Vineyard Celebrates the Fourth in Festive Style

Martha’s Vineyard marked the national holiday Monday with parades large and small, in a return to well-loved traditions.

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Field Club Pleads Guilty in Drowning Death of Child

The Boathouse and Field Club, a private, members-only club in Katama, pleaded guilty before a superior court judge last Friday to involuntary corporate manslaughter, taking criminal responsibility for the drowning death of a three-year-old boy last summer in the club’s pool.

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FEMA Awards $10 Million for East Chop Bluff Project

The long-planned project to re-engineer the East Chop bluff got a major boost with an announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that it has awarded $10 million to the town.

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Ethics Panel Grills Aquinnah Selectman

A two-day hearing in Boston early this week put a harsh spotlight on the town of Aquinnah and its select board member Gary Haley, who is under scrutiny by the Massachusetts Ethics Commission.

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Art Cliff Diner Gets a Facelift

Fans of the Art Cliff Diner will have to go without their favorites this summer as the iconic Beach Road Vineyard Haven eatery undergoes a major renovation project.

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Island Joins the Nation in Celebrating Memorial Day

Martha’s Vineyard celebrates Memorial Day today with flag raisings, a parade and a town picnic in Vineyard Haven, capping the holiday weekend that is also the unofficial start of summer. The veterans of Martha’s Vineyard will hold a Memorial Day parade beginning at 10:30 a.m.

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Scientific Study Traces Nitrogen in Great Ponds Directly to Wastewater

More than half the nitrogen polluting Great Ponds along the south shore is coming from wastewater, a newly released report has found.

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Aquinnah Town Election Is Today

Aquinnah voters go to the polls today to cast ballots in the annual town election — including a final vote on the housing bank and deciding a race for the board of health. Polls are open from noon to 8 p.m. in the old town hall.

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Judge Denies Injunction in Cape Pogue Case

A legal effort by two Chappaquiddick landowners to block oversand vehicle (OSV) access to the tip of Cape Pogue for the 2022 season has been denied by a Massachusetts Land Court justice.

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MVC Subcommittee Recommends Denial of Lampost Plan

A key subcommittee of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 7-0 with one abstention Monday night to recommend that the full commission deny a plan by the owner of the former Lampost in Oak Bluffs to sharply reduce the number of restricted workforce apartments.

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