CORE Senior Services: December 2024
CORE senior services
508-693-7900, ext. 210
mvcommunityservices.org
Counseling, Outreach and Referral for the Elderly (CORE) at M.V. Community Services works with at-risk and mostly home-bound seniors in the community, addressing significant physical, behavioral, social, and case management...
Honoring oral history curator Linsey Lee
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s Oral History Curator, Linsey Lee, has been a tireless advocate for giving voice to hundreds of Vineyarders in some 1,600 interviews over the last 35 years, building a rich tapestry...
Nonprofit leadership training
What do Island Grown Initiative, Hospice MV, Featherstone Center for the Arts, the Island Autism Group Inc., Vineyard House, Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, the Vineyard Preservation Trust, the Edgartown Board of Trade, and...
Good Neighbors: Woodside Village and MVRHS
In 1959, the Martha’s Regional High School settled in Oak Bluffs, pulling students from across the Island to settle in a single place on the Edgartown–Vineyard Haven Road. Decades later, Island Elderly Housing joined...
Dogcharmer: It’s mine
Dear Dogcharmer,
I have a three-year-old PBGV and a three-year-old Lab mix, Gina and Phoebe, both females. They were adopted as puppies at the same time, and are as close and happy with each other...
Writing from the Heart: Heart smart
I teach writing workshops and sometimes I start by saying, “We’re alchemists. We can turn hurt into gold. We can dance it, we can sculpt it, we can watercolor it. But in here, we...
Cribbage Club results
20 members of the Vineyard Cribbage Club met on Nov. 13 to play our favorite game. The results were as follows:
First, Collin Evanson with a 12/5 +105 card
Second, Byram Devine with a 10/5 +41...
Celebrating our MVRHS Grads: Kelly Joyce
Kelly Joyce, a 1984 MVRHS graduate, was a well-rounded student who liked math and Spanish, and participated in band and sports. Kelly recalled that her teachers at MVRHS prepared students to “look outward” —...
West Tisbury Town Column
Holidays are made of memories. Good. Bad. Gathering together. Missing passed-away or distant members. Delicious meals, others burned or undercooked, or eaten by the dog. Memories. Stories. We all have our histories.
Thanksgiving got an...
Tisbury Town Column
Heard on Main Street: The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
On Friday and Saturday, you can shop the Pop-Up Book Sale to benefit the Vineyard...
Edgartown Town Column
Happy Thanksgiving! It is officially the season of giving; giving thanks, giving back, and showing gratitude for all of the wonderful things in each of our lives. I wish you all a special day...
Oak Bluffs Town Column
“We should just be thankful for being together. I think that’s what they mean by Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown.” —Marcie, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”
Wishing you all a Thanksgiving Day that makes you feel thankful! Some...
Chilmark Town Column
This time of year opportunities for connection abound. It is also a time to pause and ponder.
I am rereading David Silberman’s “This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled...
Aquinnah Town Column
As we sit down to feast on Thursday the 28th, please be thankful for the land on which we sit. It was taken from those who lived on it for centuries. They are still...
Aileen A. Jackson
Aileen A. Jackson, 75, of Edgartown died on Sunday morning, Nov. 24, 2024, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Wayne Jackson Sr.; and she was the mother of James...
Jerome A. Tilton Jr.
Jerome A. Tilton Jr (“Jerry,” and “Birddog”), 61, of Vineyard Haven, passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 12, 2024.
Jerry was born on April 12, 1963, at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital, in the very...
June E. Pine
June E. (Merrill) Pine passed away peacefully on Nov. 13, 2024, with her family by her side at her son's home in Vineyard Haven.
June was born in Pepperell on May 18, 1941, daughter of...
Marni R. Noyes
Marni R. Noyes died peacefully at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Oct. 17, 2024, after fighting a long battle against brain cancer, which was first diagnosed in 2007. Marni was 48 years old. She was...
The High School View: Race Culture and Belonging Retreat; Fashion styles
Read the MVRHS High School View: 11-21-2024
The High School View is staffed and prepared entirely by students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, and published on their behalf by the Martha’s Vineyard Times,...