Louisa Hufstader

Gotta Dance, and Drum, and Sing With Built on Stilts

There's only one Island event that annually brings drum circles, stilt walkers and more than 100 dancers to one of the Island's most historic houses of worship: Built on Stilts..

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Changes Afoot for Island School District Office

Some school staff will get a raise, other negotiations are going to arbitration, and the assistant superintendent spot may stay vacant for a little longer.

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Steamship General Manager Gets High Marks and a Raise

Robert Davis, general manager of the Steamship Authority, agreed on Friday to a three-year contract extension at an initial salary of $207,500.

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Tisbury Officials Investigate Public Health Mysteries

Health and water officials in Tisbury are trying to solve a persistent conundrum: How is lead-tainted water getting into the Vineyard Montessori School's pipes?

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Tisbury School Project Costs Swell 54 Per Cent to $82 Million

If approved by voters this fall, the additional $26 million in borrowing would, combined with the initial $55 million, push property taxes up by roughly 15 1/2 per cent for the 30-year life of the bonds.

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Guest Curators Fuel Busy Featherstone Season

The Francine Kelly Gallery at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs is mounting a pair of guest-curated contemporary art exhibitions this summer.

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As Tisbury School Project Begins, Town Meetings Move to Oak Bluffs

Tisbury's annual and special town meetings are moving to the high school performing arts center in Oak Bluffs for the next two and a half years, while the town school undergoes an extensive renovation and addition.

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West Tisbury Greenlights New Food Truck Rules

Food trucks have emerged from regulatory limbo in West Tisbury, where select board members this week approved new rules governing how the mobile take-out eateries may operate in the town.

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Camp Ground Residents Push Back Over Decision to Sue Planning Board

Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association leaseholders have begun to question the direction of the community’s board members, including a recent decision to sue the Oak Bluffs Planning Board.

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SSA Frowns on Tisbury's Request for Beach Road Weekend Ferry Diversion

Tisbury safety officials have asked the SSA to divert its 8:30 ferry departure from Oak Buffs to Vineyard Haven for Beach Road Weekend, but the boat line’s board of governors gave a series of thumbs-down to the request.

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