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While Disney saturates the media with ads for its Tim Burton extravaganza Alice in Wonderland, young Island thespians are sending Alice tumbling through a television screen instead of a looking glass, in a play about the absurdity of media-saturated consumer culture, called Alice in Americaland.

Vineyard Week
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Variety Show: No Two Days Are the Same in One Garden, presented by The Imperfect Show of Life is at 11:30 a.m. in the warehouse behind 56 Main street in Vineyard Haven, entrance in the back alley. Suggested donation is $5, bring your own seats. For details, call 508-292-1706 or e-mail planet-bella@hotmail.com.

Signal Hill Walk is from 1 to 3 p.m. Discover 70 acres protected by a conservation restriction situated between Menemsha and Squibnocket ponds. Free to members of The Trustees of Reservations; $10 for non-members. No dogs allowed. Reservations required. Call for directions. For details, call 508-693-7662.

Sunday with Friends: Joe Doebler Alaska and the Bering Strai

Sunday with Friends — Alaska and the Bering Strait: Travel to Alaska without leaving Martha’s Vineyard. Joe Doebler, an experienced photographer, will share his recent visit to Alaska with a slide show at the Vineyard Haven library at 2 p.m. Light refreshments will follow the talk.

One Act Play Festival is at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven at 3 p.m. Presented by the Island Theatre Workshop. Cost is $15. For details, call 508-627-3166.

Opening Reception: Paper & Pottery IV — Exhibition of MVRHS Students of Scott Campbell and Janice Frame is from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Virginia Weston Besse Gallery at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Exhibit remains on display through March 26. For details, call 508-693-1850.

Community Dinner at the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven is at 5 p.m. All welcome. For details, call 508-693-0745.

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News Update: Friday, March 19
Island Man Arrested on Rape Charges
An Island man arrested this week is facing several charges of rape and indecent assault and battery against a mentally retarded person...

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By JIM HICKEY

Hospital Ranks Fifth in Cost
Harvard Pilgrim numbers rank Martha’s Vineyard Hospital fifth most expensive in state in relative cost

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has been identified as one of the most expensive in Massachusetts in data compiled by one of the state’s major health insurers...

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By MIKE SECCOMBE

Cuttyhunkers Win Comcast Net Reversal
The tiny population of Cuttyhunk has won its David and Goliath battle with Comcast. The giant telecommunications company this week reversed its decision to pull the plug on the islanders’ do-it-yourself high speed Internet service...
By MIKE SECCOMBE

More Rules Loom for Lobstermen
Martha’s Vineyard lobsters are scarce. More lobsters are landed by the Steamship Authority ferry Island Home from afar than by local lobstermen, and the prognosis is not good for the future for the whole region. From Chatham to as far south as North Carolina, the lobster fishery is in trouble...

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By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL

Tom Osmers Always Had Oysters and Pearls of Wisdom to Share
Tom Osmers, the philosopher fisherman with a generous gift for oratory and oyster shucking whose status as a true Island character was confirmed with a nickname, The Codfather, died on Friday, March 12, surrounded by friends and family who loved him tremendously. He was 57...

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Spring Burns Begin Across Island to Dampen Danger of Big Fires
“We all help each other burn each other’s property,” says Bob Bale, the Nature Conservancy’s Southeast Massachusetts chapter fire manager. It may sound like an insurance fraud pact among pyromaniacs, but Mr. Bale is describing the efforts of the Martha’s Vineyard Prescribed Fire Partnership, a group that includes the Nature Conservancy, Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, The Trustees of Reservations, the Polly Hill Arboretum and the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation. Their aim is to protect the public from the threat of wildfire and preserve the unique fire-dependent ecology of the Island...
By PETER BRANNEN

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Spring Peepers

The vernal equinox is tomorrow, but the sound of spring arrived early: Joyce Dresser of Oak Bluffs on March 16 was the first of many this week to report hearing pinkletinks. The weekend forecast calls for sun.

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