Newcomers to the halls of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School check their bearings Wednesday. Photo by Ralph Stewart
Sam Fetters gets instruction and encouragement from (left to right) Katie Leaird (riding), volunteer Chris Perlberg, and instructor Chris Arenberg. Photo by Steve Myrick
At the annual All Island Tennis Championships, Mat Porter teamed with Paul Adler to take honors in men's doubles, rough division. Photo by Ralph Stewart
The Welsh family enjoyed the sights and sounds at the Aquinnah Public Library Summer Celebration last Saturday. Photo by Lynn Christoffers
Also in this week's Martha's Vineyard Times
- MVC growth forum raises many questions, provides few answers
- CPA state matching funds to drop
- State school chief gives first day pep talk
- Quick response quells house fire in Edgartown's Boldwater section
- Alabama third in Gloucester Race
- Island schools open doors on a new school year
- Islanders see normal summer averages with unusual weather
- Gone Fishin' : Fishing news bouillabaisse provides column fodder
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Private buyer waits in wings at Home Port Restaurant
With Chilmark voters poised to consider a town-funded purchase of the Home Port Restaurant property in Menemsha, a Chilmark inn owner this week confirmed that he is prepared to purchase the restaurant if voters reject the deal.
Banned dog kills in Oak Bluffs
Tisbury selectmen last month banned Storm, a Siberian husky, from their town for killing chickens on multiple occasions. On Saturday Storm escaped from his temporary home in Oak Bluffs and killed again.
Small miracles, every day
Sam Fetters is excited. The four-year-old boy quite cheerfully progresses through the steps the volunteers from Rising Tide, a therapeutic riding program for disabled children, outline for him.
The Martha's Vineyard Times and TicketsMV.com, together with Coldwell Banker Landmarks Real Estate present Community Works, a special section whose goal is to highlight Island nonprofit organizations and their summer plans to ask you to help them with their crucial work.

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