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Martha's Vineyard Gazette

• November 21, 2008
• 1:00

  Construction Sees a Sharp Downturn

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 21st, 2008, 1:00am EST

  The Island construction industry has fallen off sharply in recent months, most indicators show, with a growing number of carpenters and tradesmen out of work.

• 1:00

  Preservation Trust Buys Historic Boathouse

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 21st, 2008, 1:00am EST

  The Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust announced this week that it will buy and preserve the Norton property on the Edgartown harbor that includes the Osborn building, the oldest structure on the Edgartown waterfront.

• 1:00

  Wildest Turkey Case Is Closed

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 21st, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Most Charges Dropped as Court Hears Chilmark Man Accused Of Assaulting Police Officer Who Shot His Pet, Tom
  
  The story of a hostile, feral turkey that prowled the neighborhood of Old Ridge Road terrorizing residents with beak and spurs ended on Father’s Day, June 15, with its fatal shooting by Chilmark police officer Jeffrey Day.
• 1:00

  Tisbury Selectmen Vote to Shift Tax Rate, Favoring Commercial Property Owners

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 21st, 2008, 1:00am EST

  The average year-round resident in Tisbury will pay an extra $110 in property taxes next year, following a successful push from town businesses to shift the tax burden off commercial property.
  
  A nonresident property owner whose Vineyard Haven home is of average value - $860,425, according to the town assessors - will see an even bigger increase of almost $138, while business properties of the same value will see their taxes decrease by some $1,015.
• 1:00

  Young Quarterback Carries Family Legacy to the Snap

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 21st, 2008, 1:00am EST

  It is a chilly November evening; the sun has just dipped below the horizon and Mike McCarthy, quarterback for the Vineyarders football team, stands in back of the high school answering a reporter’s questions about this weekend’s Island Cup game.

• 1:00

  Vineyard Travels to Nantucket to Play for Storied Island Cup

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 21st, 2008, 1:00am EST

  The annual Island Cup game between the Vineyard and Nantucket football teams has long been a high-stakes affair, played to the bitter end for the right to dominate the world — or at least bragging rights between the two Island rivals.
• 1:00

  Fracas in Courtroom Follows Heroin Bust

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 21st, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Six people — three from the same Vineyard Haven family — were arrested on felony drug charges earlier this week following one of the largest heroin busts in Island history.

• November 14, 2008
• 1:00

  Finance, School Leaders Exchange Budget Woes

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 14th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  How to handle a $40 million school budget — ratified months ahead of other annual town budgets — during a recession. That is the vexing question now facing school and finance committee leaders across the Island.
• 1:00

  State Cuts Hit Preschool Care

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 14th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Affordable Child Care Project Sees Funding Slashed, Rules Changed; Low-Income Families Affected
  
  Affordable child care on the Vineyard has been suddenly and severely curtailed due to state budget shortfalls.
  
  Already, no new Island children are being funded; as of Nov. 3, even eligible working parents are being placed on waiting lists indefinitely, Vineyard child care advocates confirmed this week. Because of a multimillion dollar deficit, the state department that handles early childhood education has unilaterally frozen child care assistance for low-income families.
• 1:00

  Bay Scallop Fishery on the Rebound

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 14th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  The Vineyard bay scallop season is underway and the news is mostly good for local consumers and commercial fishermen alike. Chilmark is having one of its best seasons in years; Edgartown is having one of its worst. Oak Bluffs and Tisbury are doing fine and on Monday another banner year is set to open in Aquinnah.
• 1:00

  Edgartown Will Consider Trust Fund for Housing

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 14th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  A proposed Edgartown affordable housing trust, which would streamline purchasing and take spending out of voter control and put it into the hands of a seven-member board, is the subject of a public forum set for Tuesday.
• 1:00

  How Temporary Is Drawbridge? Agency’s Record Raises Doubts

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 14th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  As another holiday season approaches with drivers still traversing the old Lagoon Pond drawbridge in Vineyard Haven, Islanders are being urged to keep their faith in MassHighway - faith that the state agency not only will complete the temporary bridge now underway on time and on budget, but that the temporary bridge won't become a permanent one.

