Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Tisbury, Edgartown Students Honor Nation's Fallen Veterans
  • Due to rain, students at the Edgartown School marched to the gymnasium rather than the sea Friday to celebrate a time-honored Memorial Day tradition.
    Mark Alan Lovewell
  • World War II veteran Fred B. Morgan Jr. shared his memories of serving in World War II with Edgartown students.
    Mark Alan Lovewell
  • Students recited the Gettysburg address, sang songs and listened to patriotic tunes.
    Mark Alan Lovewell
  • Making their way to the stage of the Tisbury School gym.
    Ivy Ashe
  • Tisbury student Savannah Bradshaw, front, drops her flower in a basket on stage as Nicole Menton and Nathan London wait their turns.
    Ivy Ashe
  • Tisbury student John Coogan drops his flower in to the basket as veterans look on.
    Ivy Ashe
  • Tisbury students Landon Cormie and Dylan Biggs "play" along with the school band.
    Ivy Ashe
  • A packed gymnasium of Tisbury students and parents listen to eighth-grader Patricia Oliveira's speech.
    Ivy Ashe
Police/Court
Driver in Fatal Fourth of July Crash Receives Suspended Sentence
Sara Brown
A New Hampshire man charged with vehicular manslaughter after an accident on the Vineyard last July that killed his son and his son’s girlfriend pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Friday in Edgartown district court.
Community, Business
Burning the Candle to Make Ends Meet
Remy Tumin and Sara Brown
Phoenix Russell tends alpacas in the morning and gives horses and humans massages in the afternoon. Anthony Esposito composes songs while waiting in his cab at the ferry terminal. Vineyarders holding multiple jobs say that summer is the time to hustle, but Sundays are a day of rest.
News, Real Estate
Time Running Out for House at Lagoon Pond Drawbridge
Jane Seagrave
On the morning of May 22, Charlotte Holloman packed up a few items, helped her 91-year-old mother into the car and drove away from their home at the edge of Lagoon Pond for what could be the last time. Barring a last minute reprieve by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the house will soon be demolished to make way for the new Lagoon bridge.
News, Real Estate, Nature & Science
After Brief Archeological Delay, Schifter House Move Progresses
Sara Brown
Work continues on a massive house moving project on Chappaquiddick following the discovery of an archeological site of interest that turned out to be an old refuse pit probably used by Native Americans centuries ago. Project engineer George Sourati said the tribe suspected there could be a significant archeological feature at one location.

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