Chris Burrell

Children Meet Racism on Tisbury Side Street

Chris Burrell |

Two young girls from New Jersey got their first exposure to overt racism this week when they returned from a morning walk into downtown Vineyard Haven and found a racial slur spray-painted in letters two feet tall in the street by the house their family was renting at Clough Lane and Pine street.

Tisbury police are investigating the vandalism that happened Wednesday — possibly in broad daylight — and police chief John McCarthy is looking into whether the incident should be considered a hate crime.

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Oak Bluffs Bar Owners Want Smoking Lamp Lit

Chris Burrell
After breathing smoke-free air for more than a year, some bar owners in Oak Bluffs just can't stand it anymore. They want the smokers back, and they're pressing the board of health to reverse the ban that's been in effect since April 2001.
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Kriner Cash Is Choice for Top Virginia Post

Chris Burrell
School board members in Charlottesville, Va., want Dr. Kriner Cash to be their next school superintendent, and are negotiating right now to see if they can convince the leader of the Vineyard school system to head south.
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Superintendent Eyes New Job

Chris Burrell
Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash is eyeing another job in Virginia this weekend as one of three finalists for the position of superintendent of schools in Charlottesville.
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