Below are the latest news articles mentioning "died" or "passed" from all the local Cape Cod news sources. Most of these stories should be related to recent Cape Cod obituaries and death notices.
The MV Times has long reported that the Island’s Brazilian community numbers around 20 percent of the year-round population, which translates to about 4,000 people. But how many children are born to our undocumented Brazilian or other neighbors? The answer to this question is key to the issue that the U.S. Supreme Court has so far failed to address, namely whether children born in the U.S. to undocumented migrants possess U.S. citizenship. President Trump, on his first day in office in January,…
#tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url [https:] 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 { background: url [https:] 0 0 no-repeat; } 1 of 2 Graham Nash live at the Tabernacle. —Jeremy Driesen Graham Nash live at the Tabernacle. —Jeremy Driesen Every seat in the Tabernacle was filled, and…
Charles Anthony Morano (“Charlie”) peacefully passed away on July 20, 2025, in Edgartown surrounded by his children, after courageously contending with cancer. JEANNA SHEPARD PHOTOGRAPHY Charlie was born in New York City on Nov. 17, 1949, to the very Italian Angelo “(Chas”) Antonio Morano and Carmella (“Millie”) Theodora Villani Morano. Charlie grew up in Nepera Park in Yonkers, N.Y., where he played football, Little League and even did Golden Gloves…
There are places that live in your bones. For me, that place has always been Oak Bluffs. Long before the rest of the world began to take notice of this historic enclave on Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluffs was already everything to me—a place of legacy, safety, and soul. I am a third-generation Islander, raised on the stories of those who came before me and shaped by summers stitched with salt air, ferry horns, and the bright, joyful chorus of a Black community in motion. It was here, between the…
Benjamin Lambert Hall (“Buzz”), a lifelong Edgartown resident, passed away on May 29, 2025, at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven at 90, following a courageous 25-year battle with epithelioid sarcoma. Courtesy Ben Hall Jr. Born at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs on April 4, 1935, Buzz was the second child of Island businessman and philanthropist Alfred Hall and his wife Marjorie Haydn Hall (née Lambert) of Edgartown. Buzz came from a…
FALMOUTH – Former 3rd Barnstable District state representative Matthew Patrick has died. Patrick held the office from 2001 to 2011. He ran for Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate in 2014, but lost. Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley said Patrick was a tireless advocate for the issues he championed. A clean and healthy environment was his […] The post Former Cape Cod state rep Matthew Patrick has died appeared first on CapeCod.com.
HN PHOTO NOTES: The 19-year-old from far away off-Cape had been passed out, propped up against a cemetery fence in downtown Hyannis last evening shortly before 1:00 a.m. Luckily for him, an alert police officer spotted him before his situation could became much worse. (He hadn’t been robbed… yet… which is a distinct possibility in that part of town.) The young, underage adult was unresponsive, not waking up for police officers. A Hyannis FD ambulance…
The developer behind an expansive and controversial housing project near downtown Edgartown for residents 55 and older has gone to the state to challenge what he is alleging is inaction by local regulators in a move that could push the project past local and regional hurdles. Jason Talerman, attorney for the 60-unit Edgartown Gardens, filed a petition on July 16 with the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee alleging the Edgartown zoning board of appeals failed to open a public hearing in time…
On July 14, author David Sedaris performed at the Tabernacle. The place was packed, the crowd was pumped, and numerous times throughout the evening, the man sitting next to me laughed so hard he nearly fell out of his chair. For those not in the know, Sedaris is one of America’s most popular humor writers. The first book I ever read by him was “Holidays on Ice.” I remember lying in bed next to my husband, snort-laughing my way through the essay “Santaland Diaries” — an account of Sedaris’…
Benjamin Lambert Hall (“Buzz”), a lifelong Edgartown resident, passed away on May 29, 2025, at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven at 90, following a courageous 25-year battle with epithelioid sarcoma. Born at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs on April 4, 1935, Buzz was the second child of Island businessman and philanthropist Alfred Hall and his wife Marjorie Haydn Hall (née Lambert) of Edgartown. Buzz came from a family with deep Island…
OAK BLUFFS – The recently passed federal budget bill could put offshore wind jobs at risk. The new bill cuts tax credits for wind, solar and other green energy projects. Gov. Maura Healey said it would lead to thousands of jobs for the state, with some training taking place at Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne. […] The post Federal budget bill could put offshore wind jobs at risk appeared first on CapeCod.com.
