Julia Oliveira Pinto
Mirelle Pinto and Juscirley Pinto of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Julia Oliveira Pinto, born on Nov. 5, 2016, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Julia weighed 8 pounds, 7.3 ounces....
View ArticleIvy Villa
Jessica Villa and Michael Villa of Chilmark announce the birth of a daughter, Ivy Villa, born on Nov. 4, 2016, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ivy weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. The post Ivy Villa...
View ArticleKnox Dean Burrows and Haven James Burrows
Emily and James Burrows of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of twins, a boy, Knox Dean Burrows, and a girl, Haven James Burrows, born on Nov. 4, 2016, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Knox weighed 6...
View ArticleMaren Mansberger Feil
Maren Mansberger Feil of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Vineyard Haven, died in her sleep at home on Nov. 4. She was the wife of the late Dr. George H. Feil, and is survived by five children, Leslie Ann Feil...
View ArticleLetter for the morning after
To the Editor: I am sitting here on the morning of Nov. 8 writing this, and by this reading on Nov. 10 we know that Hillary is elected president, as many of us predicted. Many of us who voted for Trump...
View ArticleEditorial: They can’t forget, and we shouldn’t
The U.S. has been at war for 52 of the 75 years since the start of World War II. One of our reporters noted that we have been at war continuously for half her life; she is 30 years old. In recognition...
View ArticleMarjorie Hancock Phillips
Marjorie Hancock Phillips, 82, of Lexington, Va., and Menemsha died Thursday, Nov. 3, at Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington. Marge was born April 7, 1934, in Oak Bluffs, daughter of Hariph Clayton...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Junior High football team defeated in final game of the season
Updated 11:15 am Thursday The Martha’s Vineyard Junior High team was defeated by Mashpee 24-22 on Wednesday night at their only home game this season. First year Head Coach Zeke Vought led the Junior...
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Times Travel: Standing the test of time
Over the years, countless businesses have popped up and closed up on Martha’s Vineyard. Maintaining a viable, profitable business on the Island is no small feat. Meet Your Merchant celebrates local...
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: October 10 – 14, 2016
Aquinnah Oct. 11, Rebecca Damon Prager sold 66R State Rd. to Nicholas C. Bologna for $40,000. Oct. 12, Laurie A. Burnett sold 7 Tar Barrel Rd. to Ezra Palmer and Jane H. Hammerslough for $1,050,000....
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: October 17 – 21, 2016
Aquinnah Oct. 18, Robert N. Shapiro, Personal Representative of the Yvette Eastman (a/k/a Yvette Szekely Eastman) estate, sold a lot on East Pasture Rd. to John E. McDonald, Jr. and Melissa M. McDonald...
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: October 24 – 28, 2016
Aquinnah Oct. 28, Donald R. Worley, Personal Representative of the Will of Leonard F. Vanderhoop, Jr., sold a lot off Moshup Trail to S. Fain Hackney, trustee of Aquinnah Lot 513 Realty Trust, for...
View ArticleReal Estate Transactions: October 31 – November 4, 2016
Chilmark Nov. 3, 11 Flanders Lane Associates LLC sold 11 Flanders Lane to OLS MVY LLC for $1,350,000. Nov. 4, Robert A. and James E. Lunbeck, trustees of the Robert A. Lunbeck Realty Trust and the...
View ArticleMary Lu Hough
Mary Lu (Slack) Hough of West Tisbury and York, Pa., died Saturday, Nov. 5, at Country Meadows in York, where she had resided since January 2016 after the death of her husband, George Anthony Hough...
View ArticleBowl a turkey, donate a turkey
The Barn, Bowl & Bistro is offering a “Turkeys for Turkeys” charity program through Nov. 15. Get three strikes in a row, and a turkey is donated to a local food pantry. The alley is teaming up with...
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David Palmer
David Palmer was born in January 1951, the third son of Alison and Edward Palmer, following Teddy and Andy, and followed later by a sister, Laurie. He lived on Lenox Avenue in Albany, N.Y., and then...
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Samuel Tatelbaum
Samuel Tatelbaum died peacefully at Framingham Union-Metro West Hospital on Nov. 9 at the age of 71, after a long illness. Sam was born Sept. 1, 1945, at the New England Hospital in Boston. He...
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As the supermoon rises
When our only natural satellite rises at 4:58 pm this evening it will be only a few hours past its “supermoon” position. The name given to the phenomenon by astronomers is the “perigee-syzygy of the...
View ArticleGift show preview
The preview party for the 14th annual Holiday Gift Show at Featherstone Center for the Arts will take place this Friday, Nov. 18, from 6 to 8 pm. Friday’s guests will have the first chance to purchase...
View ArticleCreate a tablescape
Learn how to create a beautiful holiday tablescape this Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6 pm until 7:30 pm at Morrice Florist in Vineyard Haven. The talented staff will guide you through creating place cards,...
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