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West Tisbury Assessors Return to Tax Board
by IAN FEIN
The sense of deja vu was unmistakable at the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board in Boston this week.
West Tisbury assessors and their attorney were back before the tax board on Tuesday to defend the values they had placed on north shore properties near Paul's Point.
Just seven weeks after announcing their intention to negotiate an affiliation with the giant Partners Health group, Martha's Vineyard hospital trustees voted unanimously to approve the landmark sale agreement on Saturday.
Danubia Campos dreams big. A law degree, or maybe one in international relations. Possibly a career with the United Nations or even one as a Supreme Court Justice.
Danish Study Is Boost for Wind Farms
By IAN FEIN
In the most comprehensive scientific analysis on offshore wind farms to date, a Danish government report released last week found little or no environmental impacts from the world's two largest offshore projects.
The findings are significant for the Nantucket Sound wind farm proposal because they address many of the environmental concerns raised about Cape Wind - the first offshore project proposed in the United States.
Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss had a full house in the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven on Wednesday night for a conversation leagues away from the blockbuster film that put both him and Martha's Vineyard on the map: reintroducing civics to the public school curriculum.
The seats were filled with teachers, school administrators, politicians, historians, authors, educational programming directors and parents - and many travelled long distances to attend.
Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded to David McCullough
David McCullough, the prize-winning historian and West Tisbury resident whose acclaimed works of nonfiction have all been written from his home off Music street, will receive the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony next week.