• 1:00

  Brendan O’Neill Has Big Impact On Small Island

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 14th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Some people, if they shared an award with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might be pleased to think they’d made it, big-time. Not Brendan O’Neill. He was gratified to think he’d made it, small-time.

• November 07, 2008
• 1:00

  Election Day 2008: Vineyard Backs Obama All the Way

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 7th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  A Record Turnout Floods the Polls Across Island
  
  Vineyard voters came down decisively on the winning side of history on Tuesday, turning out in record numbers to help elect America’s first black President.
• 1:00

  Tim Madden Wins With Hefty Vote on Nantucket

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 7th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Timothy Madden of Nantucket claimed the Cape and Islands state representative seat on Tuesday, beating out two Vineyard contenders and a Falmouth hopeful by some 2,000 votes district-wide.
• 1:00

  Beach Road Closure Proposed Amid Race to Replace Bridges

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 7th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  MassHighway is considering closing Beach Road between Oak Bluffs and Edgartown for the next six months in order to replace the two bridges known commonly as Big Bridge and Little Bridge.
• 1:00

  High School Braces For Budget Season

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 7th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Amid calls from Island towns for zero increases in all budgets this year, schools are first in line
  
  Town finance committees, mindful of a coming recession, have called for zero per cent increases in Island school budgets, leaving educators braced for another dramatic budget season of instructional and programing cuts.
• 1:00

  Striped Bass Index Drops, Anxiety Rises

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 7th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Striped bass, the Vineyard’s most valued fish, is struggling.
  
  A new report shows the number of striped bass spawned in the Chesapeake Bay this year was the lowest seen in well over a decade - and fishermen along the Eastern seaboard, alarmed that striped bass may be overfished, are raising concerns about the future of the fishery.
• 1:00

  Veterans Help Hampered by Security Rules

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 7th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  When Dukes County veterans agent Jo Ann Murphy steps onto the pavement in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday morning as a participant in the annual Island Veterans Day parade, she will be thinking about Vineyarders serving in the armed forces and wondering whether she knows them all.
• November 05, 2008
• 1:00

  Breaking News: Wednesday, November 5, 12 a.m.: Nantucket Voters Put Tim Madden Over the Top for State Representative

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: November 5th, 2008, 1:00am EST

  Tim Madden of Nantucket won the hotly contested race for Cape and Islands state representative Tuesday, beating out three other opponents including Dan Larkosh, a West Tisbury attorney who fought hard for the post.
• October 31, 2008
• 1:00

  Tuesday Election Nears; Record Turnout Expected And Town Clerks Are Busy

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 31st, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Vineyard election officials are expecting a record turnout for Tuesday’s election following a rush of new voter registrations and a huge number of absentee ballots already cast.
• 1:00

  County Charter Question Seeks to Reduce Commission Terms

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 31st, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Amid the heap of state and national issues on Tuesday, Island voters will be asked one local question: whether to reduce the terms of the seven-member Dukes County commission. A yes vote on ballot question number four will reduce terms from four years to two. A no vote will leave commission members serving four-year staggered terms.
• 1:00

  Once a Republican Stronghold, Forest of Democrats Grows Here

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 31st, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Seventy-odd years ago, Everett Poole recalls, the first Democrat appeared in Chilmark. He ran the post office.
  
