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The analysis showed some 60 per cent of voters in the 10th Congressional District, which covers the Cape and Islands, went to Brown. Absent the influence of a strong incumbent, the 10th was winnable for Republicans. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27297 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 Island merchants report uptick in business for high season; ferries were full, economy shows slight rebound

Vineyarders shook the sand out of their towels one last time this week before returning to work and school, and now comes the time to look back and count the numbers. No doubt boosted by endless hot and sunny days, it was a good summer, most Island businesses report. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27298 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 Up in the attic of the old house at Quansoo, you can read its somewhat haphazard growth over 300 odd years. You see where the several additions were made to the original structure. You see ancient roof timbers, reinforced with temporary framing and juxtaposed with a concrete block chimney. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27299 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 The 65th annual Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby opens Sunday morning at a minute past midnight. The fishermen are waiting. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27302 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00
Striped bass numbers show a changing picture. Landings are down overall in Vineyard waters, according to commercial fishermen, though as near as Chatham their counterparts reported no trouble filling their boats. Moreover, the balance of stripers caught by recreational and commercial anglers is becoming more evenly split; historically recreational fishermen catch the lion's share. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27300 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 2010-09-10T07:00:00-04:00 The Vineyard prides itself on promoting all things local: music, painting, livestock, produce, you name it. This weekend, though, the Island goes international as it celebrates the cinema of the world.

Last night the fifth annual Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival kicked off as it always does, with an opening night reception on the Mansion House rooftop. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27261 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-04T14:52:26-04:00 2010-09-04T14:52:26-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27260 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-03T19:58:39-04:00 2010-09-03T19:58:39-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27259 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-03T14:18:59-04:00 2010-09-03T14:18:59-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27256 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-03T01:42:20-04:00 2010-09-03T01:42:20-04:00 Michele Norris is taking back pancakes. She's putting down the boxed mix, stepping away from the cupboard and taking on the task of making homemade pancakes with her children. She understands the convenience factor, the ease of adding milk, water or orange juice to the powder to create pancakes in minutes, and was a frequent buyer for one of her son's favorite foods. But when Ms. Norris found out that her grandmother was a traveling Aunt Jemima, representing the slave cook stereotype that was advertised, the act of buying pancake mix suddenly became complicated. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27255 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-03T01:37:42-04:00 2010-09-03T01:37:42-04:00 School enrollment remains fairly flat this year, and the most major changes that will be seen in Martha's Vineyard Public Schools are the faces of faculty members, when Island students return to school on Tuesday, Sept. 7, the day after Labor Day. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27254 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-03T01:37:20-04:00 2010-09-03T01:37:20-04:00 Baby Earl was born about 10 days ago, on the west coast of tropical Africa. At that stage, meteorologists called him disturbed, but not yet necessarily dangerous. They watched him closely, though, as he left that continent behind and began moving out across the Atlantic. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27253 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-03T01:37:00-04:00 2010-09-03T01:37:00-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27252 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-03T01:36:37-04:00 2010-09-03T01:36:37-04:00 The Vineyard was in a state of emergency and high alert at nightfall yesterday as Hurricane Earl crawled up the Eastern Seaboard, a category three storm packing winds up to 111 miles per hour with drenching rains, its huge eye pointed straight at eastern Cape Cod, the Vineyard and Nantucket. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27178 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-02T12:13:45-04:00 2010-09-02T12:13:45-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27175 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-09-01T12:24:50-04:00 2010-09-01T12:24:50-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27147 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27148 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 President Obama and his family ended their vacation on the Vineyard Sunday just as they had begun it 10 days earlier — quietly and without fanfare. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27146 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27171 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank is seeking legal advice on whether major changes being carried out to Crow Hollow Farm by its new owner breach an agricultural preservation restriction (APR) on the property. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27149 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 On a recent afternoon, when the skies had finally cleared and the earth was beginning to soak up five days worth of rain, Marie Scott emerged out of her field off Middle Road in Chilmark. Barefoot, she appeared to float effortlessly amongst her crops. Her feet squished in the damp ground as she showed the Gazette around the land she has been connected to her entire life off Beetlebung Corner, aptly named Beetlebung Farm. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27150 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-31T07:00:00-04:00 Generations of joggers, walkers and runners gathered at Washington Park in Oak Bluffs on Saturday morning for the 22nd annual Sullivan 5K Run and Walk for Health and Fitness. The fundraiser for the Martha's Vineyard Hospital had all the trappings of a family reunion and social until the race began and the group suddenly rushed en masse down the street. Prior to the start, participants lingered about, sharing stories and sipping from bottles of water. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27143 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-27T12:47:41-04:00 2010-08-27T12:47:41-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27119 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 On Sunday President Obama will leave Martha's Vineyard for New Orleans, for the fifth anniversary of its devastation by Hurricane Katrina. On Tuesday, he will travel to Texas, where he will meet with troops, and that night at 8 p.m. he will address the nation about the Iraq war from the Oval Office.

Things will return to normal for the man with the toughest job in the world. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27118 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 A fleet of more than 14 fishing boats, mostly from New Bedford, staged a protest in the waters off Vineyard Haven yesterday afternoon to make a statement about fishery restrictions while President Obama is visiting the Vineyard.

