Martha's Vineyard
Curtis Farrell, 11, of Edgartown poses with a big shore bluefish his dad caught on Sunday. Photo by Louisa Gould
Lynnaeker Souza of Oak Bluffs won the boys long jump versus West Tisbury with a 15' 8" leap. Photo by Heather Goff
Looking and feeling festive at Morning Glory Farm, Summer Riordan has butterflies on her mind. Photo by Lynn Christoffers
Also in this week's Martha's Vineyard Times
- Dogs get blessed reward at Windemere
- Superintendent would spend $3.5 million in fiscal 2010
- Deals to meals: Cafe Moxie to be resurrected
- Deer hunting season kicks off Monday
- Martha's Vineyard Commission says yes, but to hospital bricks
- State's ocean waters due for regs
- Feds seek comments on Nomans Land use
- Chilmark shellfish harvest looks promising
- Forget Me Not memories, as antique shop closes
- Gone Fishin' : Derby fishing enters the home stretch
- Derby Results (Through October 7)
- Public school enrollment shows slowing decline
This week's most discussed articles:
- Deer hunting season kicks off Monday
- Martha's Vineyard Commission says yes, but to hospital bricks
- Pair arrested for Capawock robbery, assault
Last week's most discussed articles:
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.
Pair arrested for Capawock robbery, assault
Tisbury police this week arrested two young Island men in connection with the assault and robbery of 79-year-old George Buckley, as he was about to drop off receipts from the Capawock Theater in a bank night deposit box on the evening of September 30.
Big money worries even affect small, formerly remote Island
While financial upheaval roils Wall Street, New York, and political wrangling occupies Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Main Street, Martha's Vineyard is already feeling the affects of the downward spiraling economy in concern about bank stability, the construction industry, home prices, and charitable donations, say local business leaders.
Islanders have designs on the Lagoon Bridge
After six years of discussion, studies, and public hearings, plans for a permanent Lagoon Pond drawbridge replacement finally became a reality.

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