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Joining congregations across the country, members of the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center gathered Friday to participate in an interfaith service addressing gun violence and peacemaking in light of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
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This week the flag at Meadowbrook Farm in West Tisbury flew at half mast, and Christmas lights still glittered on the boxwood beside the barn: tributes to Marjorie Manter Rogers, who died on Jan. 3 in the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital at the age of 84. Her family, the Manters, go back 14 generations on the Vineyard.

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As the holidays drew to a close, a different type of season swept in: flu season.

Outbreaks of the virus are being reported earlier than before, according to the Center for Disease Control. Martha’s Vineyard is no exception. Flu season typically peaks in February and early March.

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