Court report: Jan. 5, 2018 – Jan. 12, 2018
Jan. 5, 2018 Zadoc Elliot Moreis, Vineyard Haven; DOB 2/11/86, resisting arrest: dismissed at the request of the commonwealth. Zadoc Elliot Moreis, Vineyard Haven; DOB 2/11/86, resisting arrest: guilty...
View ArticleWorld premiere of film “Everything Connects”
On Friday, Jan. 26, a premiere of the film “Everything Connects” will be held at the West Tisbury School. According to a press release, dinner will be from 5 to 6 pm, and the movie will be shown from...
View ArticleBook talk with Spencer Thurlow and Eric E. Hyett
On Sunday, Feb. 4, at 3:30 pm, the West Tisbury library will host a book talk with Spencer Thurlow and Eric E. Hyett in honor of their newly released book, “Sonic Peace,” a book of poetry by Kiriu...
View ArticleEight MVRHS girls take EAC All-Star honors
Eight women Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) athletes earned Eastern Athletic Conference (EAC) all-star honors in recently-announced voting. In all, 22 MVRHS students including 14 boys,...
View ArticleLevi Vanderhoop receives MVSB award
Levi Vanderhoop, 11th grade student at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, is to receive the Winning Prize for the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank’s regional “Lights, Camera, Save” video project....
View ArticleJeffie Claire DeFusco
Jeffie Claire DeFusco died on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at home in the company of her daughter, Sue Ellen Piccus, her granddaughter, Ellen K. McMannis, and her son-in-law, Gary Piccus. Jeffie was born...
View ArticleBig Question: Beach road
What’s your idea to improve Beach Road in Vineyard Haven? Reply online as a comment, or send your answers to onisland@mvtimes.com with the subject line “MVSB Big Question.” The post Big Question:...
View ArticleTrade show hosted by Martha’s Vineyard Made
A wholesale trade show is being hosted by Martha’s Vineyard Made for Island business owners on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 9 am to 3 pm. According to a press release, approximately 25 Island producers will...
View ArticleQuote of the week
“We’re just thrilled with the outcome.” –Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, leader of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, on the news that the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a case involving the...
View ArticleDurfee tops Vineyard swimmers
The Martha’s Vineyard boys and girls swimming teams traveled to Durfee High School in Fall River on Tuesday and both teams lost. The Hilltoppers defeated the Vineyard boys, 95-24 and the girls, 96-60....
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Charitable Fund awards eight grants to Island...
Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Charitable Fund awarded eight grants totaling $12,680 to seven Island nonprofits: Island Children’s School, Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard Film...
View ArticleTake it slow on Beach Road
If the redesign of Beach Road was a relationship status on social media, it might say, “It’s complicated.” The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT) is promising to provide final drawings of...
View ArticleNot smooth sailing for SSA
It wasn’t a good week for the Steamship Authority (SSA), the Island’s lifeline to the mainland. First, its website reservation system went kaput on opening day for summer reservations. The outage...
View Article‘Psychic’ gets vision of prison
A south Florida woman, who bilked a Chilmark woman out of millions of dollars by telling her she was exorcising demons, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston Wednesday to 26 months in prison,...
View ArticleREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: January 8 – 12, 2018
Chilmark Jan. 8, Robert S. Dietz sold 51 Peases Point Way to Gary Jones and Stacey Snider, trustees of the Jones-Snider 1997 Trust, for $2,200,000. Jan. 10, Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank, holder...
View ArticleA season of giving
To the Editor: My family and I have the Christmas display on County Road in Oak Bluffs. At this time, we wish to thank everyone who brought food and/or financial donations to us, for our “Island Food...
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Real Estate Confidential: The home buyer’s guide to Vineyard Haven
Weekly chit-chat about new listings, sales or other insider info on the Martha’s Vineyard real estate market, by Fred Roven, Martha’s Vineyard Buyer Agents In the current real estate market, with fewer...
View ArticleBedside Table: Perry Garfinkel
Quite a while ago my bedside table had runneth over with books, which spilleth onto nearby wicker chair waiting for a raison d’être. This pile reflects my severe case of ADD. I read mostly for...
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Lucian Michael Domkowski
Lucian Michael Domkowski, 87, of New Britain, Conn., died Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain General. Lucian was born and raised in New Britain. He attended New...
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Sinclair Hamilton Hitchings
Sinclair Hamilton Hitchings, curator, author, editor, influential member of many Boston cultural institutions, book and art collector, and promoter of Boston artists, died on Jan. 18, 2018, at the age...
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