  “The reason he was a Democrat was that Franklin Roosevelt was President and those jobs were all political appointments. So he had to be a Democrat. He came from Maine,” said Mr. Poole.
• 1:00

  Candidates Release Spending Records

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 31st, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  With the election of a new Cape and Islands state representative days away, campaign finance reports released this week show Vineyard candidate Daniel Larkosh outspending his opponents three to one.
• 1:00

  Bonanza Cranberry Harvest Has Island Growers Seeing Good Red

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 31st, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  The stock market may be seeing red on Wall street this autumn, but here on the Vineyard there is a bright future in cranberries. On the Island and across southeastern Massachusetts, it is a banner year for cranberries, both wild and cultivated.
• 1:00

  Joe the Plumber on the Island: Pressing Issues, No Press Corps

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 31st, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  He has yet to hold a press conference in his front yard, hold forth on foreign policy regarding Israel, or hire a publicity management agent, as Ohio’s Joe Wurzelbacher has. But Joe Guerin, an Edgartown plumber with nearly 30 years experience, has seen his local fame skyrocket in the two weeks following the final presidential debate thanks to Mr. Wurzelbacher and the three little words he inspired: Joe the Plumber.

• October 24, 2008
• 1:00

  Cause of Plane Crash Unknown

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 24th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  National Transportation Safety Board Issues Report on Cape Air Accident Last Month; Investigation Continues
  
  A detailed preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board draws no conclusions on what caused the Cape Air crash which killed pilot Capt. David Willey, a resident of Vineyard Haven, on Sept. 26.
• 1:00

  SSA Won't Divert Oak Bluffs Ferries

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 24th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  In the face of complaints that it would inconvenience large numbers of customers and potentially damage business, Steamship Authority management will abandon a plan to reduce summer ferry service out of Oak Bluffs.
• 1:00

  Bunch of Grapes Bookstore is Sold

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 24th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Landmark Business Reopens Next Month in Temporary Space
  
  The Bunch of Grapes Bookstore will reopen next month in temporary quarters on Church street, after Vineyard Haven resident Dawn Braasch yesterday closed a deal to buy the business from Jon Nelson.

• 1:00

  State Representative Candidates Battle Over Endorsements

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 24th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  With less than two weeks until election day, an endorsement race has begun between two of the four candidates for the Cape and Islands state representative seat being vacated by Eric T. Turkington. The other two candidates downplayed the significance of endorsements and argued that they can come at a political price.
• 1:00

  Maggie White Stamps Brand On Edgartown

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 24th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Thirteen years ago, Maggie White packed her things and moved from Colorado to the Massachusetts Island of her childhood summers. She left behind a booming and profitable business to run a small Edgartown inn. She had no experience in the hospitality industry and she knew not a soul on the Vineyard, save the herd of cows she brought with her.
• October 17, 2008
• 11:00

  State Representative Candidates Face Off

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 17th, 2008, 11:00am EDT

  Introducing last night’s debate between the four candidates competing to take the state house seat being vacated after 20 years by Eric Turkington, host Judy Crawford noted the absence of a Republican candidate as a complicating factor.
  
  The choice would have been much easier, said the president of the League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard, if the contest was simply between a Republican and a Democrat. But the presence of three independents made the whole thing far more complex.

• 1:00

  Sewer Water Seeps Into Park

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 17th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Ocean Park Is Subject of State Citing for Noncompliance; Leaching Field Failed, As Some Suspected
  
  After years of soggy and sometimes smelly conditions at Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs that some residents and officials suspected were due to failing septic grids beneath the park, the Department of Environmental Protection recently confirmed the source of the problem and formally notified the town that it is in violation of state law.
• 1:00

  West Tisbury Town Hall Project: Borrowing on Temporary Hold

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 17th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  In another example of the national economic crisis hitting home, West Tisbury finance officials have been advised to wait until the end of this month before attempting any short-term borrowing for the town hall renovation and expansion project.

• 1:00

  Wall Street Fallout: Harbor View Hotel Halts Construction

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 17th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Construction has been halted on a planned $55 million renovation project at the Harbor View Hotel, at least until the fall.

• 1:00

  Fishing Derby Enters Home Stretch

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 17th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Fewer fishermen and fewer fish — that has been the main theme for the 63rd annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby this year. The fall premiere saltwater fishing contest has been affected this year both by the economy and the state of fish stocks. Participation is down.

• 1:00

  Oceans Act Unclear on Power of Review by the Commission

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 17th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  The same state agency which has backed the controversial Cape Wind development could allow similar projects even closer to the Vineyard under the new Oceans Act, Cape and Islands Rep. Eric T. Turkington said this week.
  
