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Schools Superintendent Pledges No Increase in Budget This Year

MCAS test results, budget concerns, professional development and student enrollment were all topics for discussion at the first all-Island school...

9:26 pm, September 25, 2008
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Football Home Opener Tonight As Sports Teams Notch Up Wins

Jim Hickey

In a game as thrilling as it was heartbreaking, the Carver Crusaders defeated the Vineyarders football team 23-21 on Friday night after scoring a...

9:09 pm, September 25, 2008
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MCAS Scores Released; Most Vineyard Schools Are Strong Performers

Sam Bungey

Island educators began to analyze the good and less good news contained in the 2008 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) scores...

8:50 pm, September 25, 2008
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Vineyard Football Team Kicks Off With Solid Win

Jim Hickey

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team got off to a solid start of the season Friday with a convincing, no-nonsense 14-0 win over...

9:01 pm, September 18, 2008
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Vineyard Conference Prospect Brightens

Jim Hickey

Just as high school athletics season kicks off comes the potentially good news that the Eastern Athletic Conference — a sports league made up of...

8:00 pm, September 11, 2008
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Principal Laury Binney’s Year in Brazil

What does a principal do if parents do not come in to meet him and talk to the teachers? Last year Laury Binney, principal of the Oak Bluffs...

8:00 pm, September 1, 2008
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If You Screen It, They Will Come: Field of Dreams

If You Screen It, They Will Come: Field of Dreams The 2nd annual Baseball Fest will be held Thursday, July 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the baseball field...

8:00 pm, July 10, 2008
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Boys’ Soccer Team Plays to a Final Match At Weekend State Champion Tournament

Jim Hickey

The Vineyard sent three youth soccer teams to the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions in Lancaster this past weekend and had one team — the boys...

8:00 pm, June 30, 2008
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Six on Stage: Charter Commencement

Lauren Martin

From under a soaring tent strewn with dyed silk banners, lyrics sailed out across the sun-cooked grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter...

8:00 pm, June 9, 2008
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Island Lacrosse Team Falls to Duxbury

Jim Hickey

After winning their first two games of the state tournament in thrilling fashion — including a come-from-behind barnburner against Bourne last week...