The Martha's Vineyard Times
Poet’s Corner: Into January
Into January
By Amarylis Douglas
It comes to almost a monochrome
the island, off-season.
We walk back home from the Chop
into the snow’s beginnings.
Dry leaves spin mischief
inside the...
Real Estate Transactions: Jan. 13 – 17, 2025
Edgartown
Jan. 15, Jane Mary Long sold 0 Harborside Inn Condo Unit 504 Week 38 to William Velez and Suzanne Velez for $6,500.
Jan. 15, Veronica...
Academic honors
Dean’s list
Sophie Cutrer of Vineyard Haven, at Bates College.
Lucas Cacique of Vineyard Haven, at Curry College.
Sabrina Reppert of Vineyard Haven, at Curry College.
Maximillian Vaughn...
Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, dies at 95
Jules Feiffer, a Pulitzer prizewinning editorial cartoonist and former Vineyard seasonal resident, died on Friday at the age of 95.
He was perhaps most famous...
Amy Powers Ballou
Amy Powers Ballou passed away after an unexpected and sudden illness on Oct. 25, 2024, in Delaware.
Amy was born on the Fourth of July...
Robert Myles Moore
Robert Myles Moore ("Bob") passed away on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, with loved ones surrounding him, after...
Virginia Crowell Jones
On Nov. 12, 2024, the Island lost a devoted advocate for the environment and the working waterfront. Surrounded by her family, Virginia Crowell Jones...
Patrick Michael Daur
Patrick Michael Daur, 44, of Sandwich, formerly of Vineyard Haven, passed away at the Cape Cod Hospital on Jan. 17, 2025.
Patrick was born in...
Deer-hunting seasons could be extended additional month
State officials are gathering feedback on a proposal to extend the deer-hunting season for an additional month into January, starting with Martha’s Vineyard and...
County Commissioners cap off ARPA funding package
The Dukes County Commission has officially committed the last of its nearly $3.4 million in funding awarded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA),...
The High School View: Elective courses; Teacher Liane Dixon
Read the MVRHS High School View: 1-16-2025
The High School View is staffed and prepared entirely by students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School,...
NAACP hosting membership luncheon
The Martha’s Vineyard NAACP branch’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. membership luncheon will be held at the P.A. Club, 137 Vineyard Ave., Oak Bluffs,...
William Alvan Yearwood Jr.
It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the passing of Al Yearwood, who passed away peacefully on Jan. 9, 2025, surrounded by his...
Services Wednesday for Sybil Mae Moreis
Sybil Mae Moreis, 94, of Oak Bluffs passed away Monday evening, Jan. 6, 2025, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, her youngest son at her side,...
Renato Faini Jr.
Renato Faini Jr. (“Ray”), 78, of Oak Bluffs, formerly of Framingham, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, Dec. 26,...
Sam Feldman
It is with great sadness and love that the family of Samuel Feldman announces his death at 95 (years young) on Jan. 8, 2025,...
Leona D. Magnarelli
Leona D. (Donovan) Magnarelli (“Lee”), 87, of Tisbury, formerly of Hingham and Quincy, died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in the comfort of...
Kathryn Elizabeth Coe
Kathryn Elizabeth Coe, 71, of Washington Depot, Conn., and Chilmark, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She...
‘I am paying a fortune to insure my home’
Many Vineyarders are frustrated, and are struggling to not only find an insurance company to protect their home, but to pay for the ever-increasing...
James Francis Sullivan III
James Francis Sullivan III, 72, passed peacefully in his sleep in the wee hours of Jan. 10, 2025, at his home in Hillside Village...