3 Reduced-Price Homes in Vineyard Haven

These three homes for sale on Martha's Vineyard have had their listing prices dropped by as much as $125,000, according to Zillow. Click the highlighted addresses to view photos and details, including broker contact information.

144 Weaver Ln, Vineyard Haven 40 Delano Rd, Vineyard Haven 27 Hemlock Ln, Vineyard Haven For more news about Martha's Vineyard homes, land, sales and rentals, or to search for homes by ZIP code, please see our Real Estate section, now with Zillow. Do you have a home for sale? Post it on Patch!  Stay Patched in: Follow Martha's Vineyard Patch on Twitter | Like Martha's Vineyard Patch on Facebook | Sign up for the daily email with links to the latest news | Got something to say? Start a blog and share your views.

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Little House Cafe Takes Little April Break

The popular, casual American-Middle Eastern restaurant on State Road in Tisbury is closing after lunch today, to reopen April 22 at 7:30 a.m.

Little House Cafe in Tisbury is going on vacation, according to a post on the restaurant's Facebook page: "We are closing today at 2:30 and taking a little spring break! We'll be back at 7:30am on Monday the 22nd... see you then!" MV Patch readers love the food at Little House Cafe: Blogger Jen Zern gave it a five-star review, posting on Patch: "Cuisine is actually more Greek and Middle Eastern than American. And it's fantastic. Their chicken salad sandwich (curry-flavored, on pita bread) is delicious, as is their pan seared cod with olive tapenade (dinner menu item). The housemade desserts, ginger cake and chocolate cookie ice cream sandwich, were a hit at our table as well. When you've got a big appetite, don't overlook this little house…

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Medical Marijuana Rules Get Yes, No Votes on Martha's Vineyard

A year-long moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries passed in one Martha's Vineyard town meeting Tuesday, but failed in two others. A ban on public consumption of medical pot failed in one town and passed in two.

Medical marijuana patients may need to consult a map before they light up or eat their doctor-prescribed herbal medications on Martha's Vineyard. Town meeting votes in three Island municipalities have created a patchwork of regulations on where residents and visitors may legally consume prescription pot. Tuesday night, Edgartown voters passed a 12-month moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, but not a proposed ban on smoking or otherwise ingesting prescribed marijuana in public places. This effectively means that patients with legitimate prescriptions may smoke pot anywhere tobacco smoking is allowed, but they won't be able to fill their prescriptions at a dispensary in Edgartown for at least a year. In Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven…

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Town Meeting Tuesday: What to Know

Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury are all holding their annual town meetings tonight, with special town meetings preceding in the first three.

What will voters be deciding at the town meetings this week? Here's a round-up including the full town meeting and special town meeting warrants: All meetings begin at 7 p.m. Stay Patched in! Follow Martha's Vineyard Patch on Twitter | Like Martha's Vineyard Patch on Facebook | Sign up for the daily email with links to the latest news | Got something to say? Start a blog and share your views.

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Louisa Hufstader

10:03 am on Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Hey, I goofed on the Tisbury location: The town meeting tonight is at the school, the election is at the 215 Spring St. address April 30. My apologies. It's corrected above.   more ›

Home for Sale in Vineyard Haven: $450,000

Three bedrooms, two full baths, new hardwood floors, finished basement and large yard are waiting for the right buyers, who could add a guest house or extra bedroom with the new four-bedroom septic system at this Vineyard Haven home.

Spaghetti Dinner Benefits Stricken Mardell's Worker

We all know Karen: She works at Mardell's in Vineyard Haven. Most of you don't know she has battled cancer for the past year, three different kinds in fact. A $10 spaghetti dinner for her benefit begins at 4:30 at the Portuguese American Club.

Vineyard Haven Named Among Top "Small Town Art Places" in U.S.

One of the nation's 12 best small towns for art and artists is right here on Martha's Vineyard, according to the ArtPlaceAmerica.org website.

Word is getting out that there's a lot more to Vineyard Haven than the Steamship Authority and the Black Dog. The community was named this week to a list of 12 "America's Top Small Town ArtPlaces 2013." According to the ArtPlaceAmerica.org website,  "The twelve communities had the highest concentrations of arts non-profits, core arts-oriented businesses, and workers in creative occupations among smaller towns in the United States, according to data analyzed by Impresa, Inc., a Portland-based firm specializing in the study of regional economies." The other 11 communities named to the list of top small towns for art and artists, alphabetically by state, are: The awards were announced by ArtPlace, which describes itself as "a collaboration of…

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Michael West

2:54 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013

Ok, I'm rooting for you...   more ›

Murder Trial Begins with Jury Selection

The Vineyard Gazette reports that jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of Ovando Eghill, accused of murdering his wife's ex-husband in Tisbury last year.

Jury selection has begin in the murder trial of Ovando Eghill, the Aquinnah man who fatally stabbed his wife's machete-wielding ex-husband Michael Trusty during a dispute in Tisbury last year, according to the Vineyard Gazette.  Trusty was formerly married to Eghill's wife and the children from both marriages were being cared for at the home in Tisbury where the stabbing took place June 14. Trusty died of his injuries at a Boston hospital June 18. For more about the case, please see For more police and court news on and off the Vineyard, please see our Police & Fire section, available in the News tab above or by clicking here. Stay Patched in! Follow Martha's Vineyard Patch on Twitter | Like Martha's Vineyard Patch on Facebook | Sign up …

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Martha's Vineyard Murder Trial Begins

Was it self-defense or murder? The trial of Ovando Eghill is set to begin in Edgartown today, according to the Cape Cod Times.

Nearly two years after Ovando Eghill was first accused of fatally stabbing his wife's ex-husband, Michael Trusty, his murder trial is set to begin today, according to the Cape Cod Times. As reported on Martha's Vineyard Patch, Eghill and Trusty began arguing on the evening of June 15, 2011, in front of a home in Vineyard Haven where a caregiver was watching both Eghill and Trusty’s children. Each man has a child with Kelly Eghill, Eghill's wife and Trusty's ex-wife. During the argument, both men armed themselves with blades: Eghill said Trusty first menaced him with a machete, after which Eghill defended himself with a work knife. Trusty was stabbed in the heart and airlifted to a Boston hospital, where he died June 18. Eghill was freed on…

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Two Houses, One Price: $585K in Vineyard Haven

The listing price has been reduced on this Lagoon-area property with a main house and a freestanding guest house, each with its own driveway, septic system and rental history.

Two houses on one Vineyard Haven lot have had the price dropped, according to real estate brokers on Martha's Vineyard. 25 Central Avenue, Vineyard Haven: For more news about Martha's Vineyard homes, land, sales and rentals, or to search for homes by ZIP code, please see our Real Estate section. Stay Patched in! Follow Martha's Vineyard Patch on Twitter | Like Martha's Vineyard Patch on Facebook | Sign up for the daily email with links to the latest news | Got something to say? Start a blog and share your views.

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