Service for Gregory S. Williams
The graveside service for the burial of the remains of Gregory S. Williams, the son of Doris I. Williams and the late Frederick H. Williams, will be held on Saturday, June 23, in the Oak Grove...
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Nancy Ann Clarke
Nancy Ann (Johnson) Clarke, 88, of South Hadley, formerly of Edgartown, died on June 8, 2018. Nancy was born on Dec. 22, 1929, in Lowell. She was the daughter of John H. and Alice L. (Snow) Johnson....
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Jason Bradley (Jih-pong) Ling
Colonel Jason Bradley (Jih-pong) Ling, 92, died at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on June 9, 2018. A resident of West Tisbury since 2003, he was born in Chingtien, Zhejiang Province, China, on Dec. 16,...
View ArticleFrederick Dennis Houston
Frederick Dennis Houston died, unexpectedly, on Saturday, May 26, 2018. Fred was known to many on the Island for delivering The M.V. Times, driving a bus for the V.T.A., and mostly as the manager of...
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Memorial service for Robert and Barbara Day
A memorial service for Bob Day and Barbara Day will take place on Saturday, July 14, at 2 pm at Grace Episcopal Church, 36 Woodlawn Avenue, Vineyard Haven. A reception will follow in the church hall....
View ArticleDon’t ignore substance abuse
To the Editor: At last week’s hospital forum, Denise Schepici, our new CEO, did not seem particularly interested in identifying a role for the hospital in addressing the Island’s No. 1 public health...
View ArticleBridge Notes
At the June 4, 1:15 pm game of the Edgartown Bridge Club 10 tables were in play. First place in the north-south direction went to Barbara Silk and Dave Donald, followed by Bea Phear and Mollie Whalen...
View ArticleAcademic honors
Graduation Emma Kathryn Forbes of Oak Bluffs, with a doctorate of physical therapy, from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. David Seidman of Tisbury, with highest honors, from...
View ArticleHear about Island Grown Initiative at the Federated Church
Rebecca Haag from the Island Grown Initiative will be the guest speaker on Sunday, June 17, at 11:30 am, following the morning service at the Federated Church meetinghouse, 45 South Summer St.,...
View ArticleRaising dough
The Vineyard Committee on Hunger (VCOH) hosts its 41st annual Bread and Baked Goods Sale from 10 am to 2 pm, Saturday, June 16, outdoors near the linden tree on Main Street in Vineyard Haven. Bread and...
View ArticlePoet’s Corner: The Canyon Runner
By James Lowell for Grant Gelette Here on Pope’s Island, the Foxy Lady’s down-at-heel strip joint, fronts Niemiec’s shipyard’s old hulls on the hard, rusting in time’s tide antifoul bottoms sulking,...
View ArticleLow-number M.V. license plates to be auctioned
The first Martha’s Vineyard charitable online auction of low-numbered license plates is just around the corner. Plate numbers 1-100 (MV1, MV2, MV3, etc.) have been reserved for auction, and will be...
View ArticleJohn Hough Jr. on ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’
The West Tisbury library hosts “Islanders Read the Classics” with Island author John Hough Jr., presenting “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, on Monday, June 25, at 7 pm. You are not...
View ArticleStudy is ready for review
To the Editor: After four years of archive review, consultation, field work, assessment, and analysis, the town of West Tisbury’s Mill Brook Watershed Management Planning Committee is ready to share...
View ArticleBee happy
To the Editor: Thank you to the MV Times for sponsoring an Island student’s journey to the Scripps National Spelling Bee each year. This year my son was the lucky recipient of a week in Washington,...
View ArticleOff to a healthy start
It’s too early to give a full evaluation of Denise Schepici as CEO and president of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, but critics of the hospital have to be pleased so far with the transparency and...
View ArticleRobin Ann (Gomes) Voisine
Robin Ann (Gomes) Voisine, 59, of Oak Bluffs, formerly of New Bedford, died on May 5, 2018. Robin was born on June 28, 1959 in Oak Bluffs. She was the daughter of Jean Elizabeth (Costa) Gomes and John...
View ArticleMassachusetts moves ahead with civics education law
A law requiring all public schools to integrate civics courses into their curriculum was unanimously passed by the Massachusetts House on Wednesday, May 30. The law, if also passed by the Senate, would...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Markey to hold town hall forum
U.S. Senator Ed Markey will hold a town hall forum at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center on Sunday, June 24, from 4 pm to 5:30 pm, his communication director Giselle Barry told The Times Wednesday...
View ArticleJames Joyce comes to life on Bloomsday
The 40th annual Bloomsday presented by Martha’s Vineyard Arts and Society will celebrate music, drama, and humor based on the text and life of James Joyce. The event will be at the Katharine Cornell...
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