Geoff Currier
‘The Writing Life’
On Wednesday, June 26, the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and the Vineyard Haven library presented “The Writing Life, Public and Private,” a...
TeleStroke
“Though strokes can and do occur to people of any age, the risk of stroke increases with advanced age,” Mike Spiro, nurse manager, ER...
The madcap world of Chef Joe Hyde
“At Gay Head on Martha's Vineyard, where fishing for striped bass can be a pretentious production calling for belted waders, plug bags, and floating...
‘The Writing Life, Public and Private’
On Wednesday, June 26, at 6 pm, the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and the Vineyard Haven library will present three renowned writers...
The best and the brightest
In January of this year, the Boston Globe ran a five-part series tracking valedictorians who graduated from Boston high schools between 2005 and 2007....
Bridget’s back
People traveling from the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority terminal on May 15 were treated to a familiar sight, the effervescent Bridget Tobin waving to...
‘Ordinary Lives of Extraordinary People,’ featuring Alan Brigish
On June 3 at 7 pm, the West Tisbury library will host the next “Ordinary Lives of Extraordinary People,” featuring an interview with Alan...
A soldier’s story within a story
Everett Spees of Chilmark is 86 years old, and spent a career in the U.S. military, where he was a surgeon specializing in transplant...
Bingo with the seniors
For Give Back Day, 16 MVRHS students went to Woodside Village, the independent living center behind the Y, to do a little yard work...
Taking the pulse of the Vineyard
This month, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will be conducting the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), a way to take a snapshot of the...
Here’s to the shadbush
Updated 5/9 I think my favorite tree is actually a bush — a shadbush to be precise. (A shadbush tree?) For the past week or...
Bruins face off against MV Mariners
Updated April 30 Last Saturday, April 27, the Dropkick Murphy’s “I’m Shipping up to Boston” blasted out through the PA system at the Martha’s Vineyard...
Measles 101
According to Dr. Steven Feder, primary care medical director at MVH, there’s been an uptick in measles in recent years. The CDC (Centers for...
Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People: A conversation with Dan Waters.
On March 25, the first Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People conversation was held at the West Tisbury library, an event sponsored by the library...
April 16 is National Healthcare Decisions Day
National Healthcare Decisions Day exists “to inspire, educate, and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning end-of-life decisions.” Martha’s...
‘My Sister and I’
Jacquie Renear wrote “My Sister and I,” a charming story of two sisters, 8 and 10 years old, who grew up on Martha’s Vineyard...
Big sale at Island Entertainment
Attention, movie buffs. What has been called one of the finest video stores in the country is having a liquidation sale. The sale will...
The Vineyard Connection: Because ultimately, everything is local
Most everyone is familiar with the term “six degrees of separation,” the notion that any two people can be connected to each other (or...
From Skull Island to Martha’s Vineyard
When I think of famous Hollywood couples, I tend to think of Bogey and Bacall, Tracy and Hepburn, Pickford and Fairbanks — Riskin and...
Swing bed program
Vineyarders are fortunate in that in addition to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, we can draw on specialized medical resources in Boston and on the Cape....