Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A fire at the Grey Barn farm in Chilmark late Friday damaged the creamery at the organic dairy farm off South Road.Chilmark fire chief David Norton said volunteer firefighters from Chilmark and West Tisbury responded to the call at 11 p.m.He said he believed the fire was electrical in origin but...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Calendar of Events
May 25, 2013
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8:30 amNot Your Sugar Mamas Grand Opening Celebration is from 8:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. at 32 Winter Street in Edgartown.
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8:30 amVolunteer Build Day with Habitat for Humanity is from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 50 Bailey Park Road off Great Plains Road in West Tisbury.
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9:00 amFamily Fun Day and Yard Sale is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1048 State Road in Vineyard Haven.
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9:00 amGuided Birding Tour with Robert Culbert is from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
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9:00 amBeach Tracking is from 9 to 10 a.m. at State Beach.
