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Businessman Aims to Revive Two Historic Movie Theatres
5:16 pm, February 12, 2015Olivia Hull Mark Snider, owner of the Winnetu Oceanside Resort and the founder of a new nonprofit, is finalizing an agreement with Benjamin Hall Jr. to lease the Capawock and...
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Demolition Delayed for Denniston House, Historic Church Site
6:25 pm, February 12, 2015Olivia Hull The Denniston House will remain standing for now, after a vote this week stalls a request to demolish the former African American church. On Wednesday the Oak...
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Low Vaccination Rate Prevalent on Island
6:34 pm, February 12, 2015Alex Elvin Vineyard elementary schools have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state, according to school nurses and a list of vaccination rates released this year by...
View ArticleTwo Thumbs Up
10:36 pm, February 12, 2015In the book Bowling Alone, author Robert Putnam described the phenomenon of communities losing the very essence of what made them great, or at least functional, when they...
View ArticleJob Well Done
10:38 pm, February 12, 2015Anyone who thinks it is impossible to get things done quickly on Martha’s Vineyard hasn’t met the women behind the Island Wide Youth Collaborative.
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Heart of the PA Club Beats Year-Round
6:30 am, February 14, 2015Ivy Ashe It doesn’t look like much: a one-story building at the corner of County Road and Vineyard avenue in Oak Bluffs. Tall stands of trees edge the eastern borders of the...
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Island Hunkers Down as Winter Storm Brings Heavy Snow, Wind
1:37 pm, February 15, 2015After a night and morning of steady snowfall, the snow subsided early Sunday afternoon as a winter storm lashed the Vineyard. Ferries to the Vineyard have been canceled for...
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Blizzards Give Pause But Can't Stop Beauty of Into the Woods
12:45 pm, February 14, 2015Alison L. MeadFriday night's performance of Into the Woods saw the student actors fully inhabit their roles. “We had a really good audience tonight,” said Penelope Dutton who...
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Blizzard Trailed by Deep Freeze
6:32 am, February 16, 2015The ferocious mid-winter weather that has pummeled the Vineyard with snow, ice, wind and frigid temperatures continued without letup over the weekend as another blizzard...
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Ice Hampers Passage for Chappy Ferry
11:51 am, February 16, 2015Tom DunlopFor the first time since at least 2007, ice in the Edgartown harbor prevented the Chappaquiddick ferry from completing a trip across the harbor Monday morning....
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Rules Aimed at Protecting Striped Bass Will Hold
12:03 pm, February 16, 2015Alex ElvinAiming for more uniform management of striped bass fisheries along the Atlantic coast, the state Division of Marine Fisheries will not seek an alternative to new...
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Barton Skeen Enjoyed Daily Swims in Nantucket Sound
Monday, February 16, 2015 - 11:44amBarton B. Skeen Jr. of Wayland, Mass., and East Chop, died Feb. 7 after a long illness. Mr. Skeen was born on Sept. 25, 1936 in Baltimore to the late Barton B. Skeen...
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Tisbury Regroups, Plans to Reapply for School Renovation Funding
1:15 pm, February 16, 2015Ivy Ashe As part of an effort to address a deteriorating school building and a growing student population, the Tisbury school committee will apply again for state funding to...
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Steamship Authority Plans Special Public Meeting on the Vineyard
1:53 pm, February 16, 2015Alex Elvin In an effort to improve communication with Islanders, the Steamship Authority will hold a special public meeting Tuesday, March 10, at the regional high school’s...
View ArticleRobert Huntington Jr. Was Happiest Surfcasting off South Beach
Monday, February 16, 2015 - 2:21pmRobert Graham Huntington Jr. of Chatham, N.J. and Edgartown died peacefully on Feb. 12 after a short illness. He was born to Alice Booth Huntington and Robert Graham...
View ArticleSue Alton Was Beloved Green Thumb
Monday, February 16, 2015 - 2:24pmSue (Donovan) Alton, of Forest Hills, Pa., died Feb. 11 at age 91.She was the beloved wife for 43 years of the late David D. Alton for 43 years, and the loving mother...
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Henry Unczur Fought in Battle of Monte Cassino
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 2:02pmHenry (Hank) Unczur of Vineyard Haven died at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Friday, Feb. 13. He was 88.Hank was predeceased by his first wife, Sally Zugzda, and is...
View ArticleACE MV Offers Sustainability Classes
2:41 pm, February 17, 2015ACE MV is collaborating with Northeastern University to offer a series of classes on-Island dedicated to Sustainability: Addressing the Challenges.
View ArticleMartha's Vineyard Savings Bank Awards Grants
2:45 pm, February 17, 2015The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund with the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard, announced its grants the final quarter of 2014.
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Aid for Artists
2:48 pm, February 17, 2015The Martha’s Vineyard Center for the Visual Arts will accept grant applications from Island artists until April 1.
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