Big Weekend Equals Big Beach Days, and Officials Are Worried

High summer is here, and thousands are flocking to Island beaches. But the crowds have many Vineyard officials on edge.

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Back in the Sand at North Bluff Beach
Maia Coleman

For years, the North Bluff beach in Oak Bluffs has been slowly disappearing. Now all that has changed.

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Summer Rules for Beaches Down-Island Still Unsettled

As summer approaches, one of the big questions surrounding the Island also happens to surround it literally — the beaches.

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Chilmark Beaches Stay Open, With Limits
Will Sennott

Chilmark beaches will open on schedule this summer, but with new safety precautions including limited parking.

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Oak Bluffs Shorefront
Vineyard Gazette
About 35,000 cubic yards of sand have been deposited on the beach below Sea View avenue in Oak Bluffs, out of a total of nearly 85,000 yards scheduled to be placed on the beach to rebuild it as part of a $400,000 federal erosion control project now under way.
 
In addition to the beach buildup, a 570-foot stone groin is being built perpendicular to the shore out into Nantucket Sound to reduce further erosion of the town bathing and recreation area.
 
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Wanted in Tisbury: Summer Lifeguards
Landry Harlan

Summer beachgoers in Vineyard Haven may find no lifeguard on duty this summer at Owen Park and Lake Tashmoo due to a town lifeguard shortage.

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Nature Means Millions to Oak Bluffs Economy
Louisa Hufstader

Coastal resources contribute roughly $1.5 million a year to the Oak Bluffs economy, according to a town-commissioned study unveiled last week.

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Spring Cleaning at the Beach: VCS Hosts Annual Earth Day Clean-Up
Alison L. Mead

Volunteers carrying large feed bags dotted the Island’s beaches Saturday as they collected trash for the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 24th annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup.

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Earth Day Continues with Volunteer Beach Clean-Up

On Saturday, April 30, the Vineyard Conservation Society hosts a cleanup day held at beaches all over the Island.

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See a World in a Grain of Sand
Suzan Bellincampi

There are many of us that notice and wonder at the beauty of the beach’s surface. I’m one of those, too. But some do it more than others.

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