The Martha's Vineyard Times
Cape Cod 5 announces Mini-Grant awards
The Cape Cod 5 Foundation announced its latest round of funding for educational programs. The foundation awarded 255 grants totaling $122,556 to 300 teachers...
Ferry cancellations possible Saturday
The Steamship Authority has issued a travel advisory for Saturday, saying that an upcoming storm will likely cause cancellations on both the Martha’s Vineyard...
Keep writing
To the Editor:
Abigail’s essays are so true and what everyone needs to read and take to heart. We live so much in our little...
County reappoints Malkin as Island rep to SSA
The Dukes County Commission voted unanimously to reappoint Jim Malkin as the Island’s representative on the Steamship Authority board Wednesday afternoon.
Malkin, who also serves...
Oak Bluffs IS a fun town
To the Editor:
Let’s not forget that MANY people choose to live and vacation in Oak Bluffs because it is fun, engaging and vibrant, and...
Reap what we sow
We were stunned to read in an email from Island Grown Initiative that there are now approximately 4,000 registered clients at the Island Food...
Neighborhood Convention
The March meeting of the Neighborhood Convention welcomes Susie Wallo of the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club on Tuesday, March 7, at 11 am. The...
Keep moving
Join the adult community dance class at the West Tisbury library, Saturday, March 4, from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Dancer Jesse Keller Jason makes...
Paint the night away
On Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 pm the Oak Bluffs library hosts an off-site paint night at the Barn Bowl & Bistro. You will...
Milokan Cultural Center open for school break
The Milokan Cultural Center and playable drum museum at 94 North Rd. in Chilmark will be open for February break and onward, with special...
Poet’s Corner
GREENLAND
By Georgia Morris
When the tsunami comes
the tall front sunburst windows
will blast through
but all that flying glass
will never have time
to reach the floor
to the rust-colored...
Academic honors
Dean’s list
Tenley Brooks of Vineyard Haven, at Emerson College.
Junior Dos Santos of Vineyard Haven, at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Ruby Remington Suman of Aquinnah, at...
Births
Goldie Valentine Eisner
Meghan Eisner and Wardell Eisner of West Tisbury announce the birth of a daughter, Goldie Valentine Eisner, on Feb. 25, 2023, at...
Court report: Feb. 10 – 24, 2023
Feb. 10
Cynthia Seymour, Vineyard Haven; 64, assault and battery, assault and battery on a person 60 years or older and/or disabled: continued to pre-trial...
Real Estate Transactions: Feb. 20 – 24, 2023
Edgartown
Feb. 23, James O. Howell sold 0 Harborside Inn Condo Unit 510 Week 19 to Brian Murphy for $3,500.
Tisbury
Feb. 24, Sally M. Pierce, trustee...
Jeep collides with dump truck on Lake Avenue
A silver Jeep Cherokee collided with a Preferred Services dump truck at the intersection of Lake and Kennebec Avenues in Oak Bluffs at around...
Ronald Louis DiOrio
Ronald Louis DiOrio, a longtime resident of Oak Bluffs, died peacefully on Feb. 25, 2023 in Warwick, R.I. He was 82.
He was born on...
Molly Joy Hargy
Molly Joy Hargy (Hathaway), age 55, a lifelong resident of Edgartown, died unexpectedly on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
Molly was born on May 31, 1967...
Sharon L. Barton
On Wednesday evening Feb. 8, 2023, Sharon L. (Cyr) Barton had a massive cerebral infarction at home. She was admitted to Rhode Island Hospital...
Paul Grunden
Paul Grunden died Feb. 16, 2023 at Falmouth Hospital. He was born in Lexington, Ky., to William and Loretta Grunden. The family lived in...