The up-Island community boasts rolling hills dotted with sheep and horses that cascade down to Lucy Vincent beach and the picturesque fishing port of Menemsha.
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Rebecca Haag elected as next select board member
Compost, override passed in Chilmark
Updated April 28. Citizens’ petitions were the talk of Chilmark residents at their annual town meeting, from compost initiatives to a stand against federal surveillance. Voters filed into the local community center on Monday evening as the sun was setting behind them. Quite a few of the warrant articles they were to decide on had…
Flu complications led to John Forté’s death
The death of John Forté, the Grammy-nominated recording artist who died in January at the age of 50, stemmed from a fatal combination of influenza and a seizure condition, according to state officials. Brenna Galvin, deputy director of communications at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, said in a statement that the…
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