John M. Hobby Sr., 89, of Plymouth and Martha’s Vineyard, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2025, at the Newfield House in Plymouth. He was the beloved husband of the late Susan (Wilder) Hobby, and a loving father, grandfather, brother, and friend to so many who will miss him dearly. Born in Stamford, Conn., and raised near Philadelphia, John graduated from Lehigh University in 1958, and later completed U.S. Army Officer Candidate School, an achievement he regarded…
Rosemarie L. (Pacheco) Littlefield, of Vineyard Haven, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 15, 2025, at Cape Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sandwich. She was 81 years old. Born on April 23, 1944, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, Rosemarie was the daughter of Beatrice and George Pacheco. She graduated from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in 1962. In her early years, Rosemarie held a variety of jobs, but her most meaningful…
Dr. Paul G. Cotton, 80, of Aquinnah died peacefully on July 11, 2025. He was born in Brookline on May 10, 1945. The son of Samuel (“Mickey”) Cotton and Pearl Sirota, Paul attended Brookline High School before studying economics at Columbia University. He attended medical school and completed his medical training in psychiatry at Tufts University. An esteemed psychiatrist, he began his career at Cambridge Hospital as the medical director of ambulatory community…
Jerry Davies Millett II (“Davy”), of Falmouth and Tisbury, recently passed away. Davy was born in Needham on July 14, 1967, to Jerry Davies Millett and Elsie Kingsbury Millett. Davy was born while his father, Jerry, was serving in Vietnam. Davy was a graduate of Natick High School and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is survived by his mother, Elsie Kingsbury Gilman of Montague; and his brothers, retired Col. Samuel Kingsbury Millett of Missoula,…
Ency Fokos, 87, died on May 23, 2025, at her home in Chilmark. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Robert, and her sister, Judith Dalaba. She is survived by her children, David, Dana, and Michelle. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, July 29, at 2:30 pm at the West Tisbury Congregational Church. The post Ency Fokos appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Cynthia Jane Wayman passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025, at her home on Lambert‘s Cove Road. There will be a celebration of life on Saturday, July 26, at 2 pm at the Christian Science Society, 123 New York Ave., in Oak Bluffs. Cynthia was predeceased by her husband, Dave, a jazz trombonist and talented builder who designed and built their home, including the studio where Cynthia taught art to generations of young students. She is survived by her daughter, Holly,…
Cathy Sue Merrill, 68, of Edgartown, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at her home. She was the wife of Clay R. Merrill. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, July 29, at 11 am in the New Westside Cemetery on Robinson Road in Edgartown. A complete obituary will follow in another edition of this paper. Visit chapmanfuneral.com for online guestbook and information. The post Cathy Sue Merrill appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
#tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url [https:] 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 { background: url [https:] 0 0 no-repeat; } 1 of 2 Graham Nash live at the Tabernacle. —Jeremy Driesen Graham Nash live at the Tabernacle. —Jeremy Driesen Every seat in the Tabernacle was filled and…
There’s something sacred about the early morning before a Cape Cod day begins in earnest. Before the sun climbs too high, before beach towels stake their claim like territorial flags, before fried clam joints start slinging grease and traffic along Route 6 turns from sleepy to homicidal—there’s a brief, golden hush. And yesterday, we caught it in full. Sadie and I were headed for another full day on the Cape. No real itinerary, just the usual Cape Cod chaos—sand, sea, a soft schedule, and…
ABOVE: Image from initial HN report published on June 30, 2025… which shows a member of the sheriff’s crime scene unit dusting the suspect’s bicycle for fingerprints… and a screenshot of a heavily redacted Yarmouth Police report sent to HN July 8, 2025. YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS – The following updated HN report is based on information from the crime scene on June 30, 2025, a two-page (heavily redacted) police report sent to HN from the Yarmouth Police Department’s Record…
