August 14, 2013Remy TuminNothing so gentle as real strength, nothing so strong as true gentleness.“That’s what we say about draft horses,” Bruce Marshard said, standing next to one of his...
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Crisis in Egypt Casts Shadow Across Presidential Vacation
7:13 pm, August 14, 2013Sara BrownWorld news intruded on President Obama’s Vineyard vacation Wednesday, with briefings for the press and the president on unfolding violence in Egypt. “The United States...
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Sharks at Home Tonight in First Try for Championship
6:52 am, August 15, 2013Ivy AsheThe Martha’s Vineyard Sharks rode the postseason wave on Wednesday night, soundly defeating the Nashua Silver Knights 11-2 in New Hampshire in the first of a three-game...
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Tradition Celebrated at 145th Grand Illumination Night
11:58 am, August 15, 2013Nicholas BradleyAt dusk last night a single lantern lit by Gordon Long and his son Roy made its way down the center aisle of the Tabernacle in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground. There...
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Speaking From Chilmark, President Condemns Egyptian Violence
12:54 pm, August 15, 2013Sara BrownIn a statement issued Thursday morning from Chilmark, President Obama condemned the continuing violence in Egypt and announced that the United States will cancel...
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Having Whale of a Time at Work, Brothers Made Wearing a Tie Fun
8:55 pm, August 15, 2013Ivy AsheShep and Ian Murray sat in a pair of white Adirondack chairs on the front stone patio of Vineyard Vines in Edgartown. Both were barefoot. A pair of Crocs, blue for Shep,...
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152 Years Young, Agricultural Fair Remains Highlight of Summer
8:04 pm, August 15, 2013Ivy AsheThe gates opened on Thursday morning for the 152nd annual Agricultural Fair, and within minutes the livestock judging was underway, six horses cantered around the show...
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Obama Vacation Follows Familiar Routine
8:56 pm, August 15, 2013Sara BrownPresident Obama addressed the nation from outside his Chilmark rental home Thursday morning about the ongoing violence in Egypt.The briefing took place on the sixth...
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Living on the Edge: Special Report on Coastal Erosion
8:23 pm, August 15, 2013In a special report today, the Vineyard Gazette embarks on an in-depth examination of erosion, its history, its scientific processes, its human impacts and the implications for...
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West Nile Virus Detected in Tisbury Mosquito
2:19 pm, August 16, 2013Olivia HullA mosquito caught on Monday in the town of Tisbury has tested positive for the West Nile virus, confirmed Thomas Pachico, health agent. It is the second Island...
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Dream Season Ends With Title for Vineyard Boys of Summer
6:24 am, August 17, 2013Ivy AsheIt was a year of firsts for the Martha's Vineyard Sharks. First stadium seats. First games played at night, under the lights. First time in the playoffs. And now first...
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President Obama Spends Night Out on Town as Vineyard Vacation Winds Down
11:47 pm, August 17, 2013Sara BrownAs their Vineyard vacation draws to a close, the Obamas finally hit the beach Saturday before heading out to dinner in Edgartown. The president also squeezed in...
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Author Discusses Past, Present and Future of Dunbar High School
1:41 pm, August 16, 2013Phyllis MerasIt was standing room only Wednesday night at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven when broadcast and TV journalist Alison Stewart of New York and Oak...
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President Obama Departs, Martha's Vineyard Vacation Draws to a Close
10:14 pm, August 18, 2013Sara BrownPresident Obama and his family departed from the Vineyard under rainy skies this evening, concluding a quiet nine-day Vineyard vacation for the first family.Marine...
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Putting One Foot in Front of the Other, Dr. Sullivan Spreads the Healthy Word
2:07 pm, August 19, 2013Remy TuminLouis W. Sullivan’s morning walks have always been about two things: building connections and health.Dr. Sullivan’s early morning walks with his wife Ginger started in...
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Looking at History and In the Mirror Are Keys to Addressing Pillars of Racism
4:09 pm, August 19, 2013John KennedyPolitics are poisoned by bitter partisanship, economic disparities between whites and minorities are widening and trust between these groups seems to be eroding,...
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Food for Thought and Food for Justice Is Focus of Race and Health Panel
4:53 pm, August 19, 2013Olivia HullBlack Americans on average die four years before White Americans, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistic released last month. “When...
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