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Yearly Archives: 2024
Academic honors
Dean’s list
Felix Colon of Vineyard Haven, at Lehigh University.
Jack Marshard of West Tisbury, at Lehigh University.
Tisbury School honor roll
Grade 8 high honors: Heitor de...
Births
Rosemarie Julia Doane
Julia Doane and Matthew Dolan of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Rosemarie Julia Doane, on Dec. 26, 2023, at...
Court Report: Dec. 18 – 22, 2023
Dec. 18
Victoria Correnti, West Tisbury; 38, leaving the scene of property damage: released on personal recognizance, continued to pretrial hearing.
Dec. 21
Daniel O’Connor, Oak Bluffs;...
Edwards Park Schwentker
Edwards Park Schwentker (“Ned”), 82, of Palmyra, Pa., passed away on Dec. 22, 2023.
Ned was born on Feb. 5, 1941, in Sterling, N.Y., and...
Charlotte Collat Fallon
Charlotte Collat Fallon died on Dec. 26, 2023, surrounded by family at her home in Washington, D.C.
Born on April 24, 1962, in Columbus, Ohio,...
Katherine White Mazza
Katherine White Mazza, or “Katie,” as most knew her, passed gracefully and peacefully on Dec. 22, 2023, surrounded by her family at her home...
Vineyard welcomes first baby of the year
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital welcomed the first Island baby of the year on Monday.
Weighing 6 pounds, 10.7 oz, Cameron Snow Godbout came into the...
From merlins to warblers: 30,000 birds spotted in annual count
The Vineyard's 64th annual Christmas Bird Count, held this weekend, identified more than 30,000 individual birds, up from around 19,000 in 2022.
With results still...
Vineyard Wind starts delivering power
Updated Jan. 3
Although Vineyard Wind missed its 2023 goal to deliver power to the state, Avangrid, the company that owns half of the offshore...
Appreciation for the Gatchell holiday lights
To the Editor:
A giant, heartfelt thank you to Mr. Gatchell for his continued commitment to making magic on County Road each year. We typically...
Federal funding boosts right whale conservation efforts
The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries will receive more than $4.6 million from the U.S. Congress to increase protections for the endangered North Atlantic...
Island WWII veteran hits centennial milestone
Island World War II veteran Clarence Miller Bannister turned 100 years old on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1.
The senior Bannister was a sergeant in...
Vehicle crash causes Tisbury power outage
Areas in Tisbury experienced some electric power disruptions after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole around 1:30 pm on Monday.
The driver of a...