Katherine Wiley

Vineyard First Night Festivities Welcome the New Year 2001

This New Year's Eve, many Islanders brought in 2001 without
champagne toasts and elegant balls. Instead, they celebrated with ghost
tours, sea chanteys and contra dancing as part of Martha's
Vineyard First Night.

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Housing Fund Initiative Advances Up-Island

At their spring special town meeting this week, Aquinnah voters spoke with one voice and became the second Island town to approve the Community Preservation Act.

Citizens approved the act with plenty of conviction; the article passed unanimously after a short discussion that included no criticisms of the measure.

"This took 12 years coming out of Beacon Hill. It's a significant act, and I think we need to try it," said Aquinnah selectman Carl Widdis.

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