The central objective of a long-winded legal dispute on the Island just received the support it needs through Governor Maura Healey’s $3 billion environmental bond bill filed last month. First reported by The Boston Globe, the measure that would redefine what makes a beach public in Massachusetts imitates language used by Richard Friedman, a Boston real estate mogul who owns a house on Oyster Pond in Edgartown; Freidman has tried to make a barrier beach across the pond public, and has been fighting…
Cape Cod has its own heartbeat in the summer—an arrhythmic thump of old money, sunburnt tourists, and the whisper of sea grass in salt-heavy air. It’s where the wind always seems to be telling you something—if only you could stay still long enough to hear it. So yesterday, my wife Sadie and I set out to do just that: to stay still. We pointed the black 911 down Route 6 and aimed ourselves at the far tip of the hook, to a place barely whispered about, Pond Village in North Truro. Pond Village…
In her poignant new novel, “Our Last Vineyard Summer,” Brooke Lea Foster takes us back in time — twice, in fact. The first is 1978, where we meet Betsy Whiting, a young graduate school student in psychology at Columbia University. Despite the sticky heat of New York City in June, she is happy, anxiously awaiting a call from her lover (and hopefully soon-to-be fiancé) — a supposedly unhappily married professor who happens also to be her advisor. But when the phone rings, it’s Virgie Whiting…
Dropped calls. Total disconnection from cell service in some areas up-Island. People shouting “Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?” into cell phones while walking down-Island sidewalks. These are all common occurrences on the Vineyard during the crowded tourism season. While wireless carriers are investing in ways to address summertime connectivity, Island officials say cellular unreliability can be bad at best, and risky at worst during an emergency, especially in the summer and up-Island. And…
Philip T. Hughes Jr. of Oak Bluffs died peacefully on July 11, 2025, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, after celebrating his 84th birthday on the Fourth of July, his oft-stated personal goal. Born in Hartford, Conn., he grew up in Wethersfield, Conn. He moved his young family to the Island in 1969 to start his contracting business, which was the second love of his life after his family. One of his customers told us in awe that few men were so totally defined by what…
Richard Hanley (“Terry”) passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 28, at home, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Robert M. Santy, who survives him. Terry was born on July 12, 1938, in Hartford, Conn., and was the son of James Hanley and Alice (Swift) Hanley. When he was 2, he moved to Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard with his family. He was educated in Martha’s Vineyard schools, and graduated from Tisbury High School in 1957.…
Sandra L. Healy, of Dartmouth and formerly of Vineyard Haven, passed away unexpectedly on July 3, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. She was 84 years old. For more than 47 years, Sandra owned, operated, and was the matriarch of John’s Fish Market. Sandra was known for her warm smile, strong work ethic, and commitment to providing homemade, high-quality food. She took great pride in her work, and was a beloved figure in the community, remembered not only…
Thomas McGovern (“Tom”) died peacefully on July 2, 2025, at Atria Woodbriar Park in Falmouth. He was born in 1927 into a large Irish family in Jersey City, N.J., where he was one of five children. He grew up in hard times, and started working as soon as he could to help his family. He liked to tell the story of how he altered his age on his birth certificate to be able to work in the railroad yard. Always the storyteller, he wrote and published his short stories,…
Updated July 14th. Two Pulitzer-prize-winning journalists traveled from their desks in the New York Times newsroom to the front of a standing-room only crowd at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven to give a talk on power dynamics, maintaining truth in the age of misinformation, and the ongoing fight for women’s equality. On Thursday night, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor — as part of a speaker series — headlined a talk called “Revealing Truth: Investigative Journalism, Now More Than Ever”…
Constance DeFelice (“Connie”) passed away peacefully at her home in Oak Bluffs, surrounded by friends and family, on July 4, 2025, at the age of 95. Connie was born in Westwood to Joseph and Constance Vaux on May 26, 1930. She grew up in Westwood, and graduated from Westwood High School. After high school, she attended Boston University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in education. After college, Connie worked as a physical education teacher in Canton. This…
