Water Balloon Fight: Kids vs. Librarians
Celebrate the start of summer with a kids-versus-librarians Water Balloon Fight. Balloons will be provided. Kids under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult. It’s on Wednesday, June 18, at 1:30...
View ArticleEbba Hierta to retire as Chilmark library director
After nearly two decades of leading Chilmark Free Public Library, Ebba Hierta will be retiring as the up-town library’s director. According to a Wednesday press release from the library, Hierta will...
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A fantastic walk of shame
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‘No Kings:’ Islanders join protests nationwide
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View ArticleLouise Costa Yapp
Louise Costa Yapp of Vineyard Haven passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones, including her beloved caregiver and friend, Martha Feurtado, on May 18, 2025, at the age of 99. Louise...
View ArticleNancy Wood
Nancy Wood said goodbye to family and friends on June 10, 2025. Born on April 14, 1928, in Fall River, she was the daughter of Leroy and Ruth Wood. Nancy grew up in Tiverton, R.I., where she spent an...
View ArticleWhat we have is not working
Dear Editor: Let us start by clearly and loudly stating: What we have now is not working on many levels with the Steamship Authority. Currently, there are no requirements for the SSA board of five...
View ArticleFirst turtle stranding across region reported on Island
The first turtle stranding reported across the Cape and Islands this year occurred in Aquinnah on Saturday, the second year in a row that the Vineyard reported the first stranded turtle in the region....
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: June 9 – 13, 2025
Aquinnah June 10, John William Poduska Sr. and Susan M. Poduska sold 25 Oxcart Road to Stig Leschly for $2,750,000. June 11, Beverly Wright MacDiarmid sold property off 0 Moshup Trail to the Martha’s...
View ArticlePoet’s Corner: ‘Ode to My Mother’ by Luisa Matarazzo
Ode to My Mother By Luisa Matarazzo I want to go back to 1947. Tell my mother, It’s OK, she was too tired with seven kids to never have sung me a lullaby, Never went to a PTA meeting. Never signed my...
View ArticleVisit Amity Library
Have a “Jaws”-some time in the children’s room at the Edgartown Library and become fully immersed in Amity, the film’s fictional setting. The library team will welcome you with a fun “Jaws”-themed...
View Article‘Jaws’ with live orchestra
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Jaws” with a screening at Winnetu Oceanside Resort, where your viewing experience will be accompanied by the Cape Symphony playing the film’s original score. General...
View Article‘Robert Shaw’ by Christopher Shaw Myers
Christopher Shaw Myers, nephew of “Jaws” star Robert Shaw, will visit Edgartown Books to present his newly published biography, “Robert Shaw: An Actor’s Life on the Set of ‘Jaws’ and Beyond,” an...
View Article‘Shark Summer’ mystery novel
Celebrate Amity Week with a journey through the making of “Shark Summer,” a kid-friendly mystery story by awardwinning graphic novelist Ira Marcks. Set on the Island in the summer of 1974, the story...
View Article2025 Summer Institute at M.V. Hebrew Center
Beginning on July 10, the Summer Institute presents a series of six speakers from the frontlines of science, politics, and the arts, on Thursdays at 7:30 pm at the MV Hebrew Center. This summer’s...
View ArticleDrive-in movies from Circuit Arts & YMCA
Circuit Arts and the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard are announcing the sixth season of the Vineyard’s Drive-In at the YMCA. What began as a response to the challenges of 2020 has become a beloved summer...
View ArticleFishing boat Orca returns
A striking replica of the fishing boat Orca, seen in “Jaws,” will be returning to the Island as a tribute to the cinematic icon. The Orca will dock in Oak Bluffs Harbor for a viewing at Nancy’s on...
View ArticleSenior movement workshop
The Yard will present a senior movement dance workshop with Naomi Goldberg Haas at the West Tisbury Library on Thursday, July 3, at 1 pm. Naomi Goldberg Haas is the founder of Dances for a Variable...
View ArticleMV Times launches ‘Voices’ newsletter
Amid Island-wide celebrations of the Juneteenth holiday, the MV Times is today launching a new monthly newsletter that will be covering the vibrant voices of diversity on the Island and will be...
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The Amity Island of 1974
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