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Stories by Holly Pretsky

Tisbury Will Relocate Students, Delay School Start

August 21, 2019
Holly Pretsky

Students at the Tisbury School will be relocated indefinitely and the start of school will be delayed, following confirmation this week that chipping lead paint inside the aging building poses a...

Former Tisbury Police Officer Sues the Town

August 20, 2019
Holly Pretsky

A former Tisbury police lieutenant has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the town claiming civil rights violations and breach of contract, among other things. Lieut. Eerik Meisner joined the...

Community Gathers to Remember Tony Horwitz

August 19, 2019
Holly Pretsky

On a foggy morning 12 years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Tony Horwitz arrived at the pickup summer softball game on Peaked Hill in Chilmark carrying a bat over his shoulder....

No Straight Lines: Valerie Jarrett Reflects on Her Life, Career

August 19, 2019
Holly Pretsky

In the early 1980s Valerie Jarrett appeared to have it all: a degree from Stanford and a law degree from Michigan, a job at a reputable law firm, a doctor for a husband and a healthy infant daughter...

Selectmen Hear Concerns from Summer Taxpayers

August 14, 2019
Holly Pretsky

Oak Bluffs summer residents packed the library meeting room Tuesday to register concerns about their part-time home and talk with town officials before summer ends. The state of public bathrooms, the...

Giving Back to an Organization That Gives So Much

August 13, 2019
Holly Pretsky

The first time Chantale Duguay Patterson attended the Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard summer soirée, she was working as a nurse for another organization. She took in the crowded fundraiser and...

Music Festival Earns Praise from Public Safety Officials

August 13, 2019
Holly Pretsky

The inaugural Beach Road Weekend summer music festival was a safe and successful event, town officials and organizers said. “I’ve planned many, many large-scale events, and I know what...

Dancing to the Beat of Community

August 13, 2019
Holly Pretsky

On Friday evening at Built on Stilts, Carol Loud participated in what she said would probably be her final performance at the annual festival. Ms. Loud, 85, wore a dress she received six decades ago...

Sounding the Alarm for a Crisis in Democracy

August 10, 2019
Holly Pretsky

Congressman Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, filled the pews of the Old Whaling Church Thursday evening as he spoke about the state of democracy in the United States and...

Beach Road Weekend Kicks Off Three-Day Music Festival

August 8, 2019
Holly Pretsky

The first-of-its-kind Beach Road Weekend music festival begins Friday night in Tisbury’s Veterans Memorial Park. The opening event is a screening of the film Jaws with live accompaniment from...

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