Monthly Archives: July 2010
TTOR gives shorebird nesting update
The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR) are monitoring the nesting progress of four species of shorebirds on the properties they own or manage in Edgartown — Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Wasque Reservation, and Norton Point Beach.
Nantucket travel lags the Vineyard in first five months
Steamship Authority traffic through the first five months of the year was up between Woods Hole and the Vineyard and flat or down for Nantucket-Hyannis travel.
Phishing expedition
I was dragged into the modern world of intimate strangers when I signed on for a Facebook account.
Fire causes heavy damage to Morgan Woods apts
Edgartown firefighters responded to a report of a house fully engulfed in flames late Wednesday afternoon in the Morgan Woods housing development off Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
Reward offered for information about injured turkey
Articles in The Times about a wild turkey running around Vineyard Haven with an arrow through its back caught the attention of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Humane Wildlife Society Wildlife (HWSW).
Announcements
Gretta Gonzalez and Mario Arellano of Edgartown announce the birth of their son, Charlie Arellano, on June 23 at Martha's Vineyard Hospital.
Oak Bluffs School principal resigns
On Sunday, Oak Bluffs School principal Laury Binney caught superintendent of schools James Weiss and school committee members off-guard with a June 26 email announcing his resignation.
Three indicted by Dukes County grand jury
A Dukes County grand jury returned indictments against three Island men on June 22.
Martell lawsuit could cost Oak Bluffs $50,000
Oak Bluffs faces legal fees that could reach $50,000 or more, in connection with a judgment in a
Tisbury Street Fair next week
In celebration of Tisbury's birthday, the town's annual Street Fair kicks off at 6:30 pm on July 8.
Cup fever at Coop de Ville
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 was holy hour for soccer nuts around the Island, and around the nation, as the U.
Tisbury voters approve police union contract funds
With brows dripping and fans whirring on a hot, sticky summer night, Tisbury voters quickly approved two spending articles, each unanimously, totaling $225,000, to fund the police department union's contract settlement.
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Metellus charged with second jailhouse assault
James Metellus, 20, a prisoner from off-Island with a lengthy and violent criminal record and currently serving a sentence in the Dukes County House of Correction for a vicious attack on another inmate last August, returned to court Monday to face charges for another assault, this time on a prisoner twice his age.
MV Hospital squeaks into the budget black
For a new hospital that looks pretty rich, the profit at the end of the fiscal year on March 31 was pretty thin.
What you need to know to celebrate the Fourth in Edgartown
The Vineyard's Fourth of July weekend festivities include the Edgartown parade and fireworks.
MVTV hires new director
MVTV, the Island's public access cable television station, announced that Julienne Turner is the nonprofit's new station manager and executive director.
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"Freedom, this is a dreamland, because this is a country of the people, not of the government.
Water, water nowhere, unless you’re odd or even
The Oak Bluffs water district reminds residents in published ads that a mandatory water ban remains in effect this summer.