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Brian Dowd

Reporter at Martha's Vineyard Times

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Goodale property heads to zoning hearing - The Martha’s Vineyard Times

The Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals will continue a public hearing Thursday over a landscaper’s use of a property off Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, following months of complaints from neighbors. The issue stems from the use of a 55-acre parcel of land, known colloquially as “Tree Farm,” owned by…
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SSA workers file suit over vaccine mandate - The Martha’s Vineyard ...

Updated Feb. 14 A group of Steamship Authority employees filed a lawsuit in Barnstable Superior Court Friday seeking an emergency order to prohibit employees unvaccinated from COVID-19 from being fired. Speaking to The Times moments after filing the lawsuit, attorney Patrick Daubert, who is represen…
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Island population outpaces housing growth - The Martha’s Vineyard T...

Updated Feb. 4 New data available from the U.S. Census show the Island housing stock has increased only slightly, and is far outpaced by the Island’s population growth over the past 10 years. According to the data, for the first time in 50 years, Martha’s Vineyard’s housing stock shifted from season…
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MVC closes IGI expansion hearing - The Martha’s Vineyard Times

Commissioners closed the public hearing on Island Grown Initiative’s expansion project and left the written record open until Feb. 17. The nonprofit proposes a new, one-story, 3,200-square-foot education and innovation center for offices and educational spaces, three seasonal yurts 16 feet in diamet…
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‘I just want to get my family back together’ - The Martha’s Vineyar...

For 17 years, Jose (“Eddie”) Erivelton Pereira Abreu has lived and worked on Martha’s Vineyard, building a successful landscaping business, and raising his three children, Neyla, 9, Kyla, 6, and Anezio, 2, with his wife Jennifer. Now the Abreu family’s lives have been turned upside down after Jose w…
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Island family split up by Brazilian immigration - The Martha’s Vine...

An Island family fractured by an 18-year-old immigration case is seeking support and trying to raise awareness to bring family members home. Jose Erivelton Pereira Abreu, an Edgartown resident who owns a landscaping business, traveled to Brazil with his family for a green card interview, but was den…
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Boards of health report 457 COVID cases - The Martha’s Vineyard Times

Updated 3:45 pm The number COVID cases dipped slightly last week, but remained at all time highs for the Island with 457 new cases. Of the 457 cases, 148 were reported from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, 75 from TestMV, 47 from the public schools, seven in-school rapid tests, seven from the Wampan…
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IGI looks to expand - The Martha’s Vineyard Times

Updated 4:20 pm Island Grown Initiative is looking to expand its facilities to consolidate the farm’s operations, expand its educational programs, and provide housing for IGI workers at its Thimble Farm headquarters. IGI proposes a new one-story 3,200 square foot education and innovation center for …
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Hospital urges vaccinations as COVID cases surge - The Martha’s Vin...

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital leaders are urging the public to get COVID vaccinations and booster shots, as the Island is expected to continue to see rapid spread of the virus. COVID has hit the hospital staff hard, with 12 hospital employees out due to testing positive. In a conference call with repor…
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Ravizza: ‘Being there, being a mentor’ - The Martha’s Vineyard Times

Before he was even a teenager, Jared Ravizza began working with people with disabilities. Now as an adult, through the Ravizza Global Initiative, he’s continuing that work, but has expanded its scope. Ravizza has been coming seasonally to Martha’s Vineyard, Cotuit, and other areas on the Cape and Is…
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Edgartown delays housing bank article again - The Martha’s Vineyard...

A little more fine-tuning. That’s what the Edgartown select board would like to see before they’re ready to put the proposed housing bank article on the town’s annual town meeting warrant. At a meeting Monday, board members told members of the Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank’s…