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Harriet Patricia Morello Dorsey

A funeral Mass for Harriet Patricia Morello Dorsey (“Pat”) will be held on April 10 at 11 am at St. Augustine’s Church in Vineyard Haven, followed by burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Oak...

Services Saturday for Jared Nelson Grant

Jared Nelson Grant ("Jerry"), 83, of Edgartown, passed away on March 14, 2024, at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. He was the husband of Sue Carroll.  A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of...

Elizabeth Flanders Campbell

Elizabeth Flanders Campbell, 64, peacefully died at her home in Chilmark on March 8, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of Jim Welch, and mother of Mariah and Jessica Campbell.  A...

The High School View: Community chess night; Student Zak Potter

Read the MVRHS High School View: 3-14-2024 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,...

Art Class 2024: MVRHS students get creative

Founded in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards acknowledge and honor creative talent based on originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice. They have a noteworthy roster of past recipients,...

Museum Pieces: After hours at the museum

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“Make play a high priority in your life, for if you die tomorrow, no one can play for you, but someone can and will do your work for you.” —Dr. Play (Ken Beebe) There is...

Have Faith: Saintly Suppers

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The Lenten season is a good time to take a deeper dive into spirituality. It’s not all about giving up chocolate or your after-dinner glass of wine. You can also just up your game...

Writing from the Heart: Preferences

The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. The first time I read that statement, I was perusing snippets of the third patriarch of Zen, Hsin Hsin Ming. Before you scratch your...

Visiting Vet: Bored cats can overeat

A few years ago at her annual appointment, I mentioned to Augusta’s owner that the cat was a little chubby. OK, maybe I said fat. Having battled my own weight all my life, I...

‘C.F. Giordano: Clearly Misunderstood’

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When is a motorcycle more than a motorcycle? Certainly, when Charlie Giordano builds one, as you will see in his show “C.F. Giordano: Clearly Misunderstood,” at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. You might ask why a...

Winter’s crossing

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With early morning sunlight glinting off the chop in Vineyard Haven Harbor, Winter Muric descends the ramp from the ferry and rushes to catch the bus that will take her up-Island. Every weekday she makes...

March’s Meat Ball

The eighth annual Meat Ball was held last Saturday, filling the Ag Hall with the sounds of Missis Biskis, and the delightful smells of local dishes prepared by Charlie Granquist of Slough Farm, with...

West Tisbury: Museum exhibits, Polly Hill Arboretum, jazz documentary, and piano concert

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It’s been an on-and-off rainy week. Sometimes the rain and wind lashes our windows with vigor; at other times it has the softness and warmth of spring. Everything is muddy, as is Abigail when...

Tisbury: State of the Union, Art in the Stacks, ‘Moments in Time,’ book club,...

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Heard on Main Street: The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire. Or you could say that the State of the Union event could feel like the journey...

Oak Bluffs: St. Patrick’s Day, spring equinox, wellness day, farmer panel, and M.V. Film...

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“May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.” —Irish blessing St. Patrick’s Day is March 17, the day to celebrate Irish culture. In my family of Irish immigrants, it was always...

Edgartown: Spring Fling, Daffodil Time, Paint Party, writing workshop, and candidate forum

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I love the extra daylight at the end of the day as a result of changing our clocks this weekend, but I’m discombobulated at the same time. I know my sleep schedule will catch...

Chilmark: Community kindness, Native Earth Teaching Farm, Pathways, and library classes

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A few weeks ago, a “last call before it goes to the dump” Facebook post offered a desk and chair. It has eight drawers. I’d been using a borrowed-from-the-family drop-leaf table and cardboard Ikea boxes...

Aquinnah: Town clerk, Council on Aging, new apartments, ACE MV, and Chilmark School

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You may recall that last week was the presidential primary election. I am a registrar here in Aquinnah, and had the joy of watching a steady parade of people coming in to do their...

Cribbage Club results

Twenty-one Vineyard Cribbage Club members met on Wednesday at the MVRHS Culinary Department dining hall in Oak Bluffs to play our favorite game. The results are: First, Kathy Kinsman with a 10/5 +18 card Second, Ed...

Academic honors

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School honor roll Grade 12, Honors: Tayla BenDavid, Kestutis Biskis, Jason Boudreau, Gabryal Brooks, Bryonie Brown, Emma Burt, Samantha Caldwell, Nicholas Carpenter, Andrue Carr, Isabel Carreno-Vogt, Quinn Cathey, Jack Chronister, Brendyn...