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Student Day of Poetry at Edgartown School
On April 15, 158 Edgartown fifth to eighth graders attended the Student Day of Poetry, sponsored by MassPoetry.org. According to a press release, five Vineyard poets shared their poetry with the...
View ArticleLorna J. Giles
Lorna J. Giles of Edgartown died on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at the Plymouth Rehabilitation Center. She was 62. Lorna was the wife of Kenneth Armstead of Edgartown. Her memorial service will be held...
View ArticleKids’ soccer season kicks off
To the Editor: The MV United Recreation program is pleased to have a record number of players this spring — more than 300 children ages pre-K to fifth grade are sharing the West Tisbury School back...
View ArticleCultural Council says thanks
To the Editor: A big thank you to everyone who made the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council grant recipients’ celebration such a great success. Thank you to our performers: Ethan Knight, the Pogue...
View ArticleOak Bluffs steps up
To the Editor: I would like to express special thanks to Amy Billings and the Oak Bluffs Parks Department for their attention to our town beaches. In addition to all the work they already do to care...
View ArticleDon’t box out mini golf
To the Editor: Some thoughts on the article published April 28 (“New lumberyard proposed for Tisbury undergoes MVC review”) on the proposed new lumberyard on High Point Lane. I am concerned about its...
View ArticleA natural playing field is better
To the Editor: This letter was submitted to the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) committee regarding the current proposal by MV@Play to upgrade the athletic facilities on the high school...
View ArticleCounty chairman seeks to become part of the opioid solution
To the Editor: Many from our community are expressing grave concern over the steady and horrific flow of overdose-related deaths here on the Island since the beginning of the year. It certainly did not...
View ArticleEditorial: Behind the opioid numbers
State public health officials on Monday confirmed 1,379 unintentional or undetermined opioid-related deaths in 2015, and said the opioid death rate over the first three months of 2016 was comparable to...
View ArticleOak Bluffs police officers revive two overdose victims simultaneously
Saturday night about 8 pm, Oak Bluffs police officers Seth Harlow and James Haggerty, the two newest officers on the squad, responded to an emergency caller who said there were two men on the front...
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Three writers, three mothers
Mother’s Day, 2000 By Laura Wainwright Laura Wainwright is the author of “Home Bird, Four Seasons on Martha’s Vineyard,” published by Vineyard Stories. “I don’t want to waste away in a nursing home,”...
View ArticleVineyard skeet shooters bloom
Matt Gamache of Vineyard Haven and Dick Carlson of Oak Bluffs competed in the “May Flowers” skeet competition Sunday, held at Massapoag Sportsmen’s Club in Sharon amid intermittent rain and heavy...
View ArticleElliot Lehman
Elliot Lehman, a longtime summer resident of Chilmark, died on May 5, 2016, at home in Wilmette, Ill., following a recent stroke. He was 97. Elliot was born at home in the Bronx on January 10, 1919....
View ArticleNight game on tap for boys baseball Saturday
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys baseball team takes on Bishop Feehan Saturday at 5:30pm at home. The game was rescheduled due to rain earlier in the week. “This will be the first night...
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Ferry Martha’s Vineyard out of service until Sunday
Updated 7 pm, Friday The Steamship Authority has cancelled all trips on the ferry Martha’s Vineyard Friday due to mechanical problems. The Martha’s Vineyard is expected to be out of service on Saturday...
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Fog could not dampen the fun of the kids trout derby
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View ArticleAcademic honors
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School honor roll Grade 12 High honors: Olivia Green-Lingren, Elizabeth Hayman, Courtney Howell, Maisie Jarrell, Jared Livingston, Amadine Muniz, Sara Poggi, Julia...
View ArticleServices Friday for Cora S. Medeiros
Mrs. Cora S. Medeiros died at her Vineyard Haven home on Sunday, May 8, 2016. She was 85. A visitation for family and friends will be held on Friday, May 13, 6pm to 8pm in the Chapman, Cole &...
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Janet M. LaValley
Janet M. (Searle) LaValley, daughter of the late John and Karen Searle of Edgartown, a native of Martha’s Vineyard, died on Oct. 26, 2015, after a long illness with cancer. She was 60 years old....
View ArticlePoet’s Corner: Appointments
By Barbara Peckham When we were young we’d go for weeks And nary a doctor we’d see. But now that our senior years have arrived Seems that hardly a moment is free. Appointments accumulate day after day...
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