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Celebrations of freedom
Over the weekend, the Island was bustling with activity over Juneteenth, a day that commemorates when the last enslaved African-Americans learned about the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865. …
Navigator Homes celebrates the completion of nursing home complex
Navigator Homes, a 26-acre nursing home complex, celebrated the completion of its facility on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. About 150 people, including many of the home’s elderly tenants, gathered beneath the heat without shade to take in speeches by officials involved in the facility’s construction project. The facility replaces…
Ten days in at the hospital’s new tick clinic
On Thursday afternoon, the new Express Care & Tick Clinic was open for appointments. It’s one of many responses from health organizations to increased hospital visits and a rising number of positive tests for tick-borne conditions, like the allergy to mammalian products called alpha-gal syndrome. The new center, located at Wing 1 (Entrance 4) of…
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- Tuesday, July 7, 4:30 pm: Oak Bluffs Select Board Special mtg.
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