Artists support art at Featherstone
Island artists Leslie Baker and Julia Mitchell have collaborated to organize a two-day art sale fundraiser at Featherstone Center of the Arts. From Friday, June 23, to Saturday, June 24, visitors can...
View ArticleFarm tour and hayride
Come to the FARM Institute on Monday, June 26, at 10 am to take a tour and learn about their chickens, cows, and daily life on the farm. There will be a 30-minute walking tour of the main campus and...
View ArticleBenjamin Lacerda Marins
Janayna Marins and Alexandre Marins of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Benjamin Lacerda Marins, on June 15, 2017, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Benjamin weighed 7 pounds, 4.6 ounces, and...
View ArticleLenora Bea Ruel
Beatrice Whiting and Patrick Ruel of Chilmark announce the birth of a daughter, Lenora Bea Ruel, on June 20, 2017, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Lenora weighed 7 pounds, 10.4 ounces, and joins big...
View ArticleWeinstein on Beckett airs on MVTV
The “Islanders Read the Classics” event from June 13, featuring Philip Weinstein’s discussion of Samuel Beckett’s play “Krapp’s Last Tape,” will be shown this evening, Wednesday, at 10 pm on MVTV...
View ArticleThe Big Question: SSA Amenities?
If you could add any amenity to the ferry rides, what would it be? Reply online as a comment, or send your answers to onisland@mvtimes.com with the subject line “MVSB Big Question.” The post The Big...
View ArticleLizzie Williamson and Victoria Scott repeat as state doubles champs
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) girls tennis first doubles pair Lizzie Williamson and Victoria Scott played the MIAA Individual Doubles Tournament semis and finals in the same afternoon...
View ArticleCreamers, Rug Sox, Snaps win
The Creamers and Rug Sox continued their hot starts through Tuesday night’s play in the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Softball League. The Creamers edged the Honeys, 10-9, while the Rug Sox topped the...
View ArticleBuoys late for work
Chilmark selectmen learned Tuesday night that buoys that mark the swimming area off Menemsha Beach were not afloat. Selectman Jim Malkin, the board’s harbor liaison, said the buoys are rigged and that...
View ArticleOak Bluffs tour company ignores its license parameters in Menemsha
Martha’s Vineyard Excursions, LLC, an Oak Bluffs tour bus company whose registered agent, Susan Bennett, criticized competitor Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Co. at a recent Oak Bluffs selectmen’s meeting...
View ArticleFood distribution on Friday in Vineyard Haven
Serving Hands will distribute food from the Greater Boston Food Bank on June 23 from 2 to 4 pm at First Baptist Church on Spring Street in Vineyard Haven as part of Serving Hands monthly food...
View ArticleDoctors Gold and Katz have returned to the Island
Integrated Health Care welcomes back Dr. Iris Gold, acupuncturist and natural medicine doctor, and Dr. Steven Katz, chiropractic orthopedist. According to a press release, Dr. Gold uses acupuncture,...
View ArticleWest Tisbury opts to demolish old courthouse
West Tisbury selectmen agreed to level the town’s old courthouse on Old Courthouse Road to make way for affordable housing. The selectmen arrived at a consensus on the matter after hearing a report...
View ArticleNew program helps feed children in the summer
There will be free lunches for children aged up to 18 from July 11 to August 11 at the Oak Bluffs Public Library on School Street, according to a press release from Island Grown Initiative. As part of...
View ArticleFeatherstone was a community effort
To the Editor: In your otherwise excellent coverage of the wonderful developments at Featherstone, there was an oversight regarding the center’s founding that deserves clarification. In addition to the...
View ArticleQuotation marks strained respect
To the Editor: I would like to thank the Times for running the story about me having the right to wear the religious headgear of my faith for my driver’s license photo. In this case, since I am a...
View ArticleA taxing situation
To the Editor: Massachusetts housing availability and affordability victims are experiencing the violation of their 14th Amendment rights. Specifically, Section 1: “All persons born or naturalized in...
View ArticlePassionate about Dickinson
To the Editor: I joined an enthusiastic crowd of fellow Emily Dickinson admirers to see the opening of “A Quiet Passion.” The idea of a full-length feature film, a biopic, about this remarkable 19th...
View ArticleWait is over to speak up
To the Editor: There are over 50 people on the waiting list for a mooring permit in Tashmoo. Moorings are hard to come by, and very much in demand. It can take years to get a mooring. Leasing is a...
View ArticleHospital staff should be highlighted
To the Editor: What is the vision for Martha’s Vineyard Hospital? Is it to be the largest collector of art by Island artists? Where are the portraits of our medical staff, nursing staff, who provided...
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