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Young and older prepare to be judged. Yesterday afternoon, Ag Fair officials accepted entries. Judges began work this morning. Photo by Ralph Stewart

Nicole Harvey and her four-year-old daughter, Anya, look over the vegetables at the Morning Glory Farm booth. Photo by Pat Waring

The Farr 40 class East Coast Championship regatta was sailed at the Edgartown Yacht Club Sunday with six boats competing in eight races. Photo by Louisa Gould

Dancers perform at last Saturday's Built on Stilts Festival. Photo by Ralph Stewart

Counselor Mac Young introduced a tentative youngster to a chicken from Thompson Farm on August 15. Photo by Lynn Christoffers

Tweed Roosevelt sits in the bow of a kayak as Michael Biros leads a kayak tour into a salt marsh. Photo by Winthrop Roosevelt

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A Fair for all ages

The 147th annual Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair opens this morning for a packed four-day run culminating weeks of preparation by Fair staff and volunteers and anticipation by Islanders and visitors young and old.

Final rampage ends banned dog's reprieve

The Tisbury selectmen split 2 to 1 on a vote last week to ban Storm, a Siberian husky, from town as of September 1 after he was caught running loose twice in violation of a six-month restraining order.

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