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On a day that felt more like Memorial Day than one week before Christmas, veterans gathered at Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven Friday to celebrate Wreaths Across America. Wreaths Across America has become a national event with cemeteries all across the country paying tribute at the holidays with wreaths. The effort started in 1992 […]
At a joint meeting Monday evening, three Tisbury committees endorsed W.T. Rich Co. of Newton as the top-ranked choice for the $55 million Tisbury School project’s construction manager at risk role. At the same meeting, the select board voted unanimously to begin contract negotiations with W.T. Rich. Christina Opper, co-director of the management team hired […]
For some, it was a record-setting Derby — for others, it was a struggle to stay on the leaderboards, or even get a weighable fish. But, with 3,144 registered anglers having participated, and a new record of $76,000 in scholarship funds raised, the 76th Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby closed out with a […]
As the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby draws to a close, folks are hurrying to land that prize-winning fish and top the leaderboards, which already hold some impressive catches. For Derby president John Custer, the tournament represents much more than just good fishing or bad fishing — and whether you are putting your […]
Karen Custer was a math teacher and coach at Kimball Union Academy. She sang in a group at Meriden Congregational Church. She spent summers sailing off the coast of Maine, where her family had a home on an island in Penobscot Bay.In her early 50s, the...