As a coincidental footnote in history, Bishop Haven's gingerbread cottage was located in Oak Bluffs at 10 Clinton Avenue.

It is the island's primary port of entry for people and cargo, supplemented by the seasonal port in Oak Bluffs.

* Oak Bluffs is most well known for its gingerbread cottages, open harbor, and its vibrant town along busy Circuit Avenue.

Oak Bluffs enjoys a reputation as one of the more active night-life towns on the island for both residents and tourists, and is also a " wet " town.

It was known as " Cottage City " from its separation from Edgartown in 1880 until its reincorporation as Oak Bluffs in 1907.

Oak Bluffs includes several communities that have been popular destinations for affluent African Americans since the early 20th century.

* Oak Bluffs School ( Grades K-8 )

Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, which is located in Oak Bluffs, serves the entire island.

Other popular attractions include the annual Grand Illumination ( see also here ) in Oak Bluffs ; the Martha's Vineyard Film Society which screens independent and world cinema all year long ; the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival which runs its Summer Film Series and Cinema Circus every Wednesday in July and August, the second week in August, The Run & Shoot Filmworks Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival < http :// www. mvaaff. com > which showcases the works of independent and established African-American filmmakers and its winter festival in March ; Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival in September, Katama Farm in Edgartown ; and the Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs, the oldest carousel in the United States.

Vineyard social life often occurs in private, down country roads, and not in the small towns, only two of which even sell alcohol ( Oak Bluffs and Edgartown ).

Concentrated primarily in and around the town of Oak Bluffs, and the East Chop area, these families have historically represented the black elite from Boston ; Washington, D. C .; and New York City.

Dubbed " The Inkwell ," this small beach is central to Oak Bluffs and within short walking distance to many of the homes of the more notable black families.

Since the 19th century, the island has had a sizable community of Portuguese-Americans, concentrated primarily in the three down-Island towns of Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and Edgartown ; they traditionally worked alongside other island residents in whaling and fishing.

A gingerbread cottage at Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard.

Playing at Vineyard Baseball Park, located at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School in Oak Bluffs, Mass.

* Oak Bluffs Harbor Festival

* Annual Oak Bluffs Fireworks, presented by the O. B.

* Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament ( covered on ESPN )

All home games are played at Vineyard Baseball Park in Oak Bluffs, Mass.

It had the thirteenth highest concentration of Brazilians, with 2. 50 % of the city ( tied with Newark, NJ and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.

All of Dukes County is patrolled by the Fifth ( Oak Bluffs ) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police.

* The Greater Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce

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Population centers of Whidbey Island include the City of Oak Harbor, the Town of Coupeville, the City of Langley, the Village of Freeland, the Community of Greenbank, the Village of Clinton and the Community of Bayview.

Only Oak Harbor, Coupeville and Langley are incorporated.

Whidbey Island is divided economically into two different regions: the northern end of the island ( encompassing Oak Harbor and Whidbey Island Naval Air Station ), and the remainder of the island ( encompassing Coupeville, Greenbank, Freeland, Langley, Clinton and the smaller communities in-between ).

The economy of the northern end of Whidbey Island is strongly influenced by the presence of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station near Oak Harbor ( N. A. S.

Whidbey is Oak Harbor ’ s largest employer ; thus, Oak Harbor has a predominantly service-based economy and several national chain stores have been attracted to the Oak Harbor area.

The economy of Whidbey Island south of Oak Harbor relies heavily on tourism, small-scale agriculture, and the arts.

On Whidbey, tourists find a wide range of amenities in the towns of Oak Harbor, Coupeville, Freeland and Langley.

* Whidbey Island Race Week-Week long sailing regatta every summer based out of Oak Harbor with daily racing in Penn Cove and / or Saratoga Passage ( depending on wind conditions ).

Amongst the deciduous varieties, Garry oak ( from which Oak Harbor takes its name ) are seen more frequently in the northern portion of the island and Pacific madrone is also notably present.

Oak Harbor School District operates in Oak Harbor.

Within the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, Oak Harbor High is listed as a 3-A school.

Skagit Valley College has a campus located in Oak Harbor, and a limited service campus in South Whidbey.

Oak Bluffs has a small, tightly enclosed harbor that draws large numbers of recreational boaters, and serves as a year-round home port to a small number of fishing boats.

The bird's year-round diet of insects and social foraging bias habitat choice in winter towards deciduous woodland, typically of Oak ( Quercus sp.

The center of the village was nearly parallel to Biddle Avenue between Oak and Eureka streets near the river and its sandy beach, which was a welcome feature to the local tribesmen, as their main mode of transportation to the fort in Detroit was by birch bark canoe.

Major transportation corridors include County Line Road ( runs east-west from the freeway ), Sandalwood Drive ( runs east-west from the freeway ), Singleton Road ( runs east-west from the freeway ), Cherry Valley Boulevard ( runs east-west from the freeway ), Avenue " L " ( runs east-west from the freeway ) Myrtlewood Drive ( runs east-west from Calimesa Boulevard to California Street ) Calimesa Boulevard ( runs north-south, parallels freeway from Live Oak Canyon Road in Yucaipa to Cherry Valley Boulevard near Beaumont ), and Bryant Street ( runs north-south from Highway 38 / Mill Creek Road / Mentone Boulevard and connects with Singleton Road ).

Oak Park's enviable location as one of the closest suburbs to downtown Chicago, the availability of multiple modes of high-speed transportation to downtown Chicago, and its location between the Loyola Medical Center to the west and the University of Illinois at Chicago and multiple medical centers to the east attract university, legal, and health-care professionals to its aging housing stock.

Junior High School opens, Shenandoah residents who have been attending schools in the Oak Ridge High School pattern may apply for a transfer to attend Irons Junior High, although bus transportation will not be provided.

In 1685 the Duke of Monmouth failed in his invasion attempt, the Monmouth Rebellion, and almost 300 of his men were condemned to death or transportation in the " Bloody Assizes ", held in the Oak Room of the Antelope Hotel, Dorchester and presided over by Judge Jeffreys.

Marsalis developed the Oak Cliff Elevated Railway to provide the first transportation link to his new development, using a small shuttle train pulled by a " dummy " engine.

In 1887 Sears moved his company to Chicago, an important transportation center for the Midwestern United States, and moved his residence to nearby Oak Park, Illinois.