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Marion Smith, 74, was found by police in Nottingham after walking five miles in her slippers.

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As the Island prepares for the first day back to school on September 5th, the Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools 2023 Convocation for teachers and staff kicked off the 2023-2024 school year in style on Thursday morning at the MVRHS Performing Arts Center.  School teachers and staff from across the Island arrived at the PAC for […]

MASTERPIECE aired the penultimate episode and the season finale of Grantchester Season 8 together for maximum emotional impact. Will’s struggle with the aftermath of the car accident comes to a head and he is forced to confront his acute stress disorder. Bonnie is in the late stages of pregnancy and is unsure if Will can be the man she married again. Leonard is also struggling with the impact of the murder on the future of the halfway house. Let’s discuss everything that happened in the doub...

This week on Grantchester, the halfway house is at the center of the investigation and the focal point of the personal life plots as well. One of the residents has died in suspicious circumstances. Both Leonard and Will blame themselves for what happened and Geordie is under pressure from residents and higher-ups about the house's existence. Let’s discuss what happened but first note that this episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation.

Tisbury residents approved a proposed $39.27 million budget, along with the town’s $5.46 million share of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) budget, just before midnight Tuesday night at town meeting.  But while approving the high school budget, voters also approved an amendment for a non-binding recommendation to the MVRHS school committee against using […]

Future scientists were busy at work Monday building robots that could plunge into the Martha’s Vineyard YMCA pool.  Students from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) were up at the Y’s Alexandra Gagnon Teen Center to build small, aquatic remotely operated vehicles, also known as ROVs.  The hands-on robotics experience, part of the SeaPerch program, […]

On Thursday, August 25, I met with high school science teacher Anna Cotton to discuss a natural history classroom project she’s developing. We briefly toured a likely site for the fieldwork portion of that project: a section of the broad firebreak on the northern edge of Correllus State Forest, just south of the regional high […]

Exploring Florida’s History through Children’s Literature: Lois Lenski’s Strawberry Girl   In 1945 children’s author, Lois Lenski, wrote the fictional account of a Polk County childhood in her Newbery award-winning book, Strawberry Girl.  The book tells the story of ten-year-old, Birdie Boyer, who moved to western Polk County with her…