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Edgartown

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The prevalence of yellow buses, lunch boxes, sharpened number 2 pencils, and shiny red apples, as well as neon-clad crossing guards on every corner can mean only one thing: the school bells are ringing once again.

Aquinnah

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Well, for the third year in a row Buddy Vanderhoop was denied the experience of taking the President fishing.

Tisbury

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Many thanks to Lorraine Parish for her delightful window featuring some of our favorite first ladies.

Chilmark

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Flags were flying as bagpipes played at the last Flanders Field softball game of the 2011 season.

Thanks from the Edgartown Library Foundation

I realize I am not much of a public speaker, but I'm working on that skill.

A most educational conversation

Many thanks to Wampanoag Tribal Cultural Council director Linda Coombs for hosting Geraldine Brooks at the Vanderhoop Homestead this past Wednesday.

About the walk

After winning the 24th annual Sullivan Walk for Health and Fitness for the fourth year in a row, I was excited to see my name in the paper, but, as always, your sports coverage was lacking.

Urges MVC not to approve roundabout

I attended the Martha's Vineyard Commission (MVC) hearing on September 1, on the roundabout proposal for the Vineyard Haven–Edgartown Road intersection with Barnes Road.

Difficult topics engaged in Aquinnah

Yesterday evening I was fortunate enough to attend a conversation between Linda Coombs, the director of the Aquinnah Cultural Center, and Geraldine Brooks, author of the recent novel, "Caleb's Crossing.

Food stamp number too high

Frank Tuttle is free to hold a low opinion of President Obama and The Times to publish it

Summer think

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This is a compilation of a bunch of letters I wanted to write this summer but was too busy.

Anniversaries

Not being one for sentimentality, here I go, for the first time.

Rupert the rooster, etc.

Despite the fact that there is a Tisbury town ordinance; (Article 13, Amendment 04.

Roundabout is a wasteful, wrong choice

A new roundabout for the intersection of Barnes Road and Vineyard Haven-Edgartown Road was discussed in a public hearing before the MVC (Martha's Vineyard Commission) Thursday night.

Comcast ignores Chappy

Comcast spokesman Marc Goodman said the following in the

Refreshing and unguarded speech on taxes

Unguarded speech is so rare now, it is refreshing to encounter it, free of any hedging or evasion.

Thanks for a professional reponse

On Friday morning at 3:50 am, I received a phone call from the Island Communication Center reporting that several boats were on fire at the Martha's Vineyard Shipyard's storage site at the Airport Business Park.

For Oak Bluffs and its selectmen, a hurdle to overcome

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The Oak Bluffs finance and advisory committee has done its job, recommending on Thursday last week nearly a quarter of a million dollars in cuts to the town's fiscal 2012 budget.

Are we doing our big job well?

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Before the Internet, pre-Yelp, pre-Jason Blair, pre-Dan Rather's downfall, pre-HuffPo, pre-Hannity, pre-Palin, pre-Facebook and Twitter, John L.

Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard potluck

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Cookbook author Kathy Gunst will be the featured guest at a Slow Food community potluck at the Agricultural Hall on Thursday, Sept. 15.