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Benefit walk for dementia services on M. V.
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (168+ words) The Martha's Vineyard Center for Living provides services, programs, and activities for Islanders 55 and over through partnerships with the town Councils on Aging and other related organizations. On May 16, at 10 am, it is holding a benefit walk supporting dementia and…...
GE threatens to walk out on Vineyard Wind
20+ hour, 41+ min ago (417+ words) Offshore wind developer sues, says this could doom the project. Just as Vineyard Wind 1 announced that construction was finally done after a decade of political debates and hard work, the company has filed a lawsuit against the wind farm's central…...
High school building costs for year-rounders sharpen into focus
18+ hour, 29+ min ago (1760+ words) A new tax calculator tool illuminates individual homeowner tax burdens, although school officials say it's still being updated. A new tool for calculating an individual homeowner's tax increase from the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School's (MVRHS) building project went live…...
Extensive mapping of deer population is in
20+ hour, 10+ min ago (354+ words) Study shows hot spots in battle to control ticks. From dusk to dawn, drones were flown daily this winter from more than 100 spots across the Island to collect and mark the heat signatures of deer, in what is regarded as…...
Oak Bluffs approves $1. 9 million override
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (266+ words) After deliberating deep into the night on Tuesday over town expenditures, Oak Bluffs voters will need to return to the high school's Performing Arts Center on Wednesday to hopefully wrap up voting on the remaining warrant articles of the annual…...
Budget override, compost, and housing pass in West Tisbury
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1311+ words) The town of West Tisbury held their town meeting on Tuesday night, where voters cast their ballots on warrant articles. Over a hundred West Tisbury residents filed into their local elementary and middle school on a bright spring day to…...
Christian camp's housing proposal faces pushback from neighbors
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (753+ words) Abutters highlighted elevated noise and strain to the nearby environment." Homeowners in West Tisbury are sounding an alarm over a recent workforce housing proposal for what they say is one example of a change in character in residential areas by…...
Island resident sentenced in rape case; one detained by ICE
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (237+ words) Ana Beatriz Dasilva Sousa was picked up by ICE after a superior court hearing this month." Two Brazilian nationals accused of child rape were convicted on Tuesday, April 7 at a Dukes County Superior Court hearing at the Edgartown Courthouse. One…...
Girls lacrosse battles through the early season
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (428+ words) MVRHS girls varsity lacrosse is four and four so far." The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School girls varsity lacrosse team defeated Bourne High School on the Mc Carthy Stadium pitch 9-4 on Saturday." The Vineyarders took an early lead in the…...
The Power of Writing Workshops
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (138+ words) As I sat in the writing circle I saw a box of tissues. They were making me very uncomfortable. There were two things at play, while the fear was real, there was a tiny tinkle of a bell, a gentle…...