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The abortion-pill wars

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After the Supreme Court last June overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, ending a woman’s right to an abortion,...

Not your mom’s piano lessons

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Adele Dreyer is well-known to Islanders for her delightful performances of piano classics and popular music in venues ranging from the Anchors to the...

Giving thanks to lifesavers

To the Editor: I would like to give thanks to the people who saved my life.  First, my mom, who found me unresponsive in my apartment,...

Taking an inward journey: Part 3

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“I know so many people who think they can do it alone They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zones Now what can you...

The amazing Dr. Mazer

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I didn’t know Dr. Milton Mazer, but after watching “Dr. Milton Mazer: An Ongoing Influence on Martha's Vineyard,” I certainly wish I had. The...

Visiting Vet: Poisonous plant exposure

Ah, Spring. Pinkletinks sing. Gardeners plant peas. Easter and Passover are right around the corner. Any day now I will start getting calls about...

Writing from the Heart: Eating your grief

“What was your grief food?” my friend Cindy says, as I am handing her the black bean soup I brought as my offering in...

Steamship Authority names COO

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A little over a year since the Steamship Authority authorized a search for a chief operations officer (COO), Mark Higgins, former director of the...

West Tisbury: Flat Point Farm lambs, AACDP fundraiser, and Neighborhood Convention

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“Serendipity. n. the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.” This is how my Oxford English Dictionary defines...

Tisbury: Driver’s license, energy assessment, chair yoga, poetry, art, and New Perennial garden

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Heard on Main Street: When is old enough to know better? The M.V. Cancer Support Group is having its annual daffodil fundraiser this Saturday, April...

Oak Bluffs: Cancer Support Group, Pink Moon, Gordon Healy music, and Featherstone show

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“That is one good thing about this world … there are always sure to be more Springs.”  –L.M. Montgomery, “Anne of Green Gables” March has...

Edgartown: Figure skating show, egg hunts, handling anger, Island Alpaca, and plant nurseries

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I’m writing this week’s column from the reservation line in Woods Hole. Is there anything more painful than the car ahead of you in...

Chilmark: Toxic waste disposal, candidate forum, pointillism, memoirs, and Daffodil Time

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Last week we picked our first fat bouquets of yellow daffodils. The deer don’t eat them, and they grow well in the sandy soil....

Aquinnah: At home in the community, Vineyarders at State House, CERT, and new playground

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This is the 53rd column I’ve written (I counted ’em up), but it is the first one I’ve written for The MV Times. (All...

Poet’s Corner: ‘Fame’

Fame By Clark Myers Because it’s Summer the Polo store In Freeport is crowded with tourists sifting through the sale racks and the logo t-shirts and sweaters, life size...

Cribbage Club results

The Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Wednesday with 25 members at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown, to play our favorite game. The results...

Academic honors

Dean’s list Camden Emery of Vineyard Haven, at Champlain College. Ayanna Fhagen-Smith of Vineyard Haven, at Champlain College. Brooke Crocker of Vineyard Haven, at Tufts University. Gus N....

Court report: March 6 – 27, 2023

March 6 Rodrigo R. Marques, Oak Bluffs; 26, disorderly conduct: continued to pretrial hearing. Lynne Eppel, Chilmark; 63, second offense of operating a motor vehicle under...

Real Estate Transactions: March 20 – 24, 2023

Edgartown March 22, Brian Lelio and Gina M. Lelio sold 5 Windsor Drive to Kaitlin A. McGonagle for $960,000. March 23, Otter Cove LLC sold 22...

O.B. Post Office closed this weekend

The Oak Bluffs Post Office will be closed this weekend while Healey Square undergoes construction, according to a post by the Oak Bluffs Fire...