Edgartown class goes in search of history
Edgartown Elementary School enrichment teacher Sue Costello and some of her students will participate in a multi-generational project to locate, photograph, and research all the historical plaques in Edgartown. Once completed, they will publish...
Hospital welcomes new chief quality and compliance officer
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital announced that Rosemary Silvia, RN, MS has joined the hospital’s senior management team as chief quality and compliance officer.
Ms. Silvia has extensive experience in the field of quality and risk management,...
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 diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and high blood pressure. Beginning April...
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Oak Bluffs candidate night
There will be a candidate forum sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard League of Women Voters, at 7 pm, Thursday, March 27, at the Oak Bluffs Library. There are contested races for...
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West Tisbury’s new library grand opening March 22
Nelia Decker and Beth Kramer, brimming with excitement, have issued an invitation.
“It may be hard to believe but the new library is almost finished. You are warmly...
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Oak Bluffs, Edgartown police will host police academy
The Edgartown and Oak Bluffs Police Departments will sponsor a Citizens Police Academy. “The objective of this program is to allow citizens to learn about and observe...
Jim Lambert Memorial Scholarship winners announced
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the 2014 Jim Lambert Scholarship. The three Island students who will receive scholarships in the amount of $1,000 are: Korrine Altieri of Edgartown,...
Museum with a view
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum announced it has placed a live streaming webcam on the second floor of its soon to be new home, the former Marine Hospital/St. Pierre School overlooking Lagoon Pond, Hines Point,...
Toastmasters receives charter
Martha’s Vineyard Toastmasters announced it will receive its official club charter membership at 7 pm, Wednesday, February 19.
A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in...
Small grants available
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation is now accepting inquiries for its 2014 Small Grants Program which allows the Foundation to respond to the short-term organizational needs of nonprofits, according to a press...
Scholarships for environmental studies available
The Friends of Chatham Waterways is now accepting scholarship applications from students majoring in Environmental Studies, Environmental Management or a related subject. Applicants should be entering graduate school or their junior or senior year...
Lighthouse Poetry Project launched
Lighthouse Poetry Project launched
The Save the Gay Head Light committee has launched The Lighthouse Poetry Project, an effort to inform students about the need to prevent the Light from toppling into the sea, and...