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$1M Lottery Jackpot: 'Jaws' Returns To Martha's Vineyard With Latest Lottery Winner $1M Lottery Jackpot: 'Jaws' Returns To Martha's Vineyard With Latest Lottery Winner
$1M Lottery Jackpot: 'Jaws' Returns To Martha's Vineyard With Latest Lottery Winner "Jaws" has returned to Martha's Vineyard, but everyone is all smiles this time.  Gecimar Silva, of Tisbury, won $1 million playing the Massachusetts State Lottery's new "Jaws" scratch-off game. He said he chose the $10 ticket because the 1975 blockbuster was filmed in the area.  Related: Mass Woman Wins Second $1 Million Lottery Jackpot Silva chose to take the lump sum payment of $650,000 rather than the annuity.  He plans to take his first vacation in 30 years with some of that money.  Silva bought his ticket at Depot Market at 141 Upper Main St. in Edgartown. T…

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by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
Scary Good: Best Horror Movie Set In Mass. Is This Classic, Report Says Scary Good: Best Horror Movie Set In Mass. Is This Classic, Report Says
Scary Good: Best Horror Movie Set In Mass. Is This Classic, Report Says A tongue-in-cheek website ranked the best horror movie set in each state — did your favorite Massachusetts-based classic make the cut? We’re gonna need a bigger boat. Just in time for Halloween, the self-described “punk news site” The Hard Times ranked the best horror movie set in each US state. So, which Massachusetts-set film made the cut? The 1975 Steven Spielberg classic, “Jaws.” Set in the fictional New England town, Amity Island, the thriller (based on a book published the year before) follows a marine biologist, police chief, and caption on a hunt for a massive killer shark a…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Body Found of Man Missing 4 Days After Jumping from 'Jaws' Bridge: Report Body Found of Man Missing 4 Days After Jumping from 'Jaws' Bridge: Report
Body Found of Man Missing 4 Days After Jumping from 'Jaws' Bridge: Report Searchers found the body of 21-year-old Tavaughn Bulgin four days after he leaped from the American Legion Memorial Bridge on Martha's Vineyard, and three days after they found the body of his 26-year-old brother, police said.  Tavaughn Bulgin, 21, and Tavaris Bulgin, 26, jumped from the bridge made famous in the movie "Jaws" on Sunday night, Aug. 14, with two friends. The brothers never resurfaced. Searchers found the body of Tavaris on Monday. Bad weather hampered efforts to find Tavaughn throughout this week.  Searchers said that they found Tavaughn's body around 11:3…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
(UPDATE) Police Suspend Search For Brother Who Jumped From 'Jaws' Bridge On Martha's Vineyard (UPDATE) Police Suspend Search For Brother Who Jumped From 'Jaws' Bridge On Martha's Vineyard
(Update) Police Suspend Search For Brother Who Jumped From 'Jaws' Bridge On Martha's Vineyard 4:30 p.m. Update: Massachusetts State Police said they would suspend the search for the second man for today. Searchers will return on Tuesday.  -------- Massachusetts State police said they found the body of one a 26-year-old man who went missing after jumping from the American Legion Memorial Bridge, better known as the bridge from "Jaws," on Martha's Vineyard. The deceased man's 21-year-old brother is still missing.  Police have not released the men's names, but officials said the brothers were seasonal workers at a restaurant on Martha's Vineyard. They were renting a home at the Oak B…

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by Josh Lanier