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Housing solutions: From an abandoned building to a home
Sweeping strokes of graffiti covered white plaster walls inside an abandoned parsonage in Aquinnah in 2023. Three years later, the property is a renovated, affordable duplex where a family from…
Chilmark attempts regulation of tick sprays; state says no
Updated August 31. As tick sprays become more commonplace on the Island and the ecological effects of them remain understudied, health officials in the town of Chilmark drafted regulations to put guardrails on all-natural blends of the product. But the state won’t let them make it official. Chilmark Board of Health agent Anna McCaffrey sent…
A cloud of uncertainty
Updated August 28. Three operators of an all-natural tick spray company donned khaki insect-shield pants and tucked the bottom hems into their socks. They wore shirts with their company name, ohDEER, like they do five or more days a week, readied their equipment, and pulled into a winding driveway in Oak Bluffs to the home…
Hospital enrolls first participant in pioneering alpha-gal study
A trailblazing study for both the Island hospital and the country just enrolled its first participant last Friday in an effort to better understand alpha-gal syndrome, the tick-borne condition that causes an allergy to mammalian products like meat and dairy. Martha’s Vineyard Hospital (MVH), a member of Mass General Brigham, plans to recruit and follow…
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- Monday, August 31, 4 pm: Tisbury Conservation Commission mtg.
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