The Martha's Vineyard Times
Positive messages, warmly received
When I first moved to the Vineyard 12 years ago I wrote boldly with a Sharpie on an index card: "This island has everything I need.
Samuel T. Parks
Samuel Thaxter (Sam) Parks of Scarborough, Maine, died unexpectedly on Saturday, November 17, 2012 in Portland, Maine.
Martin K. Gerstmar
Martin K.
Nancy Muir Pearce
Nancy Muir Pearce of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Edgartown, and New York died on November 9.
Shirley R. Pachico
Shirley R.
Islanders help NY, NJ in hurricane Sandy supply drive
Martha's Vineyard, which escaped the worst of hurricane Sandy, reaches out to those who did not.
SSA chief says islands’ cost of living a guide to boatline decisions
I would like to thank Harvey J.
A judgment too hasty
Listen, my words will find you because you need to hear them.
To the truck and bus drivers, thanks
Edgartown-West Tisbury Road is a tough one to cross.
After the election – a remark leaves a mark
Now that we have gotten through one of the nastiest elections in the history of this country, one can only hope and pray that the tenor of the country will return to some form of normalcy and civility.
Thanks to the publisher
Your headline of November 8 [Martha's Vineyard voters agree with the nation] was incomplete: it should have read Martha's Vineyard voters agree with the nation and The MV Times publishers.
P-A Club fundraisers make a generous impact
The Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs has become the locus for fundraising success for important causes, big and small.
Poets Corner: The Blond day
The Blond Day
The Blond Day came leaping over the fence
and danced between the orange-gold leaves
and yellow-blue sky —
bleaching my mind FREE of clouds
and drenching...
Martha’s Vineyard U14 girls get a kick out of Soccerween
The undefeated MV United U14 girls soccer team enjoyed a happy Soccerween playing against the Werewolves, Giant Bananas, 101 Dalmatians, and Dynamite.
Robert H. Hughes
Robert (Bob) Hawksworth Hughes died peacefully in his sleep on November 2, 2012.
Thank you. I’ll be back
I would like to thank everyone who voted for me.
Frances Eareckson
Frances Root Eareckson, formerly of Southampton, New York, died at her home in Coronado, California, on November 1.
Diane Staruk Phillips
Diane Staruk Phillips died on November 10 at her home in Parrottsville, Tenn.
Poets Corner: Gone
Gone
Dragging my feet into this one
more than ever before.
Closer to mortality? Dreading a late dawn?
My garden still lingers, teasing me
Nasturtium on withered vine.
The fatigue...
Don’t fall for the Youth Task Force
In response to The Youth Task Force full page ad in the November 1 MV Times.