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Crafting for a cause
Holiday Benefit Craft Workshops provide fun crafts and donations for the less fortunate.
Hot-button issues come to Film Center
NC-17 rated —Blue Is the Warmest Color" won the 2013 Palme d'Or at Cannes.
Sports Highlights
Cole Houston poured in 53 points to lead the host Tisbury Tigers to an 89-53 interscholastic boys hoops win over West Tisbury on Tuesday.
Walk Away: Senior plays last high school football game on Nantucket
Mastering composure in the face of adversity.
MVHC presents end of year awards
More than a dozen Island riders and their horses were honored Saturday at the Ag Hall in Hunter and Dressage Divisions.
Chilmark/Aquinnah boundary discussions to continue
The selectmen decided against having the issue placed as an article on Chilmark's December 9 special town meeting warrant.
Tisbury’s special town meeting is Tuesday
The town's proposed connector road comes up for a vote again next week.
Proposed Squibnocket Beach changes spark a lively discussion
Removal of the stone revetment, an elevated roadway, and new parking lot are parts of the plan
Tisbury strikes deal with fired police officer
The town agreed to extra pay, in exchange for former police officer Kelly Kershaw's agreement to forego any further legal action.
Edgartown selectmen continue town’s single tax rate
Town assessors learn that state has sided with the town in 18 of 18 appeals to the appellate tax board.
More state funding for community preservation
The increase follows five years of declining state matching funds
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Chilmark special town meeting is Monday
A new floor for the community center, harbor office and Menemsha town line top the warrant.
Business Brief: Brian Byrne open house at new Edgartown real estate office
Brian Byrne, realtor and licensed broker, formerly of ReMax on-Island, Harborside Realty, and Keller Williams Realty in Boston, has opened his own full-service, boutique...
Tisbury selectmen set new Park and Ride parking lot permit fees
The selectmen made an appeal to all Tisbury voters to attend a special town meeting at 7 pm next Tuesday, December 10, in the Tisbury School gymnasium.
Regional high school committee votes to certify $18.6 million FY 2015 budget
The high school committee's next meeting is at 7 pm on January 6 in the library conference room.
Scary, little yellow bike-thing
To the Editor:
To the person who drives the little yellow, banana-shaped bike-thing, I almost hit you a couple of weeks ago, as I was...