Louisa Hufstader

Land Court Judge Promises Turf Decision Soon

Attorneys for the town of Oak Bluffs and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee made their final arguments Friday morning before state land court judge Kevin Smith in the dispute over a planned artificial turf field at the school.

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Grant Ceremony Is Island Celebration

Nonprofit leaders and volunteers from across Martha's Vineyard gathered at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury Wednesday night as the Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation handed out more than $400,000 in grants.

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Developments That Didn't Make the Cut

In a talk Tuesday night called Phantom Neighborhoods: Failed Real Estate Developments on Martha's Vineyard, historian Bow Van Riper of Martha's Vineyard Museum took his audience back to the Island's early years as a summer destination.

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Steamship Governor Says Board Was Misled After Sankaty Incident

The Steamship Authority’s governing board never saw the results of an internal investigation into the M/V Sankaty incident of July 27 until they were released to the press this week, board member James Malkin told the Gazette.

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School Census Shows Slight Decrease from Record High

This year’s state-mandated student census, held annually at the start of October, showed a slight dip in enrollment across nearly all Island schools.

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Enter the Dragon Room: Taylor Stone’s Art Casts a Spell

Island artist Taylor Stone’s first-ever solo show is really three exhibitions in one, all infused with her love of the magical and fantastic.

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Joy to the Vineyard

A visit to Ingrid Goff-Maidoff’s West Tisbury shop, Tending Joy, will raise your spirits this holiday season.

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School Committee Addresses Issue of Accepting Anonymous Donations

A legal opinion, written to clarify the legitimacy of anonymous cash donations to Island schools, instead sowed more dissension at this week’s meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee.

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School Superintendent Contract Renewed

The All-Island school committee voted unanimously last week to renew Dr. Richard Smith’s contract as Martha’s Vineyard superintendent of schools.

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Developer Proposes 100 Apartments in Oak Bluffs

A new neighborhood of 100 apartments for low to moderate income Islanders, served by four stores with employee housing, has been proposed for eight acres on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs, just east of the future Southern Tier affordable housing complex.

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