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Pathways Projects Institute will present an evening of videography, Digital Visions/Creating Reality, on Thursday, March 14 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Pathways Gathering Space in the Chilmark Tavern. The event, the second in the Digital Vision/Creating Reality series, will focus on video storytelling that incorporates digital effects.
A civil trial started today stemming from a 2005 plane crash at Katama Airfield, with jurors hearing from one of the crash survivors and taking a trip to the airfield to look at the plane’s wreckage.
The plane’s pilot, Alec Naiman, and his passengers, Jeffrey and Jessica Willoughby, are suing Cessna Aircraft Company in Dukes County Superior Court, claiming that the accident was the result of faulty rails on the pilot’s seat. Cessna is arguing that the crash was due to pilot error.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Groundwork at the site of old Marine Hospital, the future home of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, remains suspended after a worker discovered a bone at the site last week, shutting down operations.
The bone was at first thought to be a human remain, but has since been determined not to be human.
Shark fins and fans are returning to Vineyard waters this summer. But before they get here a noted scientist will be making her way to the Island to educate us on what we can do to save these misunderstood, threatened animals.
Marine conservation biologist Samantha Whitcraft will speak at public schools and present two free public sessions on March 13 and 14 that explain the importance of sharks to marine life, dispel shark myths and suggest ways that children and adults can protect sharks.
Remember to turn your clock ahead one hour before you go to sleep. Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
BOSTON — The Vineyard boys’ basketball team’s successful season came to a close Saturday, as the team came back from an early 16-point deficit but fell just short, losing 70-65 to undefeated Wareham in the division 3 south section championship game at UMass Boston.
The loss also ended a dream year for all four of the high school’s winter teams. The boys’ and girls’ basketball and hockey teams all made their post-season tournaments. Boys’ basketball was the last one left playing until Saturday.