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 Town Meeting

Chris Burrell
Clawing their way through two nights and a combined seven hours of town meeting action, Oak Bluffs voters narrowly approved a decision to retain residential trash collection in town and call for a tax override.
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Charges Filed in Auto Death

Chris Burrell
The 1979 Jeep that crashed on County Road in Oak Bluffs just over two weeks ago, killing 18-year-old Eric MacLean, had no seatbelts, no emergency brake, a defective steering column and a phony inspection sticker, according to Oak Bluffs police.
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Blinker Study Issued

Chris Burrell
A new traffic study of the notorious blinker light intersection in Oak Bluffs could push selectmen one step closer to putting up the Island's first traffic light.
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Town Meeting: West Tisbury

Chris Burrell
If West Tisbury voters approve a slew of money requests next week, first at annual town meeting and again at the polling booths, they could end up with an $8.8 million budget, 23 per cent higher than this year's.
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Town Meeting: Oak Bluffs

Chris Burrell
Brevity has rarely been a hallmark of town meeting season in Oak Bluffs, and next week's line-up of 52 articles spread across two warrants could well last more than one night. Voters will act on a range of issues - from affordable housing and funding for the hospital emergency room to new regulations for cell phone towers.
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