The Next Chapter: Noepe Returns

Noepe Center for Literary Arts announced this week that it will reopen this spring in partnership with Featherstone Center for the Arts.

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Civil War Statue Debate Dominates Oak Bluffs Meeting

In a sometimes tense, sometimes emotional debate, Oak Bluffs selectmen heard arguments for and against a request to remove plaques from a Civil War monument.

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With Legislation Stalled, Moped Businesses Keep Rolling Along

Despite a legislative initiative to ban the rental of mopeds it appears Oak Bluffs is driving, with hardly a wobble, toward another summer with mopeds on Island roadways.

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Early Morning Ferry Delayed Due to Fuel Truck Leak

A fuel truck that leaked diesel fuel while driving aboard a Steamship Authority (SSA) ferry in Woods Hole caused residual delays in the boat schedule, Thursday.

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Vineyard NAACP Urges Oak Bluffs to Remove Plaques Honoring Confederate Soldiers

A Civil War memorial in Oak Bluffs is drawing concerted opposition from the Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP

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King of the Keys, Jeremy Berlin Sets the Mood in Life and Music

On a chilly Wednesday night, Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish are packing them in at Offshore Ale Company with steamy blues and hot rock ‘n’ roll.

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Remote Muskeget Offers Case Study in Nature's Balancing Act

Crocker Snow Jr. remembers vividly the first time he set foot on Muskeget island. The 250-acre stretch of sand and scrub brush forms the westernmost tip of Nantucket.

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Townspeople Show Keen Interest in Master Plan

Rising sea levels, beach amenities, downtown vitality and affordable housing are among the subjects that top the priority list as Oak Bluffs begins to develop a revised master plan.

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Housing Bank Campaign Hits Rough Water in Island Towns

A campaign to establish a Martha’s Vineyard housing bank using revenues from the new short-term rental tax is running into stiff opposition in some Island towns.

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A Lone Sea Scalloper from Martha's Vineyard Endures

There are about 700 permits of various classifications issued by the federal government to fish for sea scallops on the East Coast. Sam Hopkins of West Tisbury has one of them.

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