Monthly Archives: May 2024
Herring runs depleted across the Island
Illuminated by a waxing gibbous moon, researchers wearing headlamps and waders hiked from the Wampanoag Environmental Laboratory to a herring counting station beside the...
Long-postponed Steamship website now delayed until September
Despite a ballooning price tag, the Steamship Authority’s new website won’t be launched this summer, adding another delay to a project intended to ease...
Tisbury caps business vehicles on residential district lots
Tisbury voters have approved a limit in residential districts on the number of business vehicles that owners of trade businesses can park on a...
LGBTQ PRIDE Weekend in Oak Bluffs, June 7-9
The Oak Bluffs Association’s third annual LGBTQ Pride weekend in collaboration with Queer Hub MV and M.V. Community Services starts Friday night, June 7,...
Great Taste – MV Food and Wine
The 2024 Martha’s Vineyard Food and Wine Festival is stepping it up this year, with the largest schedule of offerings in the event’s history,...
Chilmark
It is delightfully warm, and time to open the windows, mow the lawn, and touch up the classic white paint on the wooden Adirondack...
Energy Saving for Businesses
Cape Light Compact will be meeting with Island businesses about ways to reduce energy use and lower operating costs through energy-efficiency upgrades the week...
Real Estate Transactions: May 20 – 24, 2024
Edgartown
May 21, Maureen Reilly and Maureen V. Murray sold 0 Harborside Inn Condo Unit 408 Week 37 to Mary Elizabeth Noonan for $7,500.
May 22,...
M.V. Center for Living: June 2024
M.V. Center for Living, the Island’s Dementia and Caregiver Support Network
508-939-9440
lesliec@mvcenter4living.org
mvcenter4living.org
M.V. Center for Living will be closed Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.
Regular...
Poet’s Corner: ‘Experiment’
Experiment
By Valerie Sonnenthal
a hazy night sky
mutes blinking red lights
etched into the horizon
silent lambs sleep
in a heap of sheep
under a beetlebung tree
dogs lie in wait
curled...
Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard: June 2024
As we welcome the warmer summer air, Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard is looking forward to upcoming programming and events! Discover proven techniques to prevent...
SHINE: June 2024
SHINE (Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone)
Barnstable County Regional SHINE office
shine@capecod.gov
508-375-6762
Part D Coverage Changes
The cost of your Medicare Part D–covered drugs may change...
CORE Senior Services: June 2024
CORE senior services
508-693-7900, ext. 210
mvcommunityservices.org
Counseling, Outreach and Referral for the Elderly (CORE) at M.V. Community Services works with at-risk and mostly home-bound seniors in...
Veterans’ Corner: June 2024
Randy Dull, Veterans Agent
Phone: 508-693-6887
Email: vetsagent@dukescounty.org
The Dukes County Veterans Service Department serves the veterans of all seven towns within Dukes County. The Veterans Service...
Up-Island Council on Aging: June 2024
Up-Island Council on Aging, Howes House
1042 State Rd., West Tisbury
508-693-2896
friendsofupislandcouncilonaging.org
There’s always something happening at the Howes House! We are open Monday – Friday, 8:30...
In favor of Swimming Place Path
To the Editor:
I was disappointed to read of my neighbors’ objection to the Swimming Place Path project that Edgartown is planning. I live in...
Edgartown Council on Aging: June 2024
Edgartown Council on Aging
The Anchors at 10 Daggett St.
508-627-4368
edgartowncoa.com
Weekly Events
Monday
9 am: Chair Yoga with Jennifer Fingado
12:30 pm: Bridge
Tuesday
9 am: Yoga with...
Estela Cardoso’s Journey
Estela Cardoso, who is deaf and lives on the Vineyard, lives at the crossroads of the Island’s history with the historic deaf community and...
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging: June 2024
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging
21 Wamsutta Ave.
508-693-4509, ext. 3
oakbluffsma.gov/152/Council-on-Aging
Weekly Exercise, In-person and Zoom
Monday
9 am, Exercise with Patience Campbell and Marilyn Miller
Zoom: bit.ly/OBExercise
Thursday
9 am, Exercise...
Tisbury Council on Aging: June 2024
Tisbury Senior Center
34 Pine Tree Road, Vineyard Haven
508-696-4205
tisburyma.gov/council-aging
We offer free coffee and tea all day every day! The center is open Monday through Friday,...