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Growth is on the horizon for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, the largest human service provider on the Island. A new strategic plan released...
Steve Amaral came in this morning to weigh in his own 18.15-pound striper as well as Michael Alwardt’s striper, a 17-pound fish. The two men have...
This morning, you could have seen the smallest wavelet left by a fish at the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf. The water was a flat calm, and...
Saturday night, an hour before sundown. The ferocious northeast wind from the day before has died, the only reminder a thick blanket of seaweed...
Today is bluefish Saturday. Participating fishermen have an opportunity to win $500 if they catch the biggest fish today in a boat, and there is...
Assailing their critics, backers of the Bradley Square project in Oak Bluffs announced abruptly this week that they were putting the property up...
More Explanation Needed
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the Chilmark selectmen:
Cuttyhunk island, lying seven miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and 14 off New Bedford, is connected to the coast by one ferry line and the...
Ries Vanderpol was 17 when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, his home country, in 1940. Before the invasion, he had seen Jewish students who...
SIDE EFFECTS: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial. By Alison Bass. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 260 pages...
SAVING THE STRIPERS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Rainy Days, and Busy
Mid-September is when Islanders heave a collective sigh of relief. We hear it in the reclaiming of beaches closed to the...