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From the Front Page Edgartown School fourth graders heft boxes bound for island food pantry.
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Island Harley Riders Make Season Bright
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon in early November, but there, already, was Santa — and riding a motorcycle, too. What’s more, behind him was a line of about 60 more riders, all ready to criss-cross the Island and pick up toys and donations for the neediest kids here. The group was the Martha’s Vineyard Harley Riders, and last Sunday marked their annual Red Stocking tour around the Island.
» Full Story by Allen Green
Vineyard WeekWednesday, November 19, 2008
Firehouse Figure Drawing Group
Firehouse Figure Drawing Group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. Open session with no instructor. Cost is $10. For details, call 508-693-3651.
Live Irish Session
Live Irish Music session begins at 7 p.m. at Offshore Ale on Kennebec avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Beginning Drawing
Beginning Drawing with Nancy Blank is from 7 to 9 p.m. at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $30. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Live at Offshore Ale:
Live at Offshore Ale Irish Session w/Greg and Mary from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Introductory Class in Psychic and Spiritual Development
Introductory Class in Psychic and Spiritual Development with Sarah Nevin is at 7 p.m. at 101 Chase Road in Edgartown. Cost is $20. For details, call 508-627-8536.
Sustainability Lecture: Electricity
Sustainability Lecture: Electricity, with Peter Cabana; a part of the Vineyard Haven library lecture series on energy. 7 to 8 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven library. For details, call 508-696-4211.
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Finance, School Leaders Exchange Budget WoesHow to handle a $40 million school budget — ratified months ahead of other annual town budgets — during a recession. That is the vexing question now facing school and finance committee leaders across the Island...
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State Cuts Hit Preschool CareAffordable Child Care Project Sees Funding Slashed, Rules Changed; Low-Income Families Affected
Affordable child care on the Vineyard has been suddenly and severely curtailed due to state budget shortfalls.
Already, no new Island children are being funded; as of Nov. 3, even eligible working parents are being placed on waiting lists indefinitely, Vineyard child care advocates confirmed this week. Because of a multimillion dollar deficit, the state department that handles early childhood education has unilaterally frozen child care assistance for low-income families...
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Bay Scallop Fishery on the Rebound
The Vineyard bay scallop season is underway and the news is mostly good for local consumers and commercial fishermen alike. Chilmark is having one of its best seasons in years; Edgartown is having one of its worst. Oak Bluffs and Tisbury are doing fine and on Monday another banner year is set to open in Aquinnah...
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL -
Edgartown Will Consider Trust Fund for HousingA proposed Edgartown affordable housing trust, which would streamline purchasing and take spending out of voter control and put it into the hands of a seven-member board, is the subject of a public forum set for Tuesday...
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How Temporary Is Drawbridge? Agency’s Record Raises Doubts
As another holiday season approaches with drivers still traversing the old Lagoon Pond drawbridge in Vineyard Haven, Islanders are being urged to keep their faith in MassHighway - faith that the state agency not only will complete the temporary bridge now underway on time and on budget, but that the temporary bridge won't become a permanent one...
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Brendan O’Neill Has Big Impact On Small Island
Some people, if they shared an award with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might be pleased to think they’d made it, big-time. Not Brendan O’Neill. He was gratified to think he’d made it, small-time...
By MIKE SECCOMBE
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