Commencement Day: Hail to the Class of 2005
Tabernacle Is Stage for 195 Graduates at Regional High
By RACHEL KOVAC
Sunday was an afternoon for storytelling as the Class of 2005 was
graduated from the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. With
humor and sensitivity, students and school leaders drew on the past and
looked to the future while the 195 graduates sat listening under the
protective covering of the Tabernacle. The warm weather and blazing sun
only added to the excitement.
West Tisbury, Chilmark Divide Deepens Over School District
By IAN FEIN
After a two-hour joint meeting called this week to discuss the
status of the Up-Island Regional School District, the West Tisbury
finance committee and regional school committee did not appear any
closer to resolving their differences about the fate of the district.
The two boards, which have a history of emotional disputes, traded
barbs during the discussion and in the end could not even agree whether
the meeting was worthwhile.
Real estate sales on Martha's Vineyard are falling against a backdrop of increasing inventory and rising transaction prices.
For the first three months of the year, the number of residential, commercial and condominium sales on the Vineyard dropped 28 per cent to 82, while listings in those categories rose 30 per cent to 387, according to LINK, a real estate information business based in Vineyard Haven.
Eric Herman sits down Tuesday at a booth in Linda Jean's
Restaurant in Oak Bluffs for a lunch of chicken fingers and French
fries, and admits a half-hour later that his stomach is still a bit
topsy-turvy.
When Paul Garcia looks back at that hectic summer 31 years ago, he mostly remembers a lot of standing around, talking baseball with the lead actor and waiting to be called to the set. For Lynn Murphy, that summer meant time in the Valerie N. towing boats, barges and shark cages across Island waters. And for Hershel West it was the summer his dog Chipper won him a speaking role in one of the biggest films of all time.
Bakery Lands in Court Feud
Heir of Bartlett Humphreys Sues Claiming Name, Recipe Rights; New
Shops Open Down-Island but North Tisbury Is Dark
By IAN FEIN
Humphreys, the Vineyard bakery that has been a North Tisbury
landmark for more than half a century, is now at the center of a tangled
court dispute over the rights to its name and recipes.
Pomp and Circumstance: Regional High School Seniors Ready for
Commencement Day
By RACHEL KOVAC
The members of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School
Class of 2005 stand on common ground in the last few days before
graduation. But as the seniors reach for their diplomas Sunday, they
will be marking the moment when everything changes. Many will spend the
next few years earning degrees from colleges across the country; others
are immediately joining the work force, while still others are unsure
what the future holds.
Pomp and Circumstance: Regional High School Seniors Ready for
Commencement Day
By RACHEL KOVAC
The members of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School
Class of 2005 stand on common ground in the last few days before
graduation. But as the seniors reach for their diplomas Sunday, they
will be marking the moment when everything changes. Many will spend the
next few years earning degrees from colleges across the country; others
are immediately joining the work force, while still others are unsure
what the future holds.
The Island's growing population of Brazilian immigrants came here in large part to better their economic condition, but a study released last week shows that in many cases the endeavor is taking a serious toll on their health.
Tick-Borne Diseases See Rise; Task Force Studies Prevention
By IAN FEIN
To many Vineyard visitors, Memorial Day marks the beginning of
summer.
But to an ever-increasing percentage of the Island population, it
represents the start of the tick-borne disease season.
And early reports suggest that the Island may be in for an
especially tick-ridden summer. Deer ticks thrive in damp environments,
which the wet spring and winter weather has certainly provided.