  The new law, signed by Gov. Deval Patrick in May, lifts the previous blanket ban on alternative energy proposals in state waters, opening up the prospect of wind or other energy projects within three miles the Island.
• October 10, 2008
• 13:00

  Breaking News: Friday, Ocotber 10: Telephone Bankfraud Targets Island Residents

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT

  Martha's Vineyard's three local banks have warned customers to beware of phone scammers, who targeted large numbers of Island residents on Thursday night, seeking their account details.
• 1:00

  Feature Section: National Economic Crisis Hits Home: Construction Industry Falls Off; Long-Term Forecast Uncertain

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  As the national economy continues to sputter dangerously, the outlook for the Vineyard remains uncertain, especially when it comes to the main economic engines of construction and real estate, which by most accounts have fallen off dramatically in recent weeks.
• 1:00

  Special Section Con't.: Challenges of Home Heating: Energy Experts Offer Tips

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Here on the Vineyard, the fun is over. This week saw the first light frost of the fall. Those who spent their summers in shacks are scuttling inside and sliding down the storm windows. Ocean bathers have become a scarce breed.
• 1:00

  Special Section Con't.: Real Estate Downturn Continues, With Brokers in the Trenches

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  The real estate market on the Vineyard had already begun to see a sharp downturn this year, and the recent collapse in global financial markets and turmoil on Wall Street certainly has not made things better.
• 1:00

  Special Section Con't.: Second Hand Business Booming; Thrifty Islanders Go Shopping

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Retail sales may be slumping around the country and on the Island, but the thrift stores and consignment shops of the Vineyard are thriving hubs of business these days.
• 1:00

  State Representative Race Begins to Take Shape: Crowded Field of Four

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  With a scant four weeks left until the November election, the race for Cape and Islands state representative is heating up quietly as four candidates — one Democrat and three independents — begin to work their campaigns in earnest.
• 1:00

  School Committee Checks Balances

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  The national hot button issues of financial security and high fuel prices as they relate to one of the Island’s largest institutions occupied members of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee at a meeting Monday night.
• 1:00

  Oceans Act Seeks to Regulate Development in State Waters

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Vineyard residents with an interest in how the waters which surround the Island are used will get their chance to shape state regulation under a major new piece of legislation, at a public meeting this Tuesday.
• 1:00

  Born in the White House, Pastor to All, Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr. Dies at 93

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 10th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr., former Dean of the Washington National Cathedral, grandson of the late President Woodrow Wilson and the last baby to be born in the White House, died at home in Vineyard Haven on Oct. 3.

• October 03, 2008
• 1:00

  Engineers Show Bridge Drawings

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 3rd, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  For the first time, state officials on Wednesday publicly unveiled plans for a permanent retractable bridge and its estimated price tag of $35 million, slated to replace the failing Lagoon Pond drawbridge in Vineyard Haven.

• 1:00

  Tisbury Voters Agree to Relocate Emergency Services Near School

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 3rd, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Tisbury voters shrugged off the prophets of financial doom in Washington and among their own ranks, and overwhelmingly endorsed two costly town initiatives at Tuesday night’s special town meeting.
• 1:00

  President of Edgartown National Bank Dies at Home on Tower Hill at Age of 97

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 3rd, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  Donald W. Vose, for 51 years the president of the Edgartown National Bank and for a dozen years the chairman of the board, died peacefully in his sleep at his Tower Hill home in Edgartown on Wednesday. He was 97.

• 1:00

  Few Dry Eyes in Agricultural Hall Tuesday At Service for Cape Air Pilot Lost in Crash

   » ‎ Martha's Vineyard Gazette

  Fetched: October 3rd, 2008, 1:00am EDT

  An overflow crowd came to the Agricultural Hall on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate and remember David Willey, the Vineyard Haven man and Cape Air pilot who died last Friday evening when his plane crashed near Nip ’n’ Tuck Farm in West Tisbury. He was 61.