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A proposed subdivision on Pine street in Vineyard Haven has raised concerns from abutters and some planning board members about the density of the project. The property at 14 Pine street is well-known in Vineyard Haven as the site of the Luce house; a developer plans to build an eight-lot subdivision behind the home.

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I Will Save You!, a 65-page volume devoted to the Gay Head Light, features drawings, poems, and short stories by 60 Island students. It arrives in bookstores on Monday, and proceeds from sales of the $20 book will go towards the lighthouse relocation effort.

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A storage closet serving as a guidance office, a too-small cafeteria, damage from roof leaks and noisy old ventilators. A recent tour of the Tisbury School showed that the oldest school in use on the Island needs a significant overhaul as the school body outgrows the aging building.

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The town of Oak Bluffs is moving forward with its plans for a park and ride lot to help alleviate summer traffic downtown, but during a public hearing Tuesday some expressed concern that the project was moving too quickly.

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Voters in at least two Island towns will see contested races for town selectmen when they head to the ballot box this April. Races are shaping up in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown, two of four Island towns that finalize their annual town election ballots this week. Others towns have no contested races.

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