Monthly Archives: October 2023
MVRHS to receive Special Olympics recognition
Updated Nov. 2
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) announced it will be receiving a national banner recognition from the Special Olympics for its efforts...
Stop electronics overconsumption
To the Editor:
On an Island filled with consumers of electronics, I was surprised to see that The Martha’s Vineyard Times had yet to provide...
Pedestrian safety key to Menemsha discussion
Chilmark is considering how to make Menemsha safer for pedestrians.
Various Chilmark town bodies and Menemsha stakeholders held a joint meeting to review the end...
West Tisbury, IHT developing affordable housing for ages 55+
Updated Oct. 27.
To fulfill a request from West Tisbury to house residents 55 and over, the Island Housing Trust (IHT) is asking Vineyard towns...
Island’s Lyme vaccine trial sponsor cleared by FDA
Eight months after pharmaceutical company Pfizer called for the abrupt discontinuation of Lyme disease vaccination trials at a number of locations — including the...
Oak Bluffs exploring stormwater remediation
Oak Bluffs is looking to improve and showcase stormwater resiliency methods on Hudson Avenue.
James Houle, program director at the University of New Hampshire’s Stormwater...
The High School View: Artificial intelligence; Student council
Read the MVRHS High School View: 10-26-2023
The High School View is staffed and prepared entirely by students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School,...
Veterans continue to need our help
Voices is a series the Martha’s Vineyard Times has pursued as a way to give the public a platform to tell their own stories...
Fishing Report: Octoberfish
Avid fishermen rarely need an excuse to fish. What could be better than a beautiful fall day in the surf or on the water,...
Voices of Veterans: Tom Murphy
Tom Murphy is the chairman of the select board in Aquinnah, and sits on the town’s finance committee and planning board. He’s also the...
Barn raising for a cause
Workers were onsite this week for the raising of a barn for Island Autism, a planned new center to help Islanders with autism and...
Voices of Veterans: Tom Bennett
Tom Bennett grew up on Chappaquiddick and in Edgartown, and served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force. He provides assistance for veterans...
Voices of Veterans: Randy Dull
Randy Dull joined the U.S. Army in June 2000, and served for 15 years between active duty and National Guard. He was deployed to...
Voices of Veterans: Paul Schultz
Paul Schultz, from Edgartown, went into the Army at the age of 21 in 1968. He served in Vietnam in the B Battery, Third...
Barbara Jane Pesch
Barbara Jane (Baumhoefener) Pesch passed away peacefully on May 21, 2023, after complications from Parkinson’s.
A celebration of life will be hosted on Nov. 25;...
Voices of Veterans: Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine spent nearly three decades in the Army, and served in many regions of the world. He currently serves on the Wampanoag Tribe...
Voices of Veterans: Deborah and Samantha Potter
Deborah Potter is the current town administrator for Oak Bluffs, and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. As an enlisted Marine, she served as an...
Voices of Veterans: Bob Tankard
Bob Tankard served in Korea in the 1960s, during the Vietnam War, guarding the border just outside North Korea.
Tankard is also a veterans outreach...
Frederic Daniel Mascolo
Frederic D. Mascolo (“Trader Fred”), 65, of Edgartown, formerly of Waterbury, Conn., passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2023, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He...
Voices of Veterans: Bob Penney
Bob Penney is one of the last surviving veterans of World War II on Martha’s Vineyard. He lives on Oak Bluffs Harbor, and turned...