Hope Dementia offers Dementia Certificate program
An eight-hour interactive Dementia Certificate program is being offered by Hope Dementia and Alzheimer’s Services, part of the HopeHealth family of services. According to a press release, the program...
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Ingrid Thomas
Ingrid (“Ting”) Thomas, born on Christmas Eve 1935, died peacefully at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Sept. 6, 2016, after a long and determined battle with cancer. Ting was the daughter of M. Adelia...
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Dr. Stanley Earl Nelson
Dr. Stanley Earl Nelson, whose life journey carried him from a working class upbringing in NorthEast Washington, D.C., to Dunbar High School, to Howard University Dental School to a successful practice...
View ArticleAcademic honors
Graduation Marcia Denine of Vineyard Haven has received her master of science in Nursing — Education degree from Western Governors University. Dean’s reception Emma Rae Yuen of Oak Bluffs will be...
View ArticleBirths
Ingrid Elizabeth Robinson Mary Alice Robinson and Aaron Robinson of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Ingrid Elizabeth Robinson, on Sept. 5, 2016, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ingrid...
View ArticleMoffett Race provides plenty of colorful scenery
Billowing sails will punctuate the views in the waters off East Chop and West Chop when the 39th annual Moffett Race gets underway at 11 am Saturday in Vineyard Haven Harbor. For further details and...
View ArticleMuseum elects new board chairman
Stever Aubrey is the new chairman of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum board of directors. According to a press release, he was elected unanimously on August 17, and takes over for Elizabeth Beim, who...
View ArticleREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: Aug. 29 – Sept. 2, 2016
Aquinnah August 29, David E. Vanderhoop and Matthew Vanderhoop sold 27 Aquinnah Circle to James F. Reynolds, trustee of 27 Aquinnah Circle Nominee Trust, for $1,290,000. Chilmark September 2, Nancy...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Why care about housing?
By Daniel Seidman, All-Island Planning Board housing work group Why should you care about housing if you have acquired your piece of Martha’s Vineyard? Or locked down a 12-month lease you can afford?...
View ArticleTwo thumbs up from Obama fan
To the Editor: For those feeling pangs of nostalgia in the waning months of the Obama administration, the movie “Southside With You” offers a sense of place for how Michelle and Barack got together....
View ArticleEssayist’s entitlement
To the Editor: It is a sad commentary that the author of the essay published Sept. 1, “Black shoppers matter,” would compare our embracing and diverse Island community to the South of the ’30s. She...
View ArticleNew soccer league forms
To the Editor: Martha’s Vineyard United Soccer Club (also known as MV United) has created a new league, the Island Soccer League (ISL), for kids in grades five through eight. This new league does not...
View ArticleTo those who loved Clint
To the Editor: Our beloved Clinton Peterson Griesser died unexpectedly while swimming at Edgartown Great Pond. We wish to thank all of those who helped during this terrible tragedy, and those who came...
View ArticleAction is appreciated
To the Editor: A note of thanks to the Tisbury DPW, who took heed after my Letter to the Editor (Sept. 1, “A clear and present danger”) and our selectmen this week, and took down those dangerous dead...
View ArticleShutting down TPP
To the Editor: Bernie Sanders’ new group, Our Revolution, is reaching out to all progressives to immediately get involved with trying to shut down the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) legislation, which...
View ArticleMVC needs to take a look
To the Editor: I hope the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) will accept the referral of the proposal to install artificial turf at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) as a development of...
View ArticleEditorial: Board of health nitrogen regs redux
The Tisbury board of health has decided that nitrogen seeping into the Lake Tashmoo and Lagoon Pond watersheds from home wastewater treatment systems is a scourge that must be dealt with immediately,...
View ArticleOld Sculpin reception bids farewell to AireMV artists
Edgartown’s Old Sculpin Gallery will host a reception this evening, Friday, Sept. 9, from 7 to 9 pm. It will be the closing event for their “AireMV Artists.” Please note that an earlier version of the...
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Services Sunday for S. Bailey Norton Jr. of Edgartown
Samuel Bailey Norton, Jr., a man firmly anchored in the character and life of Edgartown, where he was one of his beloved town’s oldest residents, died Thursday, September 8 in the town where he was...
View ArticleTisbury man injured in late night accident Saturday
A two car collision on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road late Saturday night sent two men to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, one with fractures, police said. Tisbury Police Sergeant Kindia Roman said Ian...
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