This Was Then: The joys of Oak Bluffs
The area we know today as downtown Oak Bluffs was known as “Squash Meadow” for longer than it has been called “Oak Bluffs.” The large body of brackish water at its center — today...
Check it out
Have you ever wondered what salt looks like up close, but alas, you don’t own a microscope? Perhaps your daughter heard Prince on the radio, and suddenly wants guitar lessons, but this is the...
All-Island Middle School String Orchestra hits platinum
The sixth through eighth grade All-Island Middle School String Orchestra competed in the Great East Music Festival on Friday, May 5, and made their mark. The string orchestra, which consists of eight violins, four...
West Tisbury: Shirley Mayhew, mother figures, Heather Cox Richardson, and Merry Farm Pottery
I am writing this column for Mother’s Day, having attended the Mayhew family’s memorial celebration for their matriarch, Shirley. It was fun to see the photographs of her life with John, to hear the...
Tisbury: M.V. Playhouse season, Environmental Film Festival, Little League, and library sale
Heard on Main Street: If you want the rainbow, you know you have to put up with the rain.
Take time to visit Vineyard Haven library's "Art in the Stacks" space on the lower level...
Oak Bluffs: Family Night, Community Greenhouse, Electronics Disposal Day, and Garden Club
“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.” –Michael Pollan
I’ll have to read this quote to my husband, who approaches gardening more like a battle than a negotiation....
Edgartown: Michael J. Fox movie, Harvey Milk film, All-Island Bands Concert, and empanadas
As I sit down to write this week’s article, it is Mother’s Day, a “holiday” that I enjoyed as a daughter, and of course, as mom, when my kids were young. But in more...
Chilmark: Beach cleanup, book suggestions, Tea Club, and Italian feast
The steady procession of blooms has started, and hummingbirds have arrived to enjoy the feast. They particularly love the beauty bush in front of Mum’s house, and she is delighted when she sees them...
Aquinnah: MVRHS budget, lighthouse docents, yoga outside, and cleanup for playground
I am one of the majority of voters in Aquinnah who voted against the high school budget. It broke my heart to have to do it. I am a great admirer of Sara Dingledy,...
Cribbage Club results
Twenty-five members of the Vineyard Cribbage Club met at the American Legion Hall in Edgartown on Wednesday to play our favorite game of cribbage. The results are as follows:
First, Chris MacLeod with a 10/5...
Paul Harry Thoutsis
Paul Harry Thoutsis, 85, of Worcester and Oak Bluffs, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, April 13, 2023, with the people he cherished most in life — his family — close by...
Thomas Edwin Benedict Jr.
Thomas Edwin Benedict Jr., a lifelong adventurer, musician, writer, artist, avid reader, and lover of learning, passed away on April 29, 2023, in Oak Bluffs, on the Island he loved, leaving behind a legacy...
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin, known to everyone as “Lynie,” passed away peacefully of natural causes on May 12, 2023, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, with her children by her side, holding her hands. She was 95...
Services Saturday for Brian D. LeBeau
A celebration of life for Brian D. LeBeau will take place on Saturday, May 20. There will be a short ceremony at Gay Head Lighthouse at 12:30 pm, and afterwards, a reception at the...
Prepping with pride
Students with the MV Youth Pride came together on Saturday to begin building a float for the June 10 pride parade, the second annual parade.
Students helped paint rainbows, build paper-mache flowers, and make tie-dye...
The High School View: Early childhood education class; Scholastic journalism conference
Read the MVRHS High School View: 5-11-2023
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,...
Second Acts: Heidi Feldman
Usually this column is about someone who, at some point in life, finds a new and different path — a second act. But today’s installment is no mere second or even third act. Heidi...
Dogcharmer: Two problems, two approaches
Hello, Tom,
My name is Moose. I am a toy fox terrier/French bulldog mix. I will be turning 6 years old this year. I go from a calm dog in the house to a bouncing,...
Take a walk on the wild side
The press release that appeared in my inbox titled “Nature-Inspired Drag” grabbed my attention in the first sentence: “Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary and QueerHubMV invite you to take a walk on the...
Dukes County Health Council: Working for your health
In 1968, a piece appeared in the Reader's Digest introducing the phrase "Getting old ain't for sissies," bringing humor to an aging population’s aching joints and hardening arteries. Later, comedian Betty White refined it...