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Preservation Trust Names New Executive Director
Funi Burdick, who heads a national landmark Shaker village in New Hampshire, will take the helm at the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.
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British Academy Medal
David Lowenthal, a former Chilmark seasonal visitor, has been awarded the 2016 British Academy Medal.
2:26 pm, October 31, 2016
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Shipwrecks and Salvaging
The history of salvage operations around the Vineyard goes back to well-nigh the beginning of the Island’s history.
1:41 pm, October 20, 2016
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Sandy Fisher's Edgartown
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s newest exhibit, Sandy Fisher’s Edgartown, opens Friday, Oct. 21.
12:03 pm, October 20, 2016
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Historical Commission Approves Great House Demolition
Alex Elvin
The Chilmark historical commission approved demolition of a house thought to have been a British headquarters during the Revolutionary War, despite...
9:31 am, October 19, 2016
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Counting Sheep
Surprising, even perplexing historical facts are to be found in the census for Martha’s Vineyard for 1850
3:40 pm, October 13, 2016
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Renovations Begin on 18th-century Edgartown Home
One of the oldest homes on Martha’s Vineyard was sold this summer and is undergoing an extensive renovation. The former Achelis house on Cooke street...
8:30 pm, October 11, 2016
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Them Apples
Early Vineyard orchard trees were raised from seedlings or the seeds themselves, brought from England.
2:20 pm, October 6, 2016
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Guess What the Dockbuilder Brought Home? Hint: it's Old and Heavy
Heather Hamacek
Last week Edgartown dockbuilder Steve Ewing unearthed two anchors — 4,000 and 1,000 pound specimens — that helped moor Colonel Arthur Metcalf's old...
5:20 pm, September 29, 2016
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Smithsonian Exhibit Gives Pride of Place to Oak Bluffs
The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of African American Culture and History documents the story of the African American community in...
5:53 pm, September 22, 2016
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Gazette Online Archives Look at African American History
In honor of the opening of the Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, the Vineyard Gazette is adding a new collection on the...
5:26 pm, September 22, 2016
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Connecting the Vineyard to the Arctic, Whaling Family Tree Is Familiar
Alex Elvin
Next week Alaskans and New Englanders will gather for a conference about whaling in the Arctic, with events in New Bedford, Nantucket, and on the...
3:25 pm, September 22, 2016
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