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Intense storm with high winds predicted to strike Martha’s Vineyard

Saturday, 9:30 am The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said a late season intense snow storm is forecast to impact the state starting late tonight and Sunday. MEMA issued the following...

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Cape Light Compact creates new energy plan

Cape Light Compact has created a new 2016–18 energy efficiency plan, with a special initiative specifically for small businesses. According to a press release, Cape Light Compact can visit your...

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Real Estate Transactions: March 28 to April 1, 2016

Edgartown March 31, Melissa A. Willoughby, trustee of the Willoughby Children’s Realty Trust, sold 89 and 91 Thirteenth St. North to Alison Shaw and Susan Dawson, trustees of the Dawson-Shaw Family...

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The lights come on at the Lampost and Lookout

Downtown Oak Bluffs got a little more lively this weekend, with the Lampost and the Lookout Tavern both reopening for business on Friday, April 1. Anxious for a change of scenery, Islanders flocked to...

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Great Scots! Celebrate Tartan Day at the Edgartown library

The Scottish Society of Martha’s Vineyard will celebrate Tartan Day on Saturday, April 9, from 1 to 3 pm in the community room of the new Edgartown library. The event will include bagpipe music, crafts...

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Dance students ‘Rise’ to the competition

  The RISE company showcase will take to the stage at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s Performing Arts Center this Sunday, April 10, at 4 pm. This annual performance showcases the dance numbers...

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Reserve tickets now for dinner and boat restoration lecture

  Sail MV will wrap up its winter lecture series this Wednesday, April 13, at the Black Dog Tavern in Vineyard Haven with a talk by Quentin Snedeker, the director of Mystic Seaport Museum’s Dupont...

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Community Chorus sings loud, sings proud

The Martha’s Vineyard Community Chorus celebrated their 20th anniversary at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Performing Arts Center last weekend with a special performance of Brahms’ “German...

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Healthy hearts compete at the YMCA’s ‘Live Love Tri’

Over 50 participants from ages 10 to 74 joined in an indoor “sprint” triathlon at the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard this past weekend. Competitors, either individually or in teams of three, swam for 25...

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Alex’s Place announces Elder Tech Fair

Alex’s Place at the YMCA is holding an Elder Tech Fair on Saturday, April 9, from 11 am to 1 pm. According to a press release, elders are encouraged to bring their personal tech devices (laptops,...

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Academic honor

Master’s degree Lieut. Eerik Meisner of the Tisbury Police Department has completed his master’s degree, earning a master of science in emergency management from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy....

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Seasonal support

To the Editor: I’ve been a seasonal homeowner in Oak Bluffs for the past 30 years, and I, my family, and my friends use the Oak Bluffs beaches often. I’m extremely disappointed with the way the Town of...

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The Polar Bear view

To the Editor: On behalf of the Polar Bears of Martha’s Vineyard, I would like to urge the Oak Bluffs selectmen to support the vote in favor of $40,000 for a beach rake. Our 70-year-old,...

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Do the right thing

To the Editor: On Tuesday, the voters of Oak Bluffs have the chance to do the right thing for our public recreational beaches, our nonvoting taxpaying residents, our seasonal residents, our tourists,...

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Support for plastic bag ban

To the Editor: Tuesday the Island’s round of annual town meetings begins. Along with the usual list of warrant articles in each town, there is one that will help us reduce waste and actually save us...

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Make a statement

To the Editor: There is a picture that has accompanied news stories and Facebook posts this winter of an osprey with a plastic bag hooked around its wing, or neck, or both. This striking image has...

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Essay: Strike up town meeting

We know the dates. We’ve known them for months. Nevertheless, the orchestrating of an annual town meeting with the deadline fixed and steadily marching closer is daunting, stressful, and sometimes...

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Bali trip highlights pollution

To the Editor: I wanted to write in to tell readers about the dangers of single-use plastic bags, but it looks like there have been enough letters to the editor with enough data. I think we all know by...

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Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank opens new Chilmark branch

Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank has opened a new, larger Chilmark branch office with expanded services on South Road, across from the Chilmark Community Center. The newly refurbished branch includes a...

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Editorial: You hold the reins

On Tuesday, it is a safe bet that one out of every 10 taxpayers in Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and West Tisbury will decide how to spend money that belongs to the other nine. Conceptually, that may...

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