Sengekontacket Pond Closed to Scalloping on the Oak Bluffs Side

The Oak Bluffs side of Sengekontacket Pond will be closed to recreational and commercial bay scalloping for the 2015-2016 season.

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Main Street Traffic Disrupted in Edgartown for Emergency Electrical Repairs

A parking ban goes begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening on lower Main street and part of South Summer street in Edgartown, while work crews repair electrical lines that failed.

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A Warm Welcome for Willy Mason from the Hometown Crowd

Musical hero Willy Mason played to his roots on Martha’s Vineyard Saturday evening, headlining a free concert.

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Video: Derby Heads into the Home Stretch

The Island fishing scene is still buzzing as the 2015 Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby heads into the final week. As veteran anglers know, the grand leader board can change up until the final bell.

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Delayed Airport Master Plan Could Impede Improvements

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials plan to meet with Martha’s Vineyard Airport management and airport commissioners next week to discuss the status of the airport’s master plan project, a planning exercise more than two years behind schedule.

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North Bluff Bid Process Questioned

Oak Bluffs selectmen reversed a decision made two weeks earlier and voted unanimously to reject all bids to restore the failing North Bluff coastal bank and seawall after a protest from one of the companies which bid on the project.

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Niantic Park Renovation Is a Community Affair

Work is almost done on a $819,000 overhaul project at Niantic Park. Beginning Wednesday, hundreds of volunteers will take part in a five-day build to complete a separate, privately-funded children's playground.

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Edgartown Selectmen Ponder Uses for Tax Lots

Selectmen are considering what to do with 28 buildable lots now owned by the town, identified after an exhaustive inventory of tax possession properties. Most of the lots were taken for failure to pay property taxes.

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Oak Bluffs Librarian Sondra Murphy Begins New Chapter

She organized an 18-hole mini golf course starting at the circulation desk and ending at the children’s library upstairs.

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Rugged Gay Head 10K Helps Keep the Light On

More than 100 runners braved chilly, blustery winds and a hilly course to compete in the third annual Gay Head Light 10K Sunday. Rene Da Silva of Vineyard Haven blew the field away, finishing with a time of 36:45.

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