Annual contest seeking poems of peace
There is still time to enter the 2017 Voices of Peace Poetry Contest. All entries must be received by 5 pm on Friday, March 31 (not just postmarked by that date). The contest is open to all Cape and...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity offers affordable homebuyer opportunity
You may apply for an affordable two-bedroom house in Oak Bluffs, to be built by Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard (HHMV). Qualifying applicants will be in need of year-round, stable housing,...
View ArticleIsland Democrats preparing for state convention
All registered Democrats are invited to meet with their town’s Democratic Committee to elect officers and delegates to the state convention. This year’s Democratic State Convention will be held in...
View ArticleIs this eviction legal?
To the Editor: Can anyone answer me a simple question: Can a 66-year-old working female senior citizen be evicted from an apartment if she has been steadily paying the rent, but the landlord simply...
View ArticleBoathouse Foundation presents Y with $25,000
For the seventh consecutive year, the Boathouse Foundation, a philanthropic unit of the Boathouse Club of Edgartown, presented a check for $25,000 to the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard. According to a...
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‘Islanders Read the Classics’
John Sundman —Stacey Rupolo Science fiction author John Sundman will lead people through “VALIS,” a novel by Philip K. Dick, at the Katharine Cornell Theater in Vineyard on Wednesday, March 1, at 7 pm....
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Joanne Coffin Clark
Joanne Elizabeth Clark (née Coffin), 87, born in Cleveland, Ohio; formerly of Newtonville, Martha’s Vineyard, and Stratton Mountain, Vt.; died peacefully after a long illness, surrounded by love, Feb....
View ArticleBirths
Liam Colter Abbott Jennifer Emily French and Seth Luce Abbott of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Liam Colter Abbott, on Feb. 15, 2017, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Liam weighed 8.17 pounds....
View ArticleMVRHS sports results Feb. 18-22
Varsity girls basketball Monday, Feb. 20: Martha’s Vineyard 31, North Quincy 45 MV Highlights: Whitney Schroeder (12 points), Rose Engler (9 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals) JV girls basketball Monday,...
View ArticleWork set to begin on SSA’s temporary Woods Hole terminal
The Steamship Authority’s Feb. 2 meeting in Falmouth featured an update on the progress of the temporary terminal at Woods Hole. A press release from the SSA says that Triumph Modular, the company...
View ArticleOak Bluffs infrastructure will not create a tax spike
To the Editor: I must dispute the impression made in the Feb. 16 news story “Oak Bluffs selectmen weigh big-ticket infrastructure expenditures,” particularly the subhead, “Town will need to be flush...
View ArticleDisappointed to learn Ken Chisholm has left hospital
To the Editor: I was disappointed to learn this week of the unceremonious departure from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital of Ken Chisholm, director of human resources and longtime administrator of...
View ArticleDeBettencourt’s switches to Shell
The DeBettencourt service station in Oak Bluffs made the switch from Mobil to Shell on Wednesday. In a conversation with The Times on Wednesday, Mike DeBettencourt said his contract with Mobil was up,...
View ArticleCorrections
In the Feb. 16 story “Up-Island school group examines tribal student policies in Aquinnah,” The Times misspelled the name of Nefititi Jette. A Feb. 16 story on proposed refurbishment of MVRHS playing...
View ArticleIsland teachers receive mini-grants from Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank awarded five mini-grants to Martha’s Vineyard teachers at an awards reception at Cape Cod Community College last Wednesday, according to a press release. Leah Palmer...
View ArticleEditorial: Fragile social contract
We Vineyarders are a privileged lot. It’s not a matter of wealth, nor even of abundant natural treasures, and we’re no less subject to illness, distress, and the rest of life’s array of curveballs than...
View ArticleOak Bluffs Mocha Mott’s has closed for a month
As is their habit, Mocha Mott’s will close their Oak Bluffs store for a month during the quiet part of winter. Last year, the Oak Bluffs store was closed for renovations, and just as the project was...
View ArticleTisbury selectmen discuss housing bank, regional budgets
Tisbury selectmen agreed to put a nonbinding housing bank question on the ballot for town meeting, and discussed regional budgets during their meeting on Tuesday night. The housing bank ballot question...
View ArticleCape builder denied preliminary injunction against town of Edgartown
Cape Cod Builders lost its bid to reboot the bidding process for a contract for restoration work on Memorial Wharf, in Dukes County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Cornelius Moriarty...
View ArticleYouth Hockey Bantam Wales Mariners defeat Rams and Devils in double header
On Sunday, February 19 Martha’s Vineyard Youth Hockey’s Bantam Wales Mariners travelled to the University of Rhode Island to take on the Junior Rams and earned an 8-1 victory. They then faced the...
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