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Thursday | The Martha's Vineyard Times

What's behind the numbers in Island school budgets?

School spending accounts for the largest share of taxpayer expenditures in town budgets.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

West Tisbury

Earlier Sunday I sat in the Ag Hall, filled to capacity with admirers and memories of Polly Murphy, who died last week.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

IAHF provides a portion of subsidy payments

The Island Affordable Housing Fund provided half the money needed to fund subsidies in the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority rental assistance program Friday.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

First Winter Farmers Market a success

It was late Saturday morning at the Island's first Winter Farmers Market in the West Tisbury Ag Hall, and Oak Bluffs metalsmith John Roriz and Kate Collins, a respiratory therapist at the hospital, stood debating which of the Little Rock Farms soups was best, kale or butternut.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

West Tisbury

Saturday's first Winter Farmers Market was a great success. Many vendors sold out in the first hour, replenished their displays, and carried on.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Vineyard Gazette Online

State Energy Secretary Delivers Concessions on the Oceans Plan

The Martha's Vineyard Commission has been promised the final say over all wind power developments in Island waters, following a concerted campaign by all levels of Vineyard local government against a state plan earmarking them for commercial wind generation.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

School swine flu clinics begin; absenteeism declines

Superintendent of schools James Weiss said today that the number of absences due to swine flu and other illnesses has diminished this week.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Vineyard Gazette Online

Heroin Bust Nets Two Suspected Dealers

Defendant Jose Luis Arias in court yesterday. Two men were arrested on felony drug charges on Tuesday as they were stepping off the ferry in Vineyard Haven, the latest in a series of major drug busts over the past year involving suspects either caught selling drugs here or trying to bring large amounts of heroin to the Vineyard.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

West Tisbury

The past week has been beautiful. Jean Wexler called to tell me she had little yellow primroses blooming in her garden, usually a sign of early spring.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Saving and spending conflict in West Tisbury

Requests for spending and efforts to save confronted the West Tisbury selectmen at their meeting on November 4. However, before getting down to business, selectman Richard Knabel, presiding in the absence of chairman Dianne Powers, noted that due to the rebuilding of the structure this meeting marked the first time in several years that the ...

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The Martha's Vineyard Times

Wednesday's seasonal flu clinic limited to 1,200 doses

The all-Island seasonal flu vaccination clinic, scheduled Wednesday, November 11, is limited to 1,200 doses that will be given on a first come, first served basis.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Martha's Vineyard District Court Report : Martha's Vineyard Times : November 5, 2009

Nathaniel H. Fleming, Providence, RI; DOB 3/6/89, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for one year, must attend driver alcohol education program and pay program fee, $250 state fee, 210-day loss of license, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth; ...

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Vineyard Gazette Online

Flu Hits High School Hard;Clinic Nov. 11

Illness presumed to be swine flu has resulted in the absence of an average of more than 100 students each day of the past week from the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

West Tisbury

Julie Kimball used to describe this time of year as shooting along like a roller coaster.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Vineyard Gazette Online

News Update: Wednesday, November 4Some School H1N1 Clinics Set for Monday

The milkweed pods are breaking, And the bits of silken down Float off upon the autumn breeze Across the meadows brown.

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The Martha's Vineyard Times

Lambert's Cove Road bridge is closed

Lambert's Cove Road, between the EC Cottle lumber yard and the Lambert's Cove Beach parking lot is closed to all traffic - motorized, pedaled, or pedestrian - for two weeks to allow for repair of the road, according to the West Tisbury superintendent of streets Richard Olsen.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Boston.com

In dead Vineyard oaks, a warming warning

Ever since a vast tract of Martha's Vineyard forest died two years ago, visitors who stumbled upon the graveyard of gray stalks have called it eerie, bizarre, and sad.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Vineyard Gazette Online

Costs Take Early Learning Out Of Reach for Vineyard Families

Jack Lionette and the daily leadership calendar. The Island Children's School in West Tisbury was a busy place on Wednesday morning, as two to five-year-olds spread throughout two schoolrooms went about their daily preschool routines.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Real Estate Transactions

Oct. 16, Douglas C. and Doris D. Ward sold 5 Mullen Way to Thomas W. Littlejohn 3rd and Margaret H. Littlejohn for $2,400,000. Oak Bluffs Oct.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Shop Talk: Looks like Halloween

The chill is about to run through our veins as well as our bones. Halloween is next weekend and the Island is gearing up for a festival of spooky.

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