Danubia Campos dreams big. A law degree, or maybe one in
international relations. Possibly a career with the United Nations or
even one as a Supreme Court Justice.

Danubia Campos dreams big. A law degree, or maybe one in
international relations. Possibly a career with the United Nations or
even one as a Supreme Court Justice.

Some unpack prolific menorah collections, many make latkes, others
make doughnuts and most buy presents - but whatever a
family's traditions to prepare for Hanukkah, hundreds of Islanders
will light the first menorah candles at sundown this evening, the
beginning of the eight-night Festival of Lights.

Just seven weeks after announcing their intention to negotiate an
affiliation with the giant Partners Health group, Martha's
Vineyard hospital trustees voted unanimously to approve the landmark
sale agreement on Saturday.

West Tisbury Assessors Return to Tax Board

by IAN FEIN

The sense of deja vu was unmistakable at the Massachusetts Appellate
Tax Board in Boston this week.

West Tisbury assessors and their attorney were back before the tax
board on Tuesday to defend the values they had placed on north shore
properties near Paul's Point.

Momentum Builds For Energy District

by IAN FEIN

Island voters this spring will be asked whether they wish to take
the Vineyard's energy future into their own hands.

Aquinnah selectman James Newman this week authored a nonbinding
referendum for the coming town meeting season aimed at creating an
overlay district to promote and regulate energy efficiency and renewable
energy across the Island.

People visiting the village of Edgartown this weekend may feel as if they’ve stepped through a magic portal into a world of Christmas past that is one part Charles Dickens novel and one part Frank Capra movie.

With the return of Christmas in Edgartown, a longtime tradition that had largely faded until recently, there will be children jingle-belling, marshmallows for toasting and much mistletoe-ing.

So be of good cheer — because as organizers of the holiday extravaganza will tell you, this truly is the most wonderful time of the year.

Danish Study Is Boost for Wind Farms

By IAN FEIN

In the most comprehensive scientific analysis on offshore wind farms
to date, a Danish government report released last week found little or
no environmental impacts from the world's two largest offshore
projects.

The findings are significant for the Nantucket Sound wind farm
proposal because they address many of the environmental concerns raised
about Cape Wind - the first offshore project proposed in the
United States.

Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss had a full house in the
Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven on Wednesday night for a
conversation leagues away from the blockbuster film that put both him
and Martha's Vineyard on the map: reintroducing civics to the
public school curriculum.

The seats were filled with teachers, school administrators,
politicians, historians, authors, educational programming directors and
parents - and many travelled long distances to attend.

Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded to David McCullough

David McCullough, the prize-winning historian and West Tisbury
resident whose acclaimed works of nonfiction have all been written from
his home off Music street, will receive the prestigious Presidential
Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony next week.