People the waves have not awakened, Spanking the boats at the harbour’s head, What do they long for, as I long for, Starting up in my inland bed. – Edna St. Vincent Millay
For some, it was a business evening; for others, a chance to rub elbows with the who’s-who of the Island community. Whether they came to collect awards or simply enjoy the festivities, crowds packed Flatbread Monday night for the unveiling of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s Best of the Vineyard.
Improved cell phone service will becoming to West Tisbury after the town zoning board of appeals approved a special permit for a tower off New Lane, near Tisbury Great Pond.
The board approved a 66 foot monopine for Verizon at their monthly meeting last Thursday, board chairman Tucker Hubbell said. The monopine will have fiberglass branches, an antennae painted green and a pole painted brown to...
Edgartown School students joined town and library officials Monday to celebrate the first visible marker of Edgartown’s new library: a sign announcing the beginning of the project.
A group of students from kindergarten, first grade and third grade at the school posted for a picture in front of a sign that says: “Watch your new library being built here.” The sign is in front of the old brick...
Todd Ruggere sat by himself at the bar of the Plane View Restaurant at Martha’s Vineyard Airport. Normally his visits cause quite a stir, but it was a Wednesday afternoon and nobody knew he was coming — he just needed a place to get a beer.
Mr. Ruggere is touring the state of Massachusetts and drinking a beer in each of the 351 towns, all in under a year.
A Vineyard organization devoted to spaying and neutering feral cats will be closing its feral cat shelter at the end of the year.
Laurie Huff, the founder of Cattrap Inc., said the organization will lose its lease on a barn sheltering rescued feral cats at the end of the year, leaving the cats homeless.
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Calendar of Events
June 18, 2013
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9:00 amOutdoor Homeschool is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for elementary aged children at Sassafras in Aquinnah.
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9:30 amTom Maley Life Drawing is from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $10.
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9:30 amConversation Group is every Tuesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Howes House in West Tisbury.
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9:30 amFlea and Fine Arts Market is from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs.
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9:30 amGuided Kayak Tour with Felix Neck naturalists is from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Sengekontacket Pond.
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