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View ArticleMADAC asks for moped enforcement
To the Editor: I submitted the first MADAC complaint to Oak Bluffs seven months ago. My intention was for this critical public safety issue to be addressed with ample time for deliberation and...
View ArticlePatrick Michael Gunkel
Patrick Michael Gunkel died on March 14, 2017, at the Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer’s Care. For several years Patrick lived in Woods Hole, where he was known as “the Cat Man,” seen riding his...
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Garry Ryan Tilton Lewis
After a long battle with cancer, Garry Ryan Tilton Lewis died on March 14, 2017, in his home in Holiday, Fla. Garry was born on Feb. 18, 1984, in Oak Bluffs. He grew up on the Island enjoying boating,...
View ArticleMildred J. Gault
Mildred J. Gault, 90, died on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. A service is being planned for a later date and time, to be announced. Donations in Mildred’s memory may be made...
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Janet Jeffers
Janet Jeffers died quietly on Thursday, March 23, at the age of 84. Janet was a graduate of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a bachelor’s degree in English literature. Janet taught in the...
View ArticleBridge results
Bridge results were not available this week for the March 20 Edgartown Bridge Club, nor for the March 21 Martha’s Vineyard Bridge Club. Results for these games will be reported at a later date. At the...
View ArticlePart of Cape Poge Bay will stay closed to fishing, while old munitions are...
The Division of Marine Fisheries has extended the closure of an area of northeast Cape Poge Bay to conch pot and fish fishing. No fish pot or conch pot gear may be set in this area until further...
View ArticleState adopts revised learning standards in math and English
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has adopted revised learning standards in math and in English language arts and literacy. The revised standards are unique to Massachusetts, and embody...
View ArticleCape and Islands legislators object to defoliant use by Eversource
State legislators representing the Cape and Islands have objected in a letter to regulators to plans by electricity provider Eversource to use herbicides, especially glyphosate, to manage foliage...
View ArticleCape pols join constituents in asking for Pilgrim to be shut
Members of the Cape Cod legislative delegation recently called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to close the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant immediately. The commission met Tuesday in Plymouth. The NRC...
View ArticleUpdate on ICE arrests
According to a spokesman from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the two Martha’s Vineyard residents taken into custody earlier this month are Wilkeson Silva Moreira and Marcelo Fernandes...
View ArticleMADAC asks for moped enforcement
To the Editor: I submitted the first MADAC complaint to Oak Bluffs seven months ago. My intention was for this critical public safety issue to be addressed with ample time for deliberation and...
View ArticleOak Bluffs’ turn for the bag ban vote
To the Editor: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to offer some information about Articles 44 and 45 on this April’s Oak Bluffs annual town meeting warrant. They both attempt to regulate the use...
View ArticleThanks for the success of Daffodil Time
To the Editor: The Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group would like to thank everyone who helped to make our “Daffodil Time” fundraiser a great success. Our thanks go to the volunteers, Island...
View ArticleForum: Beer and wine for Chilmark restaurants
To the Editor: On April 24, at the annual town meeting, the voters in Chilmark will vote on Article 11, to allow the sale of beer and wine in restaurants. As the owner of Chilmark Restaurant Group,...
View ArticleA poem about a poem
To the Editor: I am writing about the letter from the Golubs (March 22, “‘Trumpty Dumpty’”). Last week two Ph.D.s from their ivory tower, Submitted a poem to mock those in power. This poem spewed forth...
View ArticleA cheer for the corvids
To the Editor: Apparently I’ve been included in the Facebook group Martha’s Vineyard Bird Alert. I’ve been treated to various posts and pictures of very colorful, pretty birds — cardinals, blue jays,...
View ArticleJoin the rest of the Island on bag ban
To the Editor: We voters in Oak Bluffs have two versions of a plastic bag bylaw to consider at our town meeting on April 11. Our “Bring Your Own Bag Bylaw,” the same BYOB bylaw that passed in all five...
View ArticleTake this fantastic, free boating safety course
To the Editor: As a commercial fisherman and Island resident, I wish to call attention to an opportunity of utmost value and importance to all of us who work or play on the water. On Thursday, April 6,...
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