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Death Café at the West Tisbury library

On Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 6:30 to 8 pm, the West Tisbury library will host the Island’s first Death Café, hosted by Cape Cod Death Café co-founder Heather Massey. According to a press release,...

This Was Then: The fair, September 1889

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Kids from all over the Island pose together at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society’s fair in West Tisbury in September 1889. They’re identified here as Jennie Rotch, Eva West, Leona Mitchell, Annie Gonyon, Bernice...

October is Fire Safety Prevention Month

It’s Fire Safety Prevention month nationwide, and according to a press release, the Oak Bluffs Fire Department will be holding the following events: Oak Bluffs School, grades one to three Thursday, Oct. 13 (at the station) Starting...

The West Tisbury library hosts a Bodhi Path discussion with Lama Jampa Thaye

On Friday, Oct. 14, from 7 to 8:30 pm, Bodhi Path presents "Wise Compassion: Getting Love and Compassion Right,” a discussion with Lama Jampa Thaye at the West Tisbury library. This event is free...

Chilmark: American Heroes Saltwater Challenge

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Wow, we were blessed with great weather, avoiding Hurricane Matthew's wrath, and a wonderful long weekend despite Sunday's showers. I do hope everyone made it safely both on and off the Island with the...

Births

Tanner Dermot Shiels Martha Vancour Shiels and Christopher Shiels of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Tanner Dermot Shiels, on Oct. 3, 2016, at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center in California. Tanner weighed 5...

Aquinnah: It's a wrap!

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It’s a wrap, folks! The summer season is officially over, and the winter season has begun. First the good news: The Orange Peel Bakery Café will remain open (weather permitting) through October. Pizza night...

Julie LaHart Keefe

Julie LaHart Keefe died on Friday, Oct. 7, just a few days shy of her 70th birthday. She spent her final days in the company of her three children at Massachusetts General Hospital in...

Bridge Results

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At the Edgartown Bridge Club in Vineyard Haven on Oct. 3, eight tables were in play. Finishing first in the North-South direction were Mollie Whalen and Bea Phear, followed by Deirdre Ling and Carol...

Jane Hillis Thayer

Jane Hillis Thayer died Oct. 11, 2016, at her home. She was 86. Jane was born on June 17, 1930, in New York City to Harold Lee Hillis, originally of Davenport, N.Y., and Ruth E....

Earl Bradford Richards

Earl Bradford Richards, 85, died on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at his home in Edgartown. He was the beloved husband of Barbara (Rich) Richards. He also leaves four daughters, Kim Richards, Lisa Richards, Karen Burrell...

Barbara A. Entwistle

Barbara A. (Moalli) Entwistle of Vineyard Haven died at the age of 92 at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday evening, Sept. 28, 2016, following a fall in her home. Barbara was born in Gloucester to...

Services Thursday for Joyce Brigish

Joyce Brigish of West Tisbury died peacefully on Sunday, October 9 at home. Her incredibly courageous 9-month fight with mesothelioma is an inspiration for all. Joyce’s life will be celebrated at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew...

Anne P. Jennings

Anne (Peterson) Jennings of Oak Bluffs died peacefully in her home on Sept. 28, 2016, surrounded by devoted family members and friends. She was 78. Anne was born on June 16, 1938, in Hartford, Conn....

Saudade: News from and for the Brazilian community/ Notícias de e para a comunidade...

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A tradução deste artigo se encontra no final da versão em inglês It is that time of the year where we get to appreciate different aspects of living on the Island, as well as new...

Jack A. Wildauer

Jack A. Wildauer, 55, of Vineyard Haven died on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. A celebration of Jack’s life is being planned for the spring, with a date and...

Ethel Smith Wolff

Ethel (Eckie) Smith Wolff died peacefully in the company of her son Roswell on Sept. 29, 2016, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, following complications from a fall at home. She was 88. Eckie was born to...

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: September 19 – 23, 2016

Chilmark Sept. 19, Claire Nicole Chinoy, trustee of the Claire Nicole Chinoy Revocable Trust, and Michael Chinoy and Lynn Shelton Curry, trustees of the Michael Chinoy & Lynne Shelton Curry Living Trust, and John K....

Through a lens brightly

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The world’s most powerful lighthouse beacons radiate light more than 20 miles out to sea, the beam emanating from “first order” Fresnel lenses. Reportedly only 39 of the early 19th century beauties remain; nine...

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: September 26 – 30, 2016

Edgartown Sept. 26, Daniel and Kathryn Higgins sold a portion of 29 Plain Field Way to Jess and Linda Shapiro for $20,000. Sept. 28, James J. and Nancy A. Pardini sold Edgartown Commons Condo Unit 20...