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From the Front Page Viewed from Squibnocket,
smoke and ash drifts over Vineyard Wednesday from controlled burn.
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Celebrating Main Street Vineyard
Feature Articles from the 2008 Invitation Edition of the Vineyard Gazette
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Vineyard WeekFriday, May 9, 2008
Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish
Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish play at The Wharf in Edgartown.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Kids Trout Derby
Kids Trout Derby begins at first light (about 6 a.m.) at Duarte's Pond, off Lambert's Cove Road for kids 14 and younger. Prizes for winners in various categories, with refreshments. For details, call 508-627-8028.
Guided Birding Tour
Guided Birding Tour with Robert Culbert every Saturday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Carpool from the high school faculty parking lot. Cost is $30 per person to enjoy bird identification, ecology and behavior. For details, call 508-693-4908.
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Beer and Wine Question Fails by Two in Recount; New Petition Is Planned
Proponents of beer and wine sales in Tisbury restaurants, defeated by a mere two votes in this year’s ballot, say they plan to put it before the people again next April.
After years of controversy, the proposal to license restaurants to sell alcohol failed 692 to 690, after a recount conducted last Friday...
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Aquinnah is Key Decider on School AssessmentsA lengthy new bylaw to regulate wind turbines large and small, the prospect of taxing rental property owners and the chance to play spoiler and send the up-Island regional school budget back to the drawing board — these are among the issues that will confront Aquinnah voters when they gather for their annual town meeting next week...
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Noman’s Land Burns, Surprising Islanders
Island emergency officials were inundated with calls from concerned residents Wednesday afternoon after a haze of smoke and ash descended on the Island from a brush fire on Noman’s Land, the small uninhabited island off the southern coast of Chilmark...
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One More Reason to Take Bus: Parking Fines Increase SharplyThe advent of spring on the Vineyard brings with it the welcome return of things like warm weather, the majestic osprey and the running of the herring. But it also signals the return of several less celebrated Island traditions, including traffic jams, tick bites — and those dreaded traffic tickets...
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An Inconvenient Green Ban? School Debates Going Car-FreeIn light of climate change and rising fuel costs, there is a push by some members of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee to limit car use at the high school, with one particular member calling for an outright ban on student vehicle use...
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Three Judges Hear Graham Tax Case Argued on AppealBOSTON — Two property assessors working on behalf of the town of West Tisbury lied to justify new valuations in an exclusive neighborhood of the town, resulting in land owned by William W. Graham being overvalued by $24 million dollars, the Massachusetts Appeals Court was told this week...
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Wouldn’t Hurt A Flea to Shift To West TisburyIt is a summertime tradition, a shopping destination known for its rare antiques and its bizarre gems — a prosthetic leg, a mounted deer head, a talking bathroom scale. It is the flea market and, after 40 years as a Chilmark institution, it is moving to West Tisbury...
By JULIA RAPPAPORT
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