The Martha's Vineyard Times
First Friday fun
Join your friends and neighbors for an evening of art, music, shopping, food, and inspiration, as Vineyard Haven opens its doors to celebrate. Fun...
Up-Island Council on Aging: Sept. 2023
Up-Island Council on Aging, Howes House
1042 State Rd., West Tisbury
Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4 pm, closed holidays
508-693-2896
friendsofupislandcouncilonaging.org
There’s always something happening at the...
Edgartown Council on Aging: Sept. 2023
Edgartown Council on Aging
The Anchors at 10 Daggett St.
Lyndsay Famariss
508-627-4368
lfamariss@edgartown-ma.us
edgartowncoa.com
Weekly Events
Monday
10 am: Oil Pastels with Meris
12:30 pm: Bridge
Tuesday
9 am: Yoga
10...
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging: Sept. 2023
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging
21 Wamsutta Ave.
Rose M. Cogliano, 508-693-4509, ext 3
oakbluffsma.gov/152/Council-on-Aging
Weekly Exercise, In-person and Zoom
All of our classes are live and in person....
Tisbury Council on Aging: Sept. 2023
Tisbury Senior Center
34 Pine Tree Road, Vineyard Haven
Director: Joyce Stiles-Tucker
508-696-4205
tisburyma.gov/council-aging
Weekly Activities
Mondays
Make a Creative Colorful Card, 5.5 x 4.25 in., 11 am
ACBL Duplicate...
SHINE: Sept. 2023
SHINE
Barnstable County Regional SHINE office
shine@capecod.gov
508-375-6762
Are you ready for Medicare Open Enrollment? SHINE can help!
Open enrollment is Oct. 15 – Dec. 7, and state-certified SHINE...
Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard: Sept. 2023
We've Been Out and About This Summer
It was nice to see so many people at the M.V. Diversity Coalition's Truth & Joy event and...
M.V. Center for Living: Sept. 2023
M.V. Center For Living, the Island’s Dementia and Caregiver Support Network
Leslie Clapp, executive director
508-939-9440
lesliec@mvcenter4living.org
mvcenter4living.org
MVCL will be closed Monday, September 4th in observance of Labor...
Island man arrested for stealing moped
An 18-year-old Vineyard man is facing up to seven charges, including larceny of a motor vehicle, after allegedly stealing a rental moped and operating...
Bodelives
To the Editor:
It seems that Trump is more of a "uniter" than I thought.
Who would have ever thought that Ron DeSantis and Hillary Clinton...
Steamship lacking transparency, accountability
The Steamship Authority’s explanation for what led to a boat becoming unmoored from a slip at the Woods Hole terminal earlier this summer has...
The Human Recovery Library encourages conversation
On Thursday, Sept. 14, from 1 to 5:30 pm, the West Tisbury library holds its second Human Library Program (HLP). People are “lent out”...
M.V. Garden Club’s Edgartown Garden Stroll was a big success
On August 10, the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club hosted a garden stroll fundraiser for the club. The event featured five privately owned gardens, as...
Richard T. Wilton II
Richard T. Wilton II of Edgartown, formerly of Wellesley, died on August 19, 2023. He was 65.
Richard loved and deeply cared about many things,...
Martha’s Vineyard Commission awarded a state grant
A grant from the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program will help protect the Island’s land and water from climate change stresses and misguided land-use...
M.V. Community Foundation appoints new chair and members
The Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation recently announced the appointment of Alec Walsh as the new chair of the board of directors. Walsh takes the...
Mary Ellen Rogers
Mary Ellen Rogers, 81, formerly of Oak Bluffs, passed away peacefully on August 16, 2023, at Harbor Point Assisted Living in Centerville.
Mary Ellen was...
Gerard Morelli
Gerard Morelli, 80, raised in Jamaica Plain, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2023, in the comfort of his home in Oak Bluffs.
A Boston...
Robert N. Ganz Jr.
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Robert N. Ganz Jr. of Chilmark will be held at the Grange Hall, 1067 State Road...
Poet’s Corner: ‘Mucking Stalls’
Mucking Stalls
By Nicole Jackson
The Pitchfork is my partner
And I am the lead
We enter a trance
Muck boots begin to dance
Shuffle shuffle
Then side to side
Collecting the...