Youth Tennis win in Manchester
Peter Burke won the boys 12 and under USTA tennis tournament level 7 flight this past weekend at the Manchester Athletic Club, 6-3,6-3, 7-5. The previous weekend, Cali Giglio, Owen Dibiaso, and Nick...
View ArticleMatt Cromwell crowned Rod and Gun Club top gun
Matt Cromwell of Edgartown bested 12 challengers to take top honors at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club fall shoot on Sunday. The competition included shooting at a standing deer target and a...
View ArticleEditorial: Golden Arches no, but Amazon yes?
It’s not news, but somewhere along the way, the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas season has changed from reflective family time to a vast commercial engine, replete with Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays...
View ArticleShellfish Group leader contemplates age
To the Editor: “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter,” goes a quote of uncertain origin often attributed to humorist Mark Twain. I turn 65 this month, and I’m...
View ArticleA Grinch of an error
To the Editor: The Martha’s Vineyard Times published a full-page photo of the remarkable Bang GrouP on the front page of the Calendar section last week to tout the one-time-only performance of an...
View ArticleIslanders play each other in Acton tennis final
Victoria Scott defeated Lizzie Williamson 7-5, 6-1 in the final of the Girls 16 and under level 7 tournament held in Acton this weekend. It was a hard-fought match, as both girls know each other’s game...
View ArticleEssay: Loss of rental stock will have a domino effect
In the heat of an upwardly trending and active real estate market, Martha’s Vineyard is seeing its already critically tight rental housing stocks dwindle as some of the lowest-end housing sells off to...
View ArticleRotary at the high school
The Martha’s Vineyard Rotary Club has obtained a charter for 25 students at MVRHS to start an Interact Club. In a press release, the Interact Club is described as “similar to the main Rotary Club, but...
View ArticleFisherman says shellfish committee is all wet
To the Editor: I attended the meeting of the Tisbury selectmen on Nov. 24 pertaining to the closure of Lagoon Pond to commercial scalloping (Nov. 27, “Tisbury selectmen keep tax shift, buck scallop...
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Ewell Hopkins of Oak Bluffs announces candidacy for state rep
Oak Bluffs resident and planning board member Ewell Hopkins announced Monday that he will run as a Democrat for the seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives currently occupied by incumbent...
View ArticleDishing out hope
To the Editor: The Family to Family Holiday Meals program is once again in operation. Three times each year — at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter — this volunteer-run program of the Vineyard...
View ArticleEditorial: Daunting but doable
As a community, Martha’s Vineyard provides an interesting example of how people do, or do not, work together to solve the problems that impact their lives and prospects for future prosperity. On a...
View ArticleBusiness Brief: Martha’s Vineyard Sound and Security
Martha’s Vineyard Sound and Security has opened its doors at 37 State Road in Vineyard Haven, the location of the former Mac Store. Father and son Jeff and Peter Hodgson, the owners, are authorized...
View ArticleJohn Dowley “Jack” Lewis
John Dowley Lewis died Dec. 6, 2015, at St. John’s on the Lake, Milwaukee, Wis. He was 88. Born in Evanston, Ill., Jack lived in Milwaukee, Wis., spent winters in Tucson, Ariz., and summers on Martha’s...
View ArticleEngagement
Lehman – Bigby Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lehman of Deerfield, N.H., formerly of Oak Bluffs, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Lehman, to Kenan Bigby, son of Dr. JudyAnn Bigby...
View ArticleThe Ritz presents The Mike Kerr Band
Mike Kerr, a Brazilian-born instrumental rock guitarist and composer, will perform with his band for the first time ever on-Island at the Ritz in Oak Bluffs this Saturday, Dec. 19, at 10 pm. A...
View ArticleTurkey for those in need
Islander Kristen Tidmarsh Araujo, along with her family and friends, has rented the P.A. Club on Christmas Eve from 4 to 6 pm to serve a traditional turkey dinner for the homeless and those in need....
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Paul A. Pearlson
Paul A. Pearlson of Livingston, N.J., died peacefully at home with his family on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. He was 87. Born in Cambridge, he resided in New York City before moving to Livingston in 1970....
View ArticleOp-Ed: A seawall for the greater good
The town of Oak Bluffs is committed to planning for the impacts of climate change on our shoreline. The North Bluff seawall replacement project is one part of this planning effort. We are working to...
View ArticleSex offender sentenced for photographing, touching teens at Big Bridge
In Edgartown District Court Tuesday, Judge Thomas Barrett sentenced convicted sex offender John Albert Stevens, 39, of Brockton to 2½ years in the Dukes County House of Correction on one count of...
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