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A new school for the next generation
Updated June 3. After years of administrative meetings and an historic Island-wide vote, the long-awaited Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School building project, with an addition and renovation price tag of…
The legacy of Charlie Blair
Charlie Blair grew up summering on the Vineyard, where he spent most of his days sailing through the waters off the Vineyard coast. His most frequented haunt was the Edgartown Yacht Club (EYC), where he learned to sail at the age of 8. Over 65 years later, on Friday morning, in that same club where…
Yacht club launches new scholarship fund
The Edgartown Yacht Club (EYC) is hosting a community leader breakfast on Friday to introduce a scholarship fund in honor of former Edgartown Harbormaster Charlie Blair, who served in the position for 30 years. The Charlie Blair EYC Legacy Fund is a fund for Island youth and residents committed to settling on the Island year-round…
High school building project
Fate of MVRHS project in hands of Island voters
Islanders across the towns are set to vote on the most expensive building project they’ve ever seen next week. A decade of work culminated in a plan for the regional high school building that addresses what school officials say are necessary upgrades and renovations, and is projected to cost more…
Tours of high school prior to June 2 vote
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Building Committee is holding public tours of the school prior to a district-wide vote on June 2. The MVRHS building project is a proposed full-scale renovation and addition of the structure that school officials say is far below educational standards set by the…
Why does the high school building project cost so much?
The Island is less than two weeks away from voting on its most expensive building project ever. And on the eve of the consequential vote, with only a few more public discussions left on the docket, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) building committee posed a question to themselves,…
High school wins long-awaited funding approval from the state
The cost of the most expensive capital project ever seen on Martha’s Vineyard was finalized on Wednesday morning, along with the reimbursement school officials can expect to see from a state-supported organization. At $333.5 million, the planned renovation and addition of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) is a…
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