Louisa Hufstader

Hard Truths and Creative Vision Add Up to Stunning Theatre
Louisa Hufstader

Radio storytelling took the stage on Friday and Saturday nights, when performance artist Dan Froot brought his acclaimed Pang! to the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse.

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Andrew Woodruff Is Back on the Farm, This Time Without a Tractor
Louisa Hufstader

The time-honored tractor is giving way to different equipment on the land Andrew Woodruff tends today, at Island Grown Initiative’s Thimble Farm in Vineyard Haven.

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West Tisbury Will Allow Green Burials in Town Cemeteries
Louisa Hufstader

West Tisbury is updating its cemetery regulations to include rules for green burials, an environment-friendly form of interment that uses no casket.

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Permanent Endowment Grants Celebrate Island Nonprofits
Louisa Hufstader

More than two dozen Island nonprofits are sharing $173,092 in grants awarded Tuesday night by the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard.

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Inclusiveness for All Is Goal of Disability Coalition
Louisa Hufstader

Beth Wike has a mission: to make Martha’s Vineyard a place where people with disabilities can have the same experiences as anyone else on the Island.

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Tisbury, Town Employees Sign Union Contract
Louisa Hufstader

More than 50 Tisbury employees who belong to the town’s general union are working under a new contract that was signed last week, nearly four months after the previous three-year agreement expired June 30.

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Art and Social Justice Meet at Yard's Off-Season Opener
Louisa Hufstader

The Yard opens its winter arts season at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse Nov. 8 and Nov. 9 with two performances of Pang!, a theatre work about food insecurity by performance artist Dan Froot.

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Study Finds Gaps in Services for Young Islanders With Disabilities
Louisa Hufstader

About 500 young people on Martha’s Vineyard are living with one or more of a wide range of disabilities that can limit their access to healthy recreation, according to a report presented last week.

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Sweet Relief for Vineyard Chocolate Fans
Louisa Hufstader

Chilmark sisters Allison and Sarah Flanders, former employees of Chilmark Chocolates, plan to open a new small-batch chocolatier with money raised largely from the Island community.

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Tisbury Hears New Marine Terminal Plans
Louisa Hufstader

Tisbury selectmen got their first look Tuesday at what could be the future of Packer’s marine terminal on Beach Road as a support terminal for an offshore wind farm planned for waters south of the Island.

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