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Island House & Yard is changing its name to Fullers on May 1. Other than the name change, Fullers landscaping will continue with business as usual. Started in 1997 by Jesse and Luciana Fuller as a small lawn mowing and house cleaning company, the company has expanded over the years into one of the Island’s premier landscape construction and residential-commercial cleaning companies.

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Cape Air will begin direct service between Martha’s Vineyard and New York June 12, starting with a daily flight between West Tisbury and White Plains Airport in Westchester County.

The airline is ready to increase the number of flights per day at any time if demand is there, according to director of communications Michelle Haynes. “We will add planes, no question, if people want this and are going to do it,” she said. The service is set to continue through Sept. 28. As of Wednesday, 26 seats had been sold on the route.

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The Oak Bluffs Public Library, in conjunction with the annual celebration of Della Hardman Day on Saturday, July 25, is now accepting entries for a photography contest to will select Martha’s Vineyard images that reflect Della Hardman’s legacy theme — “Savor the moment.”

The winning entries will be published in the Oak Bluffs Public Library Calendar for 2010.

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A budding plan to allow two Aquinnah concert promoters to build a summer outdoor performance center at the Gay Head Cliffs has begun to draw more darts than the P.A. Club on a Friday night.

A public hearing was set for last evening and Aquinnah selectmen moved the location to the old town hall because they were expecting a crowd.

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In the face of legal action by the Steamship Authority, Ralph Packer has finally agreed to stop the unlicensed transport of rental cars to Martha’s Vineyard on his barges for the summer tourist trade.

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For the second time in three months, the sign at Lambert’s Cove Inn in West Tisbury was stolen sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning. Police said they are searching for suspects in a string of sign-related heists in recent months.

The previous sign at the Lambert’s Cove Inn was stolen in February, and the sign in front of the Focus Christian fellowship center down the road has also been stolen several times over the past year.

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