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Plans are in motion to replace a plaque reported stolen from the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Heritage Trail earlier this month, thanks to an anonymous Chilmark resident who covered the $1,000 cost. The missing plaque at Great Rock Bight Preserve honored Rebecca Amos, a formerly enslaved woman who died there on land that she owned. The […] ....
Officials with the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard are reporting that a plaque commemorating an enslaved woman has been stolen from Great Rock Bight Preserve in Chilmark. Trail co-founder Elaine Weintraub notified Chilmark police of the incident on Wednesday, April 3. Weintraub says that the group is still deciding how to respond, though […] ....
The large number of dead birds found on the Island’s shores in June have been confirmed to have died from starvation. In June, the state issued an announcement suspecting highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be killing birds, including “seagulls, ducks, terns, and cormorants,” in Massachusetts’ coastal areas. For several months prior to the announcement, […] ....
Health and animal control officials on the Island are warning about possible avian flu, a highly pathogenic version known as HPAI virus, may have infected hundreds of dead cormorants that have been found on Martha’s Vineyard beaches. A sign at Lambert’s Cove Beach in West Tisbury warns beachgoers not to touch dead birds and to […] ....