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Edward P. Sons
Nicole Level was in deep, deep, trouble.
Vineyard 8th-grader abandons sailing race to save competitor
Rasmus Sayre of Vineyard Haven who competes at a world-class level among board sailors 15 and under, was leading his division of the competition when he saw a hand over one of the waves.
Federal appeals court finds no conspiracy to inflate gas prices
A panel of judges sitting in the federal First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that gasoline prices on Martha's Vineyard have not been illegally inflated by a conspiracy among retailers, according to a report by "The Docket," the news blog of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Ferry service returns to normal
Westerly winds of 30 miles per hour, with higher gusts, caused cancellation of several Steamship Authority trips Friday, including six scheduled for the Island Home.
Edmond A. Botelho
Edmond A.
Chilmark Police investigate theft of solar panels
Chilmark Police are investigating the theft of a crate of 21 solar panels from a jobsite at Grey Barn Farm off South Road in Chilmark sometime over the weekend.
Dorothy S. Barker
Dorothy S.
Martha N.G. Holladay
Martha Nelson Gordon Holladay, 89, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at the home of her daughter, Janet, in Oak Bluffs, where Martha lived for almost a year, taken care of by Janet Meynisse.
Christopher S. Look Jr.
Christopher S.
John P. Costello Jr.
John P.
CPA act participation deserves reconsideration by town voters
Island towns have learned to depend on Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to help with conservation, preservation, and affordable housing initiatives.
Jilma V. Freeman
Jilma Virginia Solis Freeman died on Sunday, February 6, in Falmouth.
Gray
Alden "Onnie" Gray of Barnstable died at his home with his family near on Sunday, February 13, 2011.
Sports highlights
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School girls' varsity basketball team lost its game at Taunton to Coyle & Cassidy, Sunday, 70-46.
The obstacles to sound household management are many
It's about to be vacation week.
Generosity and kindness
Once again I am overwhelmed and humbled by the acts of kindness that recently occurred.
Girls’ travel team finishes with perfect record, Cape trophy
The fifth grade Martha's Vineyard girls' travel basketball team played Falmouth Saturday morning for all the marbles in a championship game at the Bourne Middle School gym in front of scores of cheering Vineyard and Falmouth fans.
Cambridge man wins Martha’s Vineyard 20 mile race
Three hundred sixty-four registered runners completed the 14th annual Martha's Vineyard 20-mile race, on Saturday, February 19, sixty-two fewer than last year.
A budget, yes, but more work is needed in Oak Bluffs
We have sent this letter to the Oak Bluffs selectmen and the town administrator.
Up-Island region is not a region at all
This letter has been forwarded to the Up-Island Regional School Committee, the principals of the West Tisbury and Chilmark Schools, and Dr.