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Secretary of Energy awards towns with green community grants

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Tisbury and West Tisbury receive a total of nearly $300,000 in Green Community grant funds.

Interfaith discussion with Abdul Rauf will focus on peace

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On Wednesday, August 20, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Rabbi Caryn B. Broitman will host an interfaith dialogue at the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center at 7:30 pm.

A drumming experience

To the Built on Stilts drummers, thank you for joining in to play for dancers is a very unique, surreal, and beautifully connective privilege.

Keep dancing

Thursday morning, sleepy-eyed yet excited for the day ahead, I joined my sister and her friends at The Yard for their morning dance class.

Dreaming of a better democracy

I had a dream last night that our democracy today looked like our forefathers intended – a government run "for the people, by the people.

What’s next?

Erik Albert's letter of August 9 [Back to you, W.

A prayer for Americans who died

In regard to the "Thanks for the Coverage" of the Martha's Vineyard Peace Council, August 16, 2012.

Three cheers for Brillo

After she lost her left rear leg in a vicious dog attack in late May 2012, we weren't sure Brillo was going to survive.

Voters must choose the truth, or the other

In reading all the recent letters to the editor about the upcoming election, I found the following quote by economist Thomas Sowell, writing in realclearpolitics.

Agricultural Fair skillet toss goes the distance

Ashley Medeiros outdistanced the rest of the field with a winning skillet toss of 54 feet 10 inches.

Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick at Centric party on the Vineyard

Centric television, a channel owned by BET (Black Entertainment Television), threw a party at Hooked to celebrate its fourth year on the airwaves.

Oak Bluffs sets tentative plans for Little League ballpark

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Whether the land will have a long life as a ballpark will influence whether other towns step up to help pay the bill.

Now, a young immigrant may stay, but how to pay for Cornell

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On Wednesday, young illegal immigrants nationwide took steps to stay legally. For one of them, Paula Cort, the question now is about college aid.

Researcher studies Island’s rising sea levels and vulnerabilities

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If the sea level were to rise by three meters, graduate student Jonathan Pollack estimates 9 percent of Martha's Vineyard would be lost to the sea.

Edgartown selectmen sentence Pumpkin and Bessy

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At the Edgartown selectmen meeting Monday, the board held a hearing to address the complaint of a vicious dog.

Voter registration deadline for state primary is Friday

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While discussions of the presidential election the most discussed, the Commonwealth wants voters to think more locally and register for state elections.

Poet’s Corner

Lenny Hall is a student and observer of life without formal credentials, who finds inspiration on Martha's Vineyard.