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It is the kind of sunny spring day that lures young minds out through classroom windows onto the playground, but the seventh and eighth graders in Jonah Maidoff's social studies class at the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School are decidedly focused on the issue at hand.
Engraved on the pedestal of the Statute of Liberty is a poem by Emma Lazarus with the famous lines "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled mas
Fourth Annual Energy Day Held Tomorrow at Grange
By IAN FEIN
Should the Vineyard tax large energy users as a way to fund more renewable energy projects?
That question will be a topic of discussion at the fourth annual Energy Day tomorrow, when the building inspector from Aspen, Colo., will talk about a similar energy initiative that was enacted in his seasonal community.
Hospital Begins Formal Review
Plans for $42 Million New Facility Set to Be Filed in Oak Bluffs; MVC Land Use Committee Will Discuss on Monday
By JULIA WELLS
The Martha's Vineyard Community Hospital, much in the news this year with its ambitious $42 million capital campaign, is now set to file formal plans for a new hospital building off Linton Lane in the Eastville section of Oak Bluffs.
Missing Old Town Ledger Surfaces on eBay
Oak Bluffs police are investigating the apparent theft of a 70-year-old town land record book that was sold last month on the electronic auction marketplace known as eBay.
Lieut. Timothy Williamson yesterday confirmed that police are looking into the disappearance of a 1926 Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company Tax Ledger from the vault at town hall on School street.
Voters in Aquinnah Face Budget Deficit
Shortfall of Over $200,000 Expected; Town Meeting Warrant to Include 12 Separate Override Questions
By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer
Aquinnah voters will confront a series of choices at their May 9 annual town meeting - some may consider them Hobson's choices - including whether to fund the town shellfish and harbor master operation and community programs for children and senior citizens.