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Chappy Native Pens Kids’ Book, Talks About Growing Up Different

Megan Dooley | Thursday, December 17 2009 - 1:04pm

As a student at the Edgartown School, a counselor once told Chappaquiddick native Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott that she wouldn’t go to college, and implied that Ms. Duckworth-Elliott would not achieve in life. The young girl had a background and home life that already separated her from other kids her age — she was a member of the only Wampanoag family living on Chappy at the time, and raised primarily by her grandfather — and the counselor’s prediction made her feel even more detached from her peers.

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Inner Conflict in The Western Front: Officer Iscol Focuses Tribeca on Iraq

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In 2004, as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, summer Chilmarker Zachary Iscol was sent to fight in Al Anbar, the most violent province in all of Iraq. He was a young man full of idealism and naivete, with no idea what the war had in store for him. He learned soon enough,

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The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Old Whaling Church. Moderator Philip J. Norton Jr. will preside over the meeting.

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Town Tidal Energy Project Moves Ahead

Megan Dooley

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But as it turns out, her good luck did eventually kick in. On Tuesday night, the West Tisbury board of selectmen announced Maddie and her husband, Philippe, as the winners of homesite number three. And as it happens, three is her lucky number.