Monthly Archives: October 2024
The High School View: Homecoming week; Culinary Arts program
Read the MVRHS High School View: 10-31-2024
The High School View is staffed and prepared entirely by students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School,...
Vote no on Question 4, promoting psychedelic use
I am a believer in the power of certain psychedelic medications to help depression, awaken spiritual experiences, and break damaging compulsive behaviors such as...
Thirty years of raising community
In November 1994, a group of Island farmers got together and did what many thought impossible: They disassembled an old barn in New Hampshire,...
Remembering a finer one of our own
When I walked into the upstairs office at the Martha’s Vineyard Times for the very first time years ago, Geoff Currier, who was a...
Historic beacon returning to Gay Head Light
The Gay Head Light’s historic three-whites-and-a-red pattern, familiar to longtime Islanders, will be coming back brighter than before after an upcoming renovation project.
Over the...
Anxiety levels and early voting surge in tight presidential race
Early voting is underway in what many are calling the most consequential presidential election in generations, and already Vineyarders have been casting their ballots...
Town meeting voters critical of wire transfer error
At the Oak Bluffs special town meeting last week, voters had some pointed questions for town officials over a mistaken wire transfer that could...
Local NPR station moving from its beloved home
For more than 25 years, Islanders have listened to awardwinning public radio shows like “The Moth,” the Friday morning news roundup, and “The Point,”...
Tisbury places planning board admin on leave
Updated Oct. 31.
Amid a controversial project intended to house Vineyard Wind workers that has riled Vineyard Haven residents, the town has placed planning board...
Up-Island Council on Aging: November 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...
Edgartown Council on Aging: November 2024
Edgartown Council on Aging, The Anchors
The Anchors at 10 Daggett St.
508-627-4368
edgartowncoa.com
The Anchors will be closed on Monday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day, and on...
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging: November 2024
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging
21 Wamsutta Ave.
508-693-4509, ext. 3
oakbluffsma.gov/152/Council-on-Aging
Please note that we will be closed on Monday, Nov. 11, Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday,...
Tisbury Council on Aging: November 2024
Tisbury Senior Center
34 Pine Tree Road, Vineyard Haven
508-696-4205
tisburyma.gov/council-aging
The center is open Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. It will be closed on...
M.V. Center for Living: November 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 on Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of...
Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard: November 2024
Accessible Beaches and Active Aging on Martha’s Vineyard
As autumn paints Martha’s Vineyard in vibrant hues, Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard (HAMV) celebrates the progress of...
Noteworthy 55+: November 2024
Community Programs
Thanksgiving Dinner
If you are alone or unable to go out, please call your local Council on Aging by Monday, Nov. 18, to order...
SHINE: November 2024
SHINE (Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone)
Barnstable County Regional SHINE office
shine@capecod.gov
774-243-2953
capecod.gov/departments/human-services/initiatives/shine
Are you ready for Medicare Open Enrollment? SHINE can help!
Open enrollment is Oct....
CORE Senior Services: November 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: November 2024
Veterans Day March is on Monday, Nov. 11. Line up in front of Nancy’s restaurant in Oak Bluffs at 10:30 am. Step off at...
Geoffrey Chandler Currier
Geoffrey Chandler Currier, 78, of West Tisbury, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Oct. 20, 2024, after a long...