Jena’s Ring Challenge
Try your skill this Saturday, Sept. 16, at 4:30 pm, for the annual Flying Horses Carousel ring challenge to benefit the Jena Pothier Flying Horses Scholarship Fund. See who can catch the most rings at...
View ArticleOpen House at Sargent Gallery
It’s a beautiful weekend to head up to Aquinnah for Sargent Gallery’s all-artist group show and open house on Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17, from 12 to 5 pm. For more information, visit...
View ArticleSail on General Patton’s yacht
When and If is a gorgeous antique wooden schooner built in 1939 for General George Patton to sail around the world. This special ship returns to her erstwhile home in Vineyard Haven for September and...
View ArticleREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: Sept. 4 – 8, 2017
Aquinnah Sept. 6, Mark Hirschey, trustee of Seahorse Nominee Trust, sold 1 Seahorse Lane to Malcolm Stevenson and Robyn Nietert for $875,000. Chilmark Sept. 5, Daniel Rabinovitz, Effie Juliet Chan,...
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Photos of the week September 10-16
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View ArticlePoet’s Corner: The News
By Jeffrey Agnoli The river of News that we enter daily maddens and saddens but as its waters swim through us can sometimes gladden. There are random flowers of kindness and sacrifice and benevolence...
View ArticleCelebrating community and choice: A conversation with Atul Gawande
On Monday, Sept. 25, from 5 to 6 pm, the West Tisbury library will be hosting a live simulcast event celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Village Movement with Dr. Atul Gawande, author of “Being...
View Article“Transforming Our Approach to Health,” a discussion with Alison Levy and Liz...
Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 5 to 6 pm at the West Tisbury library, Alison Levy, health journalist, and Liz Witham, environmental film producer, will lead a discussion covering climate change as it...
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James M. Finnerty
James Magnus Finnerty, longtime Island resident, died on August 27, 2017, in his adopted country of New Zealand. He was born in Springfield, son of Dr. James Joseph Finnerty of New York and Anna Lowell...
View ArticleBirths: Aug. 10 – Sept. 12
Crew Primo Kiendzior Nina Kiendzior and Dana Kiendzior of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Crew Primo Kiendzior, on August 10, 2017, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Crew weighed 7 pounds, 2...
View ArticleCourt report: August 31, 2017 – Sept. 11, 2017
August 31, 2017 Marcia Lewand, Bradenton, Fla.; DOB 7/2/56, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without a finding for one year, the defendant is to attend the driver alcohol education program with a loss of...
View ArticleMeetings roundup Sept. 14 – Oct. 11
M.V. Commission Edgartown library Thursday, Sept. 14, at 6 pm Edgartown Board of Selectmen Edgartown Town Hall Monday, Sept. 18, at 4 pm Oak Bluffs School Committee Meeting Oak Bluffs School...
View ArticleHeartless decision
There’s no reason people living in our community should be living in fear. But that’s exactly what’s happened in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to repeal the Deferred Action for...
View ArticleRegistration open for Fall Tennis Classic
The eighth annual Fall Tennis Classic to benefit Martha’s Vineyard Community Tennis (MVCT) will be Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23 and 24, at Farm Neck. All matches will be played at the Farm Neck...
View ArticleGrateful for community support
To the Editor: On August 27, there was a blueberry pancake breakfast to raise money for the M.V. Cancer Support Group. The event was sponsored by the missions committee of Federated Church, and the...
View ArticlePay more and workers will come
To the Editor: J-1 visa program is going to be cut? Oh no! Local business cannot get enough local youth to do dishes for $8 an hour. Local restaurants are not shy about charging $125 for a dinner per...
View ArticleRead all about it
To the Editor: Oak Bluffs Public Library would like to put out a huge thank-you to the local businesses who helped make this year’s Summer Reading such a success: Ben and Bill’s for donating free...
View ArticleFind your inner Martha’s Vineyard
To the Editor: I arrived in Oak Bluffs around noon on Thursday, August 24, 2017, for my first visit to the Island. And boom — the Vineyard happened to me. The smiles from strangers, the pedestrian...
View ArticleThe Big Question: Running a family business
What’s the secret to running a business with family members? 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 ArticleQuote of the week
“President Trump’s short-sighted intention to eliminate the J-! visa program will harm small businesses and tourism on the Cape and Islands.” —State Senator Julian Cyr The post Quote of the week...
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