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Early morning rollover lands man in Katama ditch
An Edgartown police officer, on patrol just before 2 am Monday, came upon a shirtless man, wearing wet pants with embedded broken auto glass and dripping blood, on the side of the road in the Katama section of town.
Car fire doused in Vineyard Haven
Tisbury firefighters extinguished an automobile fire on Center Street Monday evening.
Purple eleven opens at White
The MVRHS football team plays its first game of the season, Saturday, at White Stadium, Jamaica Plains, a venue with pleasant memories for Coach Donald Herman.
Girl’s soccer looks ready
The MV girl's varsity soccer coach Aria Nevin is pleased and encouraged by what she has seen thus far as the girls have shown up for practice.
Junior High sports loom
The interscholastic sport season begins Friday, September 17 as the several Martha's Vineyard grammar schools compete in a series of dual Track and Field meets at the high school oval.
Roadrunners alert
The 5K Run for the Vineyard Haven Library begins at the library and goes to the West Chop Lighthouse and back, on Sunday, September 12 at 10 am.
McCarthy on the mind
Mike McCarthy, 2008 graduate of the MV Regional High School, who quarterbacked the Vineyard football team well enough to receive All Scholastic honors from the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, and to be chosen to play in the annual Shriners football game, is this year's quarterback at Bridgewater State University.
Kite Boarders embrace Earl
Kiteboarders Kevin Morris, Mike Zadeh and Brian Scall were among those who enjoyed the gusts generated by a hurricane named Earl.
The Hospice Benefit Tennis Tourney
For the first time in it's 6-year history, a division for 14-year-old and younger tennis players was included in the All-Island Tennis Championships to benefit Hospice of Martha's Vineyard.
High School Golf opener
Vineyard high school golfers opened with a win at Farm Neck, Tuesday, edging Bishop Stang, 262-271.
Rhode Island officials discuss wind energy plans
Islanders can learn about which way Rhode Island's wind energy plans may blow at a public meeting at 5:30 pm on Thursday, September 16, at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.
Announcements
John J.
Edward E. Cournoyer
A graveside memorial service will be held for Edward Cournoyer on Saturday, Sept.
Erick V. Clements
On Saturday August 28, 2010, we lost our son, brother, nephew, grandson, and friend.
Susan D. Johnson
Susan 'Susie' Dunbar Johnson, 66, of Oak Bluffs, died on Sunday, August 22, 2010, peacefully at home.
Reel Picks
Weary but effective American assassin (George Clooney), retreats to a small Italian village and finds romance and friendship — risky for someone in his line of work.
Tisbury selectmen learn it’s not easy going green
The Tisbury selectmen got a "roadmap to becoming a green community," in a presentation at their meeting Tuesday night at the senior center.
Good show, Islanders “” coordinated emergency management, not so much
Vineyarders were very well prepared for hurricane Earl, even though, in the deepest sense, he promised to be the worst sort of guest.
Island Scouts will host 9-11 ceremony Saturday
The Island's Boy Scout troop and Cub Scout pack will hold a ceremony Saturday, September 11, to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.