High Schoolers Make Their Picks, Prove to be a Liberal Lot
Bill Eville

While the country looks toward a possible long night waiting for election results, the polls have already closed at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, where students took part today in a mock election. And the results are in.

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Beyond the Headlines, New Novel is Homage and Elegy to Newspapers
Bill Eville

Ward Just, as the old newspaper saying goes, has ink in his veins. In his new novel, The Eastern Shore, he turns his attention and his memory to the subject of newspapers.

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Enthusiasm and a Big Heart Defined the Ministry of Brian Murdoch
Bill Eville

Parishioners at Grace Episcopal Church are mourning the loss of their pastor, the Rev. Brian Murdoch, who died unexpectedly Sunday morning.

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When Island Time Comes Ringing Sometimes It's a Little Slow
Bill Eville

After losing power during tropical storm Hermine, the Old Whaling Church bells were an hour behind. A vacationing couple was on the case.

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Call of the Wild Affects Even the Tame
Bill Eville

I had been living in New York city for two decades and indoors was where I lurked, purring like a house cat by the windows of office buildings.

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Big Lobster, Small Boy, Let the Chilmark Road Race Begin
Bill Eville

The 39th annual Chilmark Road Race is one of the toughest 5Ks out there, but 11-year-old Jack Lionette's training includes essentially no running.

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Trying to Hug Every Bend in the Road
Bill Eville

When I was 16, before I got my driver’s license, I would bike seven miles each day after school to a gym to work out.

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Forty-Eight Mountain Peaks Is Rite of Passage With a Nice View
Bill Eville

Elijah Dunn-Feiner just finished seventh grade at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School. He plays Little League, basketball, likes to ski and build things. In his spare time he climbs mountains.

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The Conch Shell Has Sounded; Hokule'a Arrives
Bill Eville

It was all hands on deck, or rather the water, as the Hokule’a entered Vineyard Haven Harbor Tuesday for its official mooring on Martha’s Vineyard as part of a round-the-world journey.

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Everyone Wins at Martha's Vineyard Little League Championships
Bill Eville

On Sunday morning at Penn Field in Oak Bluffs, Little League umpire Wally Gold asked for some water before the major league championship game began. He wanted to make some mud.

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