Martha's Vineyard Brien Hefler

This Just In, from the Wilds of Montana: It's Triceratops, Now at Home in Tisbury

Brien Hefler | Monday, May 31 2004 - 8:00pm

Mr. Barnes, along with an assortment of local builders, contractors and heavy machinery, helped place a 1,000-pound, seven-and-a-half-foot fossilized Triceratops skull atop a metal pedestal in the specially renovated hallway of a Vineyard Haven home.

Fossils

Housing Bank Legislation Open for Review at Public Forum in Tisbury Senior Center

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Housing Bank Legislation Open for Review at Public Forum in Tisbury Senior Center

By BRIEN HEFLER

The Martha's Vineyard Community Housing Bank Coalition will hold a public forum to discuss and review draft legislation for the proposed Martha's Vineyard Housing Bank tonight at the Tisbury senior center from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Council Wants to Swim at Peaked Hill

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Council Wants to Swim at Peaked Hill

By BRIEN HEFLER

The Chilmark town affairs council is proposing construction of a municipal pool on town land at Peaked Hill, but first the council needs approval from town selectmen for a proposed warrant article.

State Health Officials Document Increase in Tick-Borne Illnesses

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State Health Officials Document Increase in Tick-Borne Illnesses

By BRIEN HEFLER

Massachusetts public health officials have confirmed eight cases of tularemia on the Island this year, the highest number since 2000, when 15 people were diagnosed. The report raises the number of confirmed tularemia cases to 37 since the summer of 2000 and marks the sixth successive summer that the rare disease has been documented on the Island.