US Coast Guard Menemsha Station Rebuilt

In 1952 the US Coast Guard moved the late-nineteenth-century Coast Guard house on Cuttyhunk Island to its Menemsha station on Martha’s Vineyard.  There the historical building remained until a devastating fire took it on July 12, 2010. The Coast Guard promised to rebuild, incorporating modern technologies into a

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West Tisbury Library Enters the Age of Sustainability

Of the six public libraries on Martha’s Vineyard the West Tisbury Free Public Library has the highest annual circulation and longest open hours for visitation.  It houses the Island’s largest book collection, and up until last year it yielded the highest circulation for its comparative space of a

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Protecting RI’s shoreline with Clivus

Protecting the RI Shorelines with Clivus Composting Waste Treatment Systems Over the years the State of Rhode Island has identified areas that it deems critical resource areas, regions that are particularly sensitive to the detrimental effects of nutrients such as nitrogen, pathogenic organisms, organic chemicals and other substances

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