Sunday, April 27, 2025

Community Notes

Lucille M. Day

Lucille M. Day of Edgartown, formerly of Pocasset and Norton, died at home surrounded by her loving family on Friday, August 29. She was 87. Lucille was born on December 10, 1926, in Boston to...

Yvonne LaBrecque Memorial Service

A memorial service for Yvonne LaBrecque will be held on Saturday, September 13, at 2 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 238 Main St., in Vineyard Haven. Friends and family will gather to share...

Memorial service for Pamela Peia

A memorial service for Pamela Peia will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, September 6, at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Main Street in Vineyard Haven. Ms. Peia died on April 29 in Washington,...

Peter Griesser

Peter (Kimbrough) Griesser died in Charlestown on August 24. He was 73. He spent many years of his life on Martha’s Vineyard. He is survived by his daughter, Holly Wallace, and her husband, Andrew, and her...

Chronic disease self-management workshop

The Martha’s Vineyard Partnership for Health will kick off a free six-week workshop series next month to help people with chronic health conditions, such as chronic pain, depression, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and high blood...

Bridge Results

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At the Edgartown Bridge Club at the Howes House on Monday, August 18, 10 tables were in play.  North-South winners Paul Howes and Bill Cline, followed by Barbara Besse and David Sokol in second,...

Martha’s Vineyard court report August 11-25

August 11, 2014 Charisse L. Brossard, Washington, DC; DOB 6/5/65, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for one year, the Defendant is to attend the driver alcohol education program and must pay a state fee...

Laura Lee Reid

The inexhaustibly compassionate, silly, and immeasurably brilliant Dr. Laura Lee Reid, wife of Louis Cossutta, mother to Sarah Conca, Katy Decker, and Eben Cossutta, died on Monday, August 18, 2014 unexpectedly and peacefully in...

John W. Berninger

John W. Berninger died peacefully on Wednesday, August 20, at Falmouth Hospital after a long illness. He was 61. John was born on June 18, 1953, in Jamaica Plains in the Bronx (N.Y.) to John...

Henry P. Kelly

Henry P. Kelly of Woodside Village and formerly of Edgartown died at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on August 13. He is survived by his sister, Patricia K. McLeod, and his brother, Richard J. Kelly of Edgartown. A...

Martha’s Vineyard court report

August 11, 2014 Zachary A. Dupon, Oak Bluffs; DOB 7/18/95, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued to pretrial conference. Treniece Lewis Harris, Randolph; DOB 11/23/68, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation:...

Lydia A. Massa

Lydia A. Massa of Stoneham died peacefully on Thursday, August 14, at The Gables in Winchester. She was 88. Born in Everett on May 15, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Alphonse and...

Births

Natalina S. BenDavid Dina and Shane BenDavid of Edgartown announce the birth of their daughter, Natalina Sofia BenDavid, on July 14 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Natalina weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and she joins big...

Bernie Holzer

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Bernie Holzer of West Tisbury, a Midwesterner who retired from a long oceangoing career as a merchant seaman to begin a 25-year second career as a purser and quartermaster aboard Steamship Authority vessels, died...

Bridge Results

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At the Edgartown Bridge Club at the Howes House on Monday, August 11, 11 tables were in play in a stratified pair game. North-South winners in Section C were Paul Howes and Bill Cline,...

Ellen M. Michael

Ellen Maury Michael died peacefully in St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford surrounded by loved ones on July 30, after an illness. She was 70. Born Ellen Mae Maury to Gerda Canha and Chauncey Maury in...

Martha’s Vineyard court report

July 17, 2014 Michael Francis Ayers, Vineyard Haven; DOB 4/9/63, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: guilty, one year probation, must pay $500 fine, $50 VW and $50 PSF; failure to stop/yield: not responsible. Paul J....

Jeffrey Tonnesen

Jeffrey Tonnesen died suddenly on July 26 at his home in Manhattan, N.Y., where he lived and worked, enjoying a successful career in the music business. He was 35. Like a comet, he streaked through...

Edward Colligan

Edward Colligan died on Saturday, August 9, at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was 84. He is survived by his wife, Lillian Colligan, and his son, Tom Colligan. Donations may be made in his memory...

Service for Helen Rose Wheeler

A graveside service will be held for Helen Rose Wheeler at 1 pm on Monday, August 18, in Oak Grove Cemetery in Oak Bluffs. Ms. Wheeler died on February 25 in New Port Richey, Florida.