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The Chilmark Road Race is a chimerical beast, part family-oriented charity jog, part cutthroat competition. Perhaps the contradictory spirit of the now-legendary institution was best summed up by Willy Anderson, age 10. When asked about his plans for the race, the bespectacled youth declared, "I really want to beat my mom. We'll start out together, but at the end I'll try to beat her."
It's been 34 years since the landmark court case that stamped out most state and federal laws banning or restricting abortion.
But a few of New England's highly regarded women's rights activists, who gathered in the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown for a panel discussion on Wednesday night, told the audience that Roe v. Wade may not live to see 34 more years.
Community Services Hoped for More
By KATE BRANNEN
Martha's Vineyard Community Services is taking stock after its most important fundraiser of the year, the Possible Dreams Auction, raised far less than last year's auction.
On Thursday afternoon, Community Services reported that $444,000 had been raised on Tuesday night, including sales from admissions and concessions. In 2006, the fundraiser brought in $810,000, providing a substantial part of the organization's budget.
After three years of legal maneuvers, appeals and bitter accusations on both sides, a Dukes County superior court judge this week ruled that the three-story garage built by Joseph G. Moujabber without a permit in the North Bluff district of Oak Bluffs should not be demolished - for now. Instead, the judge ordered a new review by a town architectural board with special broad powers vested in it by the Martha's Vineyard Commission.
When we think of the Polar Bears of Martha's Vineyard we think of tradition, acceptance,friendship, and now transition.
Political Fundraisers Heat Up in August
Four Presidential Hopefuls Will Appear on the Island Over Next Three Weeks: Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Romney
By MIKE SECCOMBE
August, as everyone knows, is the high season of the fundraiser, particularly the political fundraiser, on the Vineyard, the time when those with party affiliations and deep pockets hobnob and write checks.