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Tisbury Council on Aging: January 2025
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: January 2025
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 Wednesday, Jan. 1, for New Year's...
Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard: January 2025
Worrying about aging on the Island? We’ve got your back!
Let’s face it — aging on Martha’s Vineyard comes with its unique challenges. That’s where...
Veterans’ Corner: January 2025
The Dukes County Veterans Service Department serves the veterans of all seven towns within Dukes County. The Veterans Service Officer helps veterans obtain all...
SHINE: January 2025
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
SHINE is providing free health insurance information and assistance for Medicare-eligible adults and...
Noteworthy 55+: January 2025
Community Programs
MVRHS Senior Luncheon
Monthly senior luncheons at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s Culinary Arts dining room are every second Thursday. Join us on Jan....
CORE Senior Services: January 2025
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...
Vineyard Offshore retreats from major wind project
Another proposed offshore wind project is off the table.
Vineyard Offshore confirmed Friday afternoon that it is pulling the 800 megawatts that Massachusetts had selected...
SouthCoast Wind receives federal approval
Against headwinds of criticism from those who feel offshore wind is developing too fast and without sufficient consideration of impacts on the environment and...
Births
Rebecca Silva Souza
Daline Silva Souza and Lucas Silva Souza of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Rebecca Silva Souza, on Dec. 11,...
Islanders Write: ‘Book flood’
Christmas Eve is celebrated in Iceland with a book swap. Families and friends exchange recently published books, and spend the evening reading together. This...
Enough is enough
To the Editor:
As I prefaced my previous essay about whether my comments would make any difference (“If not Spring Street, where?” Dec. 3), apparently...
Action group can right this Steamship
To the Editor:
As evidenced by both the recent MV Times editorial decrying the lack of leadership in upper management of the Steamship Authority and...
What you are saying about the Steamship
Mary Ellen Larsen, Tisbury: The Steamship with all its problems with broken boats and staffing issues is on everyone's black list. However, having been...
Girls basketball continues to roll
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls varsity basketball team tacked on another victory to their so-far undefeated season with a decisive win over...
Local sea-salt farmers dealt a blow
M.V. Sea Salt have been adapting to a changing climate, but December’s storm set them back.
Vineyard senior breaks through 100
For the first time in a decade, a Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School varsity hockey player has broken the coveted 100-point career barrier —...
Joan Nathan: ‘My Life in Recipes’
Joan Nathan’s new book, “My Life in Recipes,” is part memoir and part cookbook. It is also a travelogue of the fascinating places she...
Curl up with a good book
Walk into Edgartown Books, and you know it’s a very special place. You can find the classics, contemporary works, and beach reads. There’s a...
Photographer Jeffrey Serusa at Louisa Gould Gallery
The advent of digital photography has made it possible for anyone with an inexpensive camera or a smartphone to shoot away with abandon without...