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Two sheriff’s department employees earn certification
The Dukes County Sheriff's Office announced through a press release that health services administrator Amanda Cimeno, R.N., CCHP, and assistant deputy superintendent Major Kayla...
Visiting Vet: Does your elder pup have CDS?
I still think about the first time I just could not remember something I knew I should know. I was trying to recall the...
DPU approves contracts with offshore wind projects
The Department of Public Utilities on Friday approved the contracts between both the Commonwealth Wind and Mayflower Wind offshore wind projects and Bay State...
Abrams announces departure from South Mountain Co.
John Abrams, the CEO and founder of South Mountain Co. and a leader in the push for a Housing Bank on the Vineyard, announced...
Writing from the Heart: Do something different in 2023
I always make my New Year’s resolutions after New Year’s. It doesn't really matter when I make the list, since it always starts with...
Edgartown: Edgartown School PTA meeting, Owl Prowl at Felix Neck, and Fire Cider
Happy 2023! May this year be gentle and easy, and bring us all even closer to “normal.” I am not making resolutions, nor planning...
West Tisbury: Elliott Bennett art opening, Second Sunday Jazz Concert, and Poetry Workshop
The house felt chilly this morning when I came downstairs. The thermometer said 67°, a temperature that is usually comfortable enough for me, but...
Chilmark: Chilmark Potluck Jam, Big Book Sale, and Pathways Arts at the Chilmark Tavern
For the first time in my entire life, I ended the year with calm instead of chaos. Over the years, I would put my...
Births
Esme Martha Elizabeth Stackpole-Smith
Katherine Marie Stackpole and James Hastings Smith of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Esme Martha Elizabeth Stackpole-Smith, on...
Taggart Bellas Young
The family of Taggart Bellas Young is heartbroken to announce that on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, his courageous 10-month engagement against cancer ended, and...
Robert M. Fontaine
In the early morning hours of Nov. 28, 2022, Robert Fontaine, 72, fell asleep in death, surrounded by his family, in hospice care at...
Kathleen Elizabeth Mary Stobart
Kathleen Elizabeth Mary (Arscott) Stobart of Teaticket passed away peacefully on Nov. 18, 2022, surrounded by her children. She was 92.
Born on Jan. 4,...
Mary Maxine Perry
Mary Maxine Crabtree Perry died peacefully among family on Dec. 20, 2022. She was 91.
She was known to most as Maxine. She was born...
It takes a village
To the Editor:
Island Elderly Housing is looking back on the holiday season with a feeling of great appreciation, and would like to publicly acknowledge...
Ferry conversion price tag jumps
The Steamship Authority's Port Council learned Tuesday morning that the price of converting recently acquired offshore supply vessels into ferries has escalated due to...
Tisbury candidate forum scheduled Jan. 9
The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard, in conjunction with MVTV, is sponsoring a candidate forum prior to the Tisbury special election for...
MVC welcomes new housing planner
In a statement issued last week, the Coalition to Create the MV Housing Bank (CCMVHB) announced that Laura Silber will be stepping down from...
State official criticizes lobster red-listing as ‘counterproductive’
Months after Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, a sustainable seafood advisory list, red-listed American lobster fisheries in the U.S. and Canada due to the...