Robert Myles Moore (“Bob”) passed away on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, with loved ones surrounding him, after many challenges with multiple cancers. Born on August 3, 1954, along with his twin brother Billy at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Bob spent his formative years growing up in Barnstable. He also had an early Martha’s Vineyard connection, when his family lived on-Island for two years while his father helped set up an Island telephone network.…
On Nov. 12, 2024, the Island lost a devoted advocate for the environment and the working waterfront. Surrounded by her family, Virginia Crowell Jones departed on her final voyage from her home in West Tisbury. She is buried in a green burial plot overlooking the Tisbury Great Pond. The daughter of Thomas and Lydia Howes Bardwell, Ginny was born on Dec. 10, 1941, in Oak Bluffs. When she was 2, her parents parted, and Lydia and Ginny moved in with Joe and Bessie Howes at the house across from Alley’s…
Patrick Michael Daur, 44, of Sandwich, formerly of Vineyard Haven, passed away at the Cape Cod Hospital on Jan. 17, 2025. Patrick was born in Greenwich, Conn., on March 14, 1980. He graduated from the Tisbury School and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. Despite his gruff exterior, he had a heart of gold. He worked many and various jobs, including at Airport Mobile, Tisbury Shell, and Allied Waste. In winter he loved to work at Waterville Valley. Patrick is survived by his mother, Sandra…
The upcoming Chilmark Community Center summer programs are in jeopardy as town officials are struggling to reach an agreement with the nonprofit that runs the center’s seasonal activities. Town select board chair Jim Malkin expressed frustration at a board meeting Tuesday toward the Chilmark Town Affairs Council — the current operators of summer programming — saying that they aren’t agreeing to make changes recommended by the town. Malkin said that if the council doesn’t agree with the…
A nonprofit in Woods Hole finalized the purchase of a historic building that has housed the local Cape and Islands NPR radio station for the last 25 years, though the radio station is still poised to move. On Thursday, the Woods Hole Community Association released a statement saying that it had finalized a deal with GBH, the Boston-based public media powerhouse which owns CAI radio, to purchase the Captain Davis house for $1.8 million, money it said was raised through 350 different donors. With…
After three terms on the Chilmark select board, current chair Jim Malkin will not be seeking re-election in April. “Three terms, I believe, is an appropriate amount of time to serve,” Malkin told the Times. Malkin was first elected to the select board in 2016. Malkin said he’ll be turning 77 this year and he felt it was time for a new leader to fill the select board seat. “I believe it’s time for the next generation,” he said. Still, Malkin won’t be vanishing from public duties.…
State officials are gathering feedback on a proposal to extend the deer-hunting season for an additional month into January, starting with Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is proposing the idea to begin in January of 2026 in light of what they consider a rapidly increasing deer population on the Islands and a decline in local hunters. Public hearings will be held on Zoom on Thursday, January 23 at 1:30 pm and 6 pm, with written comments accepted through…
The Dukes County Commission has officially committed the last of its nearly $3.4 million in funding awarded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), just in time to meet the end-of-the-year deadline. The commission, since the funding arrived over 3 years ago, used the majority of funding to help municipalities pay for projects to reduce nitrogen from getting into local watersheds. In December, the Dukes County Commission unanimously approved allocating the final $70,000 to West Tisbury to upgrade…
Read the MVRHS High School View: 1-16-2025 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, with generous assistance from sponsors. The post The High School View: Elective courses; Teacher Liane Dixon appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
A dog is undergoing rabies protocols after being bitten by a coyote in Edgartown. According to the Edgartown Police Department, safety officials received a report of the attack on Jernegan Pond Road from the pet owners about a week ago. Edgartown Police Chief Chris Dolby told the Times that Massachusetts Environmental Police are investigating the issue and the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife was also notified about the coyote incident. Dolby told the Times it is “very rare” for…
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