The coalition, made up principally of Gloucester and New Bedford commercial fishermen, ran a full-page advertisement in the Gazette on Tuesday this week. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27122 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00
Oak Bluffs town administrator Michael Dutton confirmed yesterday that he had had discussions with the DOR with a view to having it produce a report on the feasibility of such a merger. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27121 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 The Vineyard's first offshore farm-raised blue mussels will be distributed among Island fish markets and a few restaurants this weekend. The shellfish are being grown as part of a federally and locally-funded offshore aquaculture experiment to bring farm-raised blue mussels to market on the Island. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27120 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-27T07:00:00-04:00 One evening when author Paul Greenberg was 10 years old his father dropped him off at Menemsha. That night he would pull six glistening iridescent squeteague from the waters around the jetty.

Everett Poole of Poole's Fish Market sat Mr. Greenberg down and told him he would take the fish off his hands for 65 cents a pound. It was the first fish he ever sold. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27071 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 Debris from heavy winds and rain that swept across the Vineyard yesterday left at least 2,000 Vineyarders without power, roads blocked, dinghies stranded and a schooner destroyed. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27072 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27073 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 During a brief public appearance on the Vineyard on Saturday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick defended his plan to allow large-scale commercial wind development off the Island. And he insisted that Islanders still have a say in shaping the future. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27074 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 Halfway through his Vineyard vacation, President Obama has turned to Island links and basketball courts for his downtime, while the operation of the reform-minded White House carries on. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27075 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 Bay scallops have spawned with a vengeance this summer in Cape Pogue Pond. Once ranked among the most productive ponds for scallop landings in the state, Cape Pogue is teeming with juvenile bay scallops, many about the size of a dime. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27076 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 Iron skillets sailed through the air, tractors pulled their hardest, knives shucked away at oysters and saws worked their way through logs this past weekend at the 149th annual Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Fair. And although the rides have headed to the ferry, the animals have all been returned to their barns and the artwork is off the walls of the great hall, the people who participated in all these events will be back for more next year. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?27077 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00 Have you ever thought about your thoughts? Not in the generic sense as in, wow I can't believe I had such a lustful thought, ugly thought, pathetically mundane or masterfully intelligent thought. That's kid stuff. A dime a dozen. How about going deeper into the thought machine itself and its continuous letting loose of one after another, after another new idea or impulse, ad nausea. It's a busy factory up there, the mind churning and burning with rapid-fire suggestions, reactions, negations and desires. So exhausting, but what can one do? After all, the mind is in charge, right?. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26951 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-18T12:56:55-04:00 2010-08-18T12:56:55-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26938 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 Land court ruling favors town in long-running legal case, leaving rare heathlands undeveloped for now.

The Massachusetts Land Court has upheld the town of Aquinnah in a pivotal case that will ultimately decide whether a large swath of rare, salt-blasted coastal heathland along Moshup Trail remains forever wild or is opened up for development. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26939 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 Obamas due to arrive on Island Thursday for 10-day holiday White House Press Office releases few details.

President Obama is due to land on the Vineyard on Thursday for a planned 10-day family vacation up-Island, and three days before the arrival few details have been released by the White House. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26940 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26941 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26942 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 Tomorrow Vineyarders from all generations will walk into the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury, proudly carrying their artwork, home-grown vegetables, baked goods (the juniors anyway; adult bakers must wait for Thursday morning) and displays. The animals will begin to arrive in the next few days, and that heavenly smell of hay, fried food and the sweetness of August will mingle in the air on Thursday, as the 149th Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair begins. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26943 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26944 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-17T07:00:00-04:00 The pitch is the first step in an often very long process of making a movie. It's what gets the money people to open, or close, their wallets. Sometimes it's a big concept. An asteroid is about to smash into the earth and only Bruce Willis can save us. Other times, wild comparisons are evoked to assure its marketability. It's Terminator meets Harry Met Sally with a side of Toy Story. In any case, the idea is to go big and dramatic in just a few sentences because that's all the time a writer has to convince a producer the project has merit. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26907 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 The Chappaquiddick superintendent for The Trustees of Reservations has resigned and Trustees are taking full responsibility for an incident late last month where an unfledged nest of least tern chicks was nearly run over by a Trustees-owned four-wheel-drive truck that was on the barrier beach conducting a natural history tour. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26905 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 As wind power development looms over the Island, planning agencies and other organizations are beginning to come to terms with what that will mean visually. The Martha's Vineyard Commission and Vineyard Power have each developed visual simulations to show what Vineyard horizons will look like dotted with wind farms. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26910 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 Vineyarders Jonathan and Linda M. Haar work in wind power technology, but one thing they share with wind energy opponents is an objection to seeing enormous towers built in pristine places. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26906 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 Carlin Hart is already settling into his new job as principal of the Oak Bluffs School. In an interview at his office on Wednesday this week, he took a seat among boxes and books, some of them his, some belonging to outgoing principal Laury Binney. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26909 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 The working title of Peter Beinart's forthcoming book, The Crisis in Liberal Zionism, puts it nicely in a nutshell. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26908 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-13T07:00:00-04:00 The late Patricia Neal, at some point in her dazzling half-century run as a Broadway and Hollywood actress, said "A strong, positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug." But it's not so important that she said it. After all, an actor is excellent at reciting empty lines; they make whole careers out of the practice. What's more important is that she lived it, despite all the deep valleys and dark corners she faced along the way. ]]> http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?26796 Martha's Vineyard Gazette 2010-08-10T07:00:00-04:00 2010-08-10T07:00:00-04:00 On Sunday night opponents of wind development off Vineyard shores — including selectmen, fishermen, Wampanoags and a Republican candidate for Massachusetts governor — were given a megaphone to voice their views. ]]>