The Martha's Vineyard Times
Services Wednesday for Anne E. Metell
Anne E. Metell, 96, of Waitsfield, Vt., died on Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
She was predeceased by her husband, Henry...
Up-Island Council on Aging: July 2025
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 to Friday, 8:30...
Edgartown Council on Aging: July 2025
Edgartown Council on Aging, The Anchors
The Anchors at 10 Daggett St.
508-627-4368
edgartowncoa.com
The Edgartown Council on Aging will be closed on Friday, July 4, for Independence...
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging: July 2025
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging
21 Wamsutta Ave.
508-693-4509, ext. 3
oakbluffsma.gov/152/Council-on-Aging
We are closed on Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Happy holiday to you...
Tisbury Council on Aging: July 2025
Tisbury Senior Center
34 Pine Tree Road, Vineyard Haven
508-696-4205
tisburyma.gov/council-aging
Tisbury Council on Aging will be closed on Friday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Weekly Activities
Mondays
9:30 -...
Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard: July 2025
Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard welcomes Rep. Moakley for new office celebration
Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard (HAMV) is excited to welcome State Rep. Thomas Moakley to...
M.V. Center for Living: July 2025
M.V. Center for Living, the Island’s Dementia and Caregiver Support Network
508-939-9440
lesliec@mvcenter4living.org
mvcenter4living.org
Announcements
Volunteers wanted for all interests! Call or email today.
M.V. Center for Living...
Veterans’ Corner: July 2025
Surviving veteran’s spouse and family
During certain times of the year, we take time to honor and celebrate our veterans with longstanding traditions of remembrance...
SHINE: July 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 provides free health insurance information and assistance for Medicare-eligible adults and their...
Noteworthy 55+: July 2025
Community Programs
Emergency Food Program
As a member of the Greater Boston Food Bank, M.V. Center for Living coordinates the delivery of food to local Councils...
CORE Senior Services: July 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 man arrested for violating conditions of release
Macaleer Schilcher, a 40-year-old Island man who was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of rape in December of 2024, was arrested...
Cribbage Club results
Seventeen members of the Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Wednesday to play our favorite game. The results are as follows:
First, Bo Picard with a...
Real Estate Transactions: June 16 – 20, 2025
Chilmark
June 18, Highmark Green LLC sold 0 Quansoo Beach Lot 24 to Margaret L. Wheeler for $430,000.
Edgartown
June 17, Michael B. Iacobucci and Elizabeth A....
Birth
Loretta Lorane Hitchings
Abigail Hitchings and Todd Hitchings of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Loretta Lorane Hitchings, on June 17, 2025, at...
Court Report: May 27 – June 12, 2025
May 27
James Dillon II, 29, Oak Bluffs; bomb/highjack threat, disorderly conduct, arraigned and held, continued to pretrial hearing.
May 29
Lucas Waldman, 20, Vineyard Haven; assault...
The Amity Island of 1974
A version of this article was first published in Vineyard Visitor
It’s been 50 years since Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” took over Martha’s Vineyard and transformed...
MV Times launches ‘Voices’ newsletter
Amid Island-wide celebrations of the Juneteenth holiday, the MV Times is today launching a new monthly newsletter that will be covering the vibrant voices...
Senior movement workshop
The Yard will present a senior movement dance workshop with Naomi Goldberg Haas at the West Tisbury Library on Thursday, July 3, at 1...
Fishing boat Orca returns
A striking replica of the fishing boat Orca, seen in “Jaws,” will be returning to the Island as a tribute to the cinematic icon....