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Car Crashes Into Oak Bluffs Home »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:35:58 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Gazette

4:30 pm, July 26, 2024 Firefighters responded to the corner of Kennebec avenue and Samoset avenue at 12:44 a.m. for a report of a Dodge Charger hitting a house, Oak Bluffs deputy fire Chief Stephen Foster said.

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Featherstone — Sometimes My Blues Change Colors »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:25:31 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

‘Sometimes My Blues Change Colors,’ a solo exhibition at Featherstone Center for the Arts by Delita Martin, a celebrated master printmaker, opens Sunday July 28 from 4 to 6 pm. The show is “a journey into the depths of cultural expression that compels us to rethink the boundaries of artistic representation.” In “Sometimes My Blues Change Colors,” Martin unveils her concept of “Afro-Cubism” through an array of mixed media prints. Drawing inspiration…

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Congressman criticizes turbine-damage response »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:19:10 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

Congressman Bill Keating, representative for the Islands, called for federal officials to set up a protocol so local, state, and tribal stakeholders will be immediately notified when “hazardous conditions” arise in offshore wind lease areas. Keating made the request in a July 23 letter to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement director Kevin M. Sligh, Sr., writing that numerous state and local officials had contacted his office concerned by the lack of communication from federal officials…

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Keating Calls For Better Notification After Turbine Break »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:03:00 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Gazette

2:55 pm, July 26, 2024 U.S. Rep. Bill Keating urged federal offshore wind regulators to establish a new protocol to ensure town and tribal officials are notified when something goes wrong.

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Building community around alpha-gal »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:55:22 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

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The Moth coming back to the Tabernacle »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:47:56 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

On August 3, the Trinity Park Tabernacle will once again become the mainstage for The Moth, an event featuring storytelling from locals and visitors. Founded in 1997 by novelist George Dawes Green, The Moth is a nonprofit organization that hosts “storytelling events,” where writers perform personal stories to audiences across the country. “What we’re looking for in every story is ‘what are the things that are unique to this storyteller,’ but at the same time there are human feelings that…

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Accident leads to up-Island power outages »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:12:10 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

Up-Island police responded to two accidents overnight on Thursday evening, one that cut power in multiple towns In West Tisbury, police responded to a single motor-vehicle accident on State Road close to midnight. Chief Matt Mincone said that the driver — 23-year-old Isabelle Cole from Chelmsford — crashed into a utility pole. A witness told police that the vehicle had flipped over and was smoking from one of the tires. The chief said that Cole was taken to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital as a precautionary…

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Power Restored After Late Night West Tisbury Crash »

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:03:23 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Gazette

1:00 pm, July 26, 2024 A Chelmsford woman allegedly crashed a SUV into a utility pole by the State Road gas station in West Tisbury early Friday morning, knocking out power for nearby homes for a brief period.

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