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Charles Sennott

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Why community-supported local news matters now more than ever

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The Rotary Club of Martha’s Vineyard gathered in a small knot around the American flag at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs yesterday and...

Planets align for autumn, stars rise at The Times

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Summer slipped away on Sunday morning at exactly 8:43 am amid a light rain and cool temperatures, as the gray skies shifted to the...

On a perfect morning, a time to remember

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The intense clarity of the morning sky here on the Island yesterday reminded me of that moment in American history that changed everything on...

1968 Redux: Islanders at the Chicago convention reflect on then and now, Part 2

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Across the Island from Katama’s South Beach to the cliffs of Aquinnah, the flickering blue glow of television can be seen through the windows...

1968 Redux: Islanders at the Chicago convention reflect on then and now

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It is safe to say that many people here on the Island will be riveted next week, with the Democratic National Convention in Chicago...

HarborWorks and sailing into the future

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The view from the publisher’s office of The Martha’s Vineyard Times looks out over the weathered, gray-shingled boatyard of the world-renowned Gannon & Benjamin...

‘A Timely Issue’

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The front page of the newspaper has yellowed into a sepia tone in the frame that hangs in my office overlooking Vineyard Haven Harbor,...

A moment of awe; a time for transformation

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The moon moved slowly between the sun and earth, obscuring the light of the sun. The sky dimmed, and the temperature dropped. A strange...

The ‘first rough draft’ covering Island schools

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In the bright, unforgiving light of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School cafeteria, a cluster of a dozen parents — all immigrants from Brazil...

A step across a cultural divide 

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From the street, you could hear the muffled beat of Brazilian house music up in The Loft on Oak Bluffs Avenue.  It was my first...

A sign of the times?

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First came the high winds. They blew hard against the “MV Times” sign above the entry to our newsroom, leaving it hanging by one...

Finding Leo

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Finding Leo, a small Bali terrier mix who went missing for two weeks through frigid cold and the rising peril of coyotes, was an...