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Shirley Mayhew

By SHIRLEY MAYHEW I have lived in West Tisbury for almost 64 years — what is there not to love? I have lived in the house we built on the north...

4:42 pm, July 18, 2011
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Commentary, Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

EGREGIOUS ERROR Editors, Vineyard Gazette: Stunned! Heartbroken! Furious! These are but three of the emotions I was feeling after reading about...

4:40 pm, July 18, 2011
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Art, Books & Ideas

Vineyard Bookshelf

Mark Alan Lovewell

BEARING DRIFT: A Story of Tragedy, Heroism and How Thirty-Four Sailors Rescued the U.S. Coast Guard. By Peter Sloan Eident. Pirate Press. 350 pages...

4:39 pm, July 18, 2011
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Commentary, Gazette Chronicle

Tuesday Chronicle: House Ahoy

Cynthia Meisner

From a 1952 Gazette edition: Since Thursday, when the Coast Guard building, three stories high, came towing into Menemsha Creek on a scow after...

4:38 pm, July 18, 2011
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Nature & Science, Farm & Field

Lean Gleaning Machine

Remy Tumin

Jamie O’Gorman stood in a field of summer squash and cucumbers at Morning Glory Farm in Edgartown on Saturday, looking over her shoulder, hoping...

4:35 pm, July 18, 2011
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Government

Oak Bluffs Town Administrator: Selectmen Polish Selection Plan

Peter Brannen

With their town administrator’s resignation effective at the end of the month, Oak Bluffs selectmen met on Friday morning to discuss how to fill...

4:34 pm, July 18, 2011
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Art, News

Evening Shoppers Stroll Tisbury As Businesses Rev Up Renaissance

Nina Tarnawsky

The first Tisbury art stroll got off to a quiet start on Friday night, but no matter, the tide in this port town is changing. Dawn Braasch, owner...

4:33 pm, July 18, 2011
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Art, Books & Ideas

Kenneth Feinberg to Speak About Law and Tragedies

The tagline of the Martha’s Vineyard Summer Institute, “from the front lines of politics, science and the arts,” proved too true last week when the...