The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But for me the spring is done. – Sara Teasdale
When a newly hatched mallard duckling crossed Clevelandtown Road Sunday, it was embarking on an odyssey. The trip would take it down a storm drain and then to a new home among chickens. It would involve police, the highway department and the kindness of strangers. It would give the duckling (gender...
Money to help pay for replacing courthouse windows and two bylaws relating to the new medical marijuana law top a special town meeting warrant in West Tisbury tonight.Voters gather at the West Tisbury School at 7 p.m. There are seven articles on the warrant.
A Vineyard Haven store that caters to the Island Brazilian community is getting a makeover.Mara Santos, a West Tisbury resident, is the new manager of Island Star, a convenience store located at 25 Beach Road in Vineyard Haven.
The beach at Wasque Reservation, closed to swimmers and fishermen for about a year and a half because of dangerous conditions, will likely be open for swimming and fishing this summer, the Vineyard superintendent for The Trustees of Reservations said.
Plans for a large addition to a church off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs have spurred concerns from neighbors for the second time in five years. At a public hearing before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday, commissioners and members of the public heard a proposal from Alliance Community Church to build an addition to the existing 7,000 square-foot building.
Calendar of Events
May 21, 2013
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8:00 amCoffee with Principal Steve Nixon is from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
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9:00 amTrims and Embellishments Workshop with Amy Hamilton is from 9 a.m. to noon at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs.
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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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10:00 amCoffee Time is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Oak Bluffs Library.
