Making Life a Little Sweeter For 45 Years

Murdick's Fudge has been providing tourists and Vineyarders alike with its decadent confections for nearly five decades.

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Tracing Roots of Achumawi Language

Edgartown resident Bruce Nevin has been researching the Achumawi language for decades in hopes of helping to preserve the embattled indigenous language.

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Jamming to the Muse of Flamboyance

Visual artist Paige Taylor likes to do things unconventionally.

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New Oak Bluffs Harbor Master Discovered Her Passion in High School

Earlier this year Emily deBettencourt was named Oak Bluffs harbormaster, taking over for Todd Alexender who retired. Ms. deBettencourt started working on the harbor in high school.

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Providing Care on-Island and Abroad

As a physician assistant in the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital emergency room, Aubrey Stimola Ryan is versatile — able to understand a variety of medical fields and collaborate with doctors of all specialties.

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For Trader Fred, Community Is Built One Sweet Deal at a Time

Fred Mascolo still remembers the first order he made for his Edgartown discount store, the eponymous Trader Fred’s: 2,500 pairs of Dunham boots, each to be priced at $24.99.

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Elizabeth Barnes Honored for Abortion Rights Advocacy Work

With abortion care now facing a gauntlet of legal challenges around the country, Elizabeth Barnes thinks everyone should be worried — not just women seeking abortions.

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Flying Father Watches Over Island’s Antique Airfield

For more than 20 years, Father Nagle has retained a position as the aeronautical gatekeeper to the Trade Wind airfield, one of two grass airfields on the Vineyard.

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MVCET Chooses New Executive Director

Alexandra Bullen Coutts was named the executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Education and Training. Though she’s had a diverse career, she sees her love of working with young adults as the common thread.

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When the Road Taken Includes Fixing It

In the summer of 1959, Richard “Richie” Olsen took a job at Goodale Construction, giving him his first chance to take the helm of a backhoe. Sixty-four years later, the West Tisbury highway supervisor has never strayed far from the role.

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