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Elizabeth Audrey LeBeau
Elizabeth Audrey (Johnson) LeBeau, 79, died peacefully on Jan. 21, 2017, at McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich, after a fairly brief illness. Beth fell in love with the Vineyard while spending summers...
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Patriots fans send Super Bowl notes
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View ArticleMVC sets FY18 budget at $1.48 million
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission unanimously adopted a $1.48 million budget for fiscal year 2018 (FY18) at its regular meeting on Jan. 19. The FY18 budget is up $53,139 over FY17, an increase of 3.7...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Rotary Club hosts State Rep. Dylan Fernandes
The Martha’s Vineyard Rotary Club welcomed State Representative Dylan Fernandes and his Martha’s Vineyard communications liaison Kaylea Moore at their weekly meeting at the Barn, Bowl and Bistro on...
View ArticleWest Tisbury police department awarded state certification
The West Tisbury police department has met critical standards in the area of police management, operations, and technical support, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Police...
View ArticleMenemsha Channel dredge project halted, again
For the second time in two years, the Menemsha Channel dredge project has come to a grinding halt in midstream. The Army Corps of Engineers shut down the $2.2 million project on Jan. 31 to comply with...
View ArticleEditorial: Online comments
The Martha’s Vineyard Times is launching a major review and overhaul of our online comment feature. The first step in our process was an email to many commenters this past weekend from executive editor...
View ArticleThe Island Theater
What would be the best use for the Island Theater, or the Island Theater space, in Oak Bluffs? Comments: I’d like to see the space used as a performance hall, with no Outerlands and the Loft closing up...
View ArticleMakos swim against South East Massachusetts teams
The Makos, the YMCA’s competitive swim team, traveled to Eastham to compete in a distance meet against three other teams in the South East Massachusetts Swim League (SEMSL) on Sunday, Jan. 29. Martha’s...
View ArticleMV High School swimmers notch first double win
For the first time this season, both the MVRHS boys and girls swimmers won their respective meets when the Vineyards defeated conference rival Coyle Cassidy on Thursday night. The girls notched 48...
View ArticleCommunity Conversation on policy at the M.V. Hebrew Center
“We Stand Together” will host a Community Conversation on Policy on February 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center from 12:30 to 2:30. According to a press release, representatives from the state...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Hospital staff forms ‘The Brady Bunch’ for Super Bowl
Staff at Martha’s Vineyard wore their Tom Brady gear to work on Friday and posed for a team photo. #GoPats! The post Martha’s Vineyard Hospital staff forms ‘The Brady Bunch’ for Super Bowl appeared...
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Howard Attebery
Howard Robert Attebery, 94, died on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2017, at his home in West Tisbury. He was married to Cynthia Riggs and was the father of Mark Attebery of New York. Cynthia Riggs of West...
View ArticleJohn Tenney Mead
John Tenney Mead, 88, of Edgartown, died on Friday morning, Feb. 3, 2017, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was the father of Amy H. Mead and Emily Mead-Santos. His funeral service will be held at...
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Neva D. Thornhill
Neva D. Oneal Thornhill died on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, with her family nearby. Neva D. Oneal was born in Bogard, Mo., to Elmer and Emma (Bunney) Oneal. Paternal grandparents were Philander and Emma...
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Judy Fraser-Pearse
Judith Jenks Fraser-Pearse died peacefully at her home in Vineyard Haven on Feb. 1, 2017, after a recent diagnosis of cancer. She was 78 years old. Judy was born to Donald and Edith Jenks of Princeton,...
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Carol D. Brandon
Carol Drechsler Brandon of West Tisbury died peacefully at home on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. She was 97. She engaged every room she entered with elegance, dignity, humor, and charm. And very often in...
View ArticleValentine’s pop-up
There is still plenty of time to get your Valentine’s Day shopping done, and you can support local artisans in the process. A one-day shop, Valentine Central, will pop up at Island Images gallery at 56...
View ArticlePoem: Happy New Year
By Donald Nitchie May you reach it like a beachhead and hold it like a surprise inheritance and may you enjoy it even if you don’t deserve it May the objects of your affection not shun you and even...
View ArticleAcademic honors
Dean’s list Tjark Aldeborgh of Edgartown, at the Citadel in South Carolina. Alyssa Cimeno of Edgartown, at Framingham State University. Amadine Muniz of Edgartown, at Framingham State University....
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