Friday, March 29, 2024

Community Notes

Peter W. Yoars

Peter W. Yoars, 85, of Oak Bluffs, died on April 21, 2022, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital of natural causes.  Born in Great Neck, Long Island, in 1936, Peter grew up in Bedford, N.Y., and was...

Dagmar Dockery

Dagmar Janet (Niven) Dockery, 81, of Vineyard Haven, formerly of Essex Fells and Chatham, N.J., passed away peacefully at her home on Jan. 10, 2022, following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. She is...

Don Berube

Don Berube died peacefully at age 80 on April 3, 2022, with his wife by his side. Don was born on October 4, 1941, to Donald and Pauline Berube of Edgartown, and he grew up...

Services Thursday, Friday, for Shawn Andre Cordwell

Shawn Andre Cordwell, 53, of New Bedford and Oak Bluffs, died unexpectedly on Monday, April 18, 2022, at his Vineyard residence. Shawn graduated from West Roxbury High School, and studied culinary arts at Johnson &...

Author Ben Shattuck follows in Thoreau’s footsteps

Ben Shattuck, author of the newly released “Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau,” will give an author talk at the West Tisbury library on Tuesday, May 17, at 4:30 pm.  He will...

‘Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America’

The exhibit “Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America'' made its North American debut earlier this month at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Visitors have until May 8 to check it out; a smaller...

May at the Chilmark library

Next Saturday, May 7, at 2 pm, the Chilmark library hosts Writing for Young People, a monthly virtual group where writers share their work, critique and discuss favorite books in the marketplace — older...

Becoming a natural neighbor

On Saturday, May 7, at 1 pm, join the West Tisbury library for a talk with Natural Neighbors program director Angela Luckey. The Natural Neighbors program promotes conservation of Martha’s Vineyard’s flora and fauna...

Births

Luca Aires Freeze Cinthya and Michael Freeze of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Luca Aires Freeze, on April 19, 2022, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Luca weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Charles Hahn Bonjour Marina...

Annual Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA

On Saturday, April 30, from 1 to 4 pm, the YMCA hosts its annual Healthy Kids Day, encouraging families to take a moment to help kids be kids and set them up for a...

Christopher Look III

Christopher Stetson Look III of Edgartown passed peacefully on April 14, 2022, with his loved ones by his side. After many years of battling cancer and undergoing two stem cell transplants, he became a...

Paul Ronhock

Paul M. Ronhock, 85, of Edgartown, died on Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. His funeral service will be private and a complete obituary will appear in another edition of...

Shirley H. Cartier

Shirley Helena Cartier, 89, of Waltham and Martha’s Vineyard, died peacefully April 14, 2022, at a Bangor, Maine, hospital. She was born July 11, 1932, in Melrose, Mass., the daughter of George and Helena...

Albert Warren Jr.

Albert W. Warren, Jr. died peacefully on April 10 at The Excell Healthcare Center in Oakland, California. A full obituary to follow, with a notice of a Celebration of Life at the P A...

Cribbage Results

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Twenty-five members of the Vineyard Cribbage Club got together on Wednesday and played our favorite game at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown.  The results were: 1st place - David Pothier with an 11/5 + 111...

Gearing up for the West Tisbury School musical

The West Tisbury School will put on their annual musical April 29 and April 30, from 7 to 8:30 pm, and May 1 at 2 pm. Kids of all ages from the school will...

Community poetry reading

West Tisbury poet laureate Tain Leonard-Peck is hosting a community poetry reading at the West Tisbury library on Sunday, April 24, at 2 pm. The event features community members reading their own poems and...

30th annual beach cleanup

Join fellow Islanders out on the beach on Saturday, April 23, from 10 am to 12 pm, for the 30th annual Earth Day beach cleanup with the Vineyard Conservation Society. It’s a fun-filled day...

Births

Helena Barbosa Da Costa Mirgita Mendes and Diego Mendez of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Helena Barbosa Da Costa, on April 7, 2022, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Helena weighed 8 pounds, 4.3...

Harold W. Chapdelaine

Harold W. Chapdelaine died peacefully at home on April 9, 2022, after gracefully enduring a rapidly progressing illness. Joan, his wife, the love of his life and stalwart companion, was at his side. Harold was...