Up-Island schools wrestle with FY 2018 budget
The Up-Island Regional School District (UIRSD) committee will continue to discuss the fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) budget after a lengthy meeting on Monday that resulted in no changes to the total...
View ArticleFedEx packages go astray in Oak Bluffs
A reader has alerted The Times that some packages shipped by FedEx to Oak Bluffs are not reaching their destinations. It’s complicated: Some packages that recipients expect to be shipped via the U.S....
View ArticleWest Tisbury boys edge Oak Bluffs in hoops thriller
Ramone dos Santos scored 32 points to lead the West Tisbury boys to a thrilling 51-49 win over the host Oak Bluffs Blazers on Monday. West Tisbury ran out to an 11-0 lead. The Blazers fought back with...
View ArticleCoast Guard commends captain and crew of M/V Nantucket for life-saving act
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a letter of commendation this month, recognizing the Steamship Authority (SSA) and the captain and crew of the ferry M/V Nantucket for their swift and heroic rescue of a...
View ArticleDenise Margaret Dorsey
Denise Margaret Dorsey died at her Vineyard Haven home on Dec. 4, 2016. She was 59. Denise was born on Dec. 29, 1956, in Oak Bluffs to Toby and Lucille Dorsey. She graduated from Martha’s Vineyard...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Savings Bank names Tom Sharkey as interim President and CEO
The chairman of Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank’s board of trustees, Frank Fenner, announced today that Thomas J. Sharkey will serve as the bank’s interim president and chief executive officer (CEO)....
View ArticleReindeer Bridge Holistic Health
Holistic health practitioner and master herbalist Kristin Henriksen created Reindeer Bridge Holistic Health to help people regain and maintain their health. To that end, medicinal herbs, essential...
View ArticleSeason’s greetings from the Times
Happy Holidays from the staff of the Martha’s Vineyard Times. Back row: Sophia McCarron (editorial intern), Kyle Kotarski (billing), Kate Feiffer (contributing editor), Geoff Currier (editor), Bill...
View ArticleCalling all letter writers!
We have a special invitational New Year’s edition coming up, and we’d like to invite Islanders to participate. There are two prompts you can answer: Tell us about the most heartening, uplifting,...
View ArticleRita Mae Roberts
Rita Mae Roberts, 89, died peacefully Tuesday morning, Dec. 20, 2016, at Wingate in Hampden. Rita was born Nov. 13, 1927, in Wilbraham to Royal and Vivian (Gagnon) Sideleau. Rita grew up in Wilbraham...
View ArticleSteamship Authority cancels some freight boats
The following trips have been canceled due to weather conditions. M/V Sankaty 6:15AM Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven M/V Sankaty 7:15AM Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole The National Weather Service has issued...
View Article‘Farewell to ’16’ jazz cabaret
Bid “Farewell to ’16!” with a jazz cabaret performance at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse this Friday, Dec. 30, at 7:30 pm. The cabaret will feature piano by Jeremy Berlin and vocals by Anna Yukevich....
View ArticleRock concert for kids
The West Tisbury library is hosting a rock concert for kids featuring Jellybone Rivers and the Maniacs of the Heart on Saturday, Dec. 31, from 4 to 5 pm. Classic children’s songs will be performed in a...
View ArticleNina Violet composition talk
Well-known Island singer-songwriter Nina Violet continues the series “De-Composition: Breaking Down the Musical Process” at the Oak Bluffs library on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 6:30 pm. In this new series,...
View ArticleCommunity forum on Trump-era immigration
A new Vineyard-based social justice group, the Martha’s Vineyard Social Justice Leadership Foundation (MVSJLF), will hold a forum on post-election information and action on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The group...
View ArticleREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: December 19 – 23, 2016
Chilmark Dec. 19, Jonathan Lash and Peter Pratt, trustees of the Pratt Family Realty Trust, sold 128 Old Farm Rd. to Keith Snedeker and Rebecca Brewer for $1,475,000. Edgartown Dec. 19, Christopher...
View ArticleConservation and affordable housing: Martha’s Vineyard can have both
To the Editor: In response to Mr. Lengyel’s essay in the Dec. 20 Vineyard Gazette [which also appears in this week’s MVTimes]: “We can have both affordable housing and land conservation” : Everyone on...
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Slideshow: The year in photos
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View ArticleA role model?
To the Editor: Well, didn’t Mark Morris (Dec. 22, “Edgartown bans shellfisherman”) set a fine example! James Young North Falmouth The post A role model? appeared first on Martha's Vineyard Times.
View ArticleAngels in the ambulance
I managed to wrangle my winter-clad, overheated self over to the church bazaar table selling the eclectic, only to spy a smug face that after 20 years still finds me.The smug glare means, “Only my...
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