Yates Family Gift of $1 Million Goes to Permanent Endowment for Scholarships

The Yates drugstore was a fixture on Main street Vineyard Haven for decades. Now the family name will forever be tied to an annual scholarship for a Vineyard student, thanks to a generous bequest.

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Finalists Named for Oak Bluffs School Principal

John Rizzo, an elementary school principal from Springfield, and Phyllis Dubina, an assistant superintendent for the Beverly public schools, are in the final running. Public visits are planned for Monday and Tuesday at the Oak Bluffs School.

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Medical Clinic Adds Physicians, Continues Lyme Research

Vineyard Medical Care announced this week that three familiar physicians have joined the Vineyard Haven walk-in clinic, as laboratory services and research work continue to expand.

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Revised School Budget Wins Quick Approval in West Tisbury

Making short work out of one of the longest town meeting seasons in recent memory, West Tisbury voters approved a revised $6.8 million school budget at a brief special town meeting Tuesday night.

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Back from the Edge, Cape Pogue Lighthouse Move Set the Stage

The last time a lighthouse was moved on the Vineyard it was the Cape Pogue Light.

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West Tisbury Falls Short of Quorum; Tisbury Tackles Second Night of Business

The West Tisbury annual town meeting has been rescheduled to April 28 after voter turnout fell short of a quorum Wednesday. In neighboring Tisbury, the second night of annual town meeting was under way.

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Two Town Meetings Finish; Two Go to a Second Night

Edgartown and Oak Bluffs wrapped up their annual town meetings in a single night Tuesday, sometimes agreeable about spending and sometimes not. Voters in Tisbury and West Tisbury returned for a second night Wednesday.

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Green Light for Movie Theatre Revival

One agreement is signed and a second set to be finished that will allow two historic Vineyard movie theatres to reopen for the summer season, organizers say.

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Margaret Howe Freydberg, Chilmark Poet, Dies at 107

The poet and novelist whose grace, elegance and remarkable longevity spanned more than a century, died at her home overlooking Stonewall Pond.

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Land Bank Fees Reach New High

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank broke its own record for fees last week, collecting more than $1 million in a single five-day period. Several large property sales contributed to the windfall, including a $22 million sale down harbor in Edgartown.

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