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Jury selection began today at the Edgartown courthouse for an upcoming Dukes County superior court trial stemming from a June 2005 plane crash at Katama Airfield.
The plane’s pilot, Alec Naiman, and his passengers, Jeffrey and Jessica Willoughby, are suing Cessna Aircraft Company, claiming that the accident was the result of faulty rails on the pilot’s seat. Cessna will argue that the crash was due to pilot error.
For the first time in the school’s history all four regional high school winter sports teams are headed to the state tournament. Want to catch them in action? Prepare for a busy week.
Girls’ hockey takes on Dennis-Yarmouth on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena. That same day the girls’ basketball team will take on Ashland off-Island
Struggling to keep the kids occupied during winter break? The YMCA is hosting a daily camp, March 2 to 6 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tho, three and five day enrollment options are available.
Enrollment is required. To register, or for more information, call Apryl at 508-696 7171 ext. 105 or email [email protected].
On Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. the Trustees of Reservations is holding a guided walk through the brickyard ruins of Chilmark. During the walk guides will tell stories of this once prosperous Island industry.
Note, many of these trails are narrow and a small brook crossing is required.
Registration is also required.
Please call 508-693-7662.
By the end of the grand opening night on Friday, it was standing room only at the Pit Stop.
The newest Oak Bluffs music venue that’s housed in a converted Dukes County avenue garage echoed with jazz, folk and rock and roll as Vineyard musicians took the stage to celebrate the first official concert. The past mingled with the present — old concert posters lined the walls from the garage’s previous incarnations — but the pulse was new.
On Saturday, Feb. 25, a new tradition will be born. Cape Cod’s only professional sports franchise, the Cape Cod Bluefins, are coming to Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena for the first annual Fish Bowl, a pro hockey game against the Danbury Whalers from Connecticut. The puck play starts at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15, $10 for children, seniors and students. For more information, call 305-812-4044 or visit capecodbluefins.com.