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MVRHS students hold walkout to honor classmate detained by ICE

New details emerge about Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima and his father, Rogerio da Silva Lima, who were detained by ICE Monday.

Students at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) were energized Friday as they called for the release of their peer, Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima, from the custody of the…

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 $333.5 million, passed in a landslide with the promise to transform the campus for future generations and address much-needed issues. All six towns showed their…

MVC fights to keep power over Chapter 40B reviews

With its authority to review housing developments in flux, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) is attempting to reverse the ruling that reduced its power in court.  In Dukes County Superior Court, the MVC and the Edgartown zoning board of appeals jointly filed a challenge against the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee (HAC) and Edgartown Gardens LLC,…

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