Two Pulitzer-prize-winning journalists traveled from their desks in the New York Times newsroom to the front of a standing-room only crowd at the Hebrew Center in Vineyard Haven to give a talk on power dynamics, maintaining truth in the age of misinformation, and the ongoing fight for women’s equality. On Thursday night, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor — as part of their speaker series — headlined a talk called “Revealing Truth: Investigative Journalism, Now More Than Ever” to discuss their…
#tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url [https:] 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 { background: url [https:] 0 0 no-repeat; } 1 of 2 Seventy-five days, 17 hours, 37 minutes. I know you know, because we’re all counting down the days, hours, and minutes until the Martha’s Vineyard Striped…
Reflections on a Family Reunion My last name is Brooks, but in my heart, I am a MacKenney. I recently spent a long, four-day weekend in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts with my mother’s side of the family, something I’ve not had the opportunity to do for way too many years. My cousin Kara and her husband Scott have organized a couple of family gatherings at their seaside home in recent years, bringing the MacKenney clan back together for fellowship, feasting and fond memories. I’ve not been able…
Oak Bluffs is putting its support behind a state bill that would restrict the use of mopeds to only drivers with a motorcycle license, a move that could spell the end of moped rentals on Martha’s Vineyard. The town’s select board sent a letter to the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation on June 19 outlining its support of the bill, highlighting mopeds’ lack of safety features and how visitors are often inexperienced riders. “The facts are clear: mopeds and scooters pose…
A new collection of housing reports is highlighting significant wealth disparities seen across the Vineyard, an increase in housing insecurity, and how substantially the short-term rental market is impacting year-round residents looking for rentals. The reports — about 70 pages for each town — also provide goals to help address housing issues like identifying existing town properties to build affordable housing and incentive programs for homeowners. The so-called Housing Production Plans…
Sandra L. Healy, 84, of Dartmouth, formerly of Vineyard Haven, died unexpectedly at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford on July 3, 2025. She was the mother of Elexis Wildanger and Glenn Pachico, and was predeceased by her daughter, Carla Furtaw, and son, Bradford. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 26, at Chapman Funerals, Edgartown Road in Oak Bluffs, from 10 to 11 am, officiated by Pastor Greg Barr. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery on…
A celebration of life for Nancy Wood, who died on June 10, 2025, will be held at the Unitarian Church in Vineyard Haven on July 19 at 2 pm. Please consider a donation to the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, online at animalshelterofmv.org/donate, in lieu of flowers. The post Nancy Wood appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Margaret Ann Deitrich (Kammerer), 93, of Chilmark, who died on April 20, 2025, will have a memorial service at the Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Road, Chilmark, on Saturday, July 19, at 11 am. The post Margaret Ann Deitrich appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Fredrick W. Huss (“Fred” or “Rick”) died peacefully in his home in the Campgrounds on June 23, 2025, at the age of 80. He was born in Hartford, Conn., and grew up in Putnam, Conn. Fred moved to Alamosa in 1971, and worked for both Safeway and then the Rio Grande Water Conservation District until he moved permanently to Martha’s Vineyard in 2003, with his faithful German shepherd, Murphy. On Martha’s Vineyard, Fred built a successful business painting and…
Ency Fokos died peacefully in the early hours of May 23, 2025, at her home in Chilmark, surrounded by her children. She was 87. Ency was born in the picturesque town of Késmárk, Czechoslovakia (now Kežmarok, Slovakia). Though she enjoyed the hunting lodge her mother’s family had in the Tatra Mountains, it was Budapest, with its cosmopolitan flair, that best suited her. While her parents were busy being young socialites, Ency flourished at boarding school — an…
One hard truth I learned along my bumpy path as a published memoirist is that people-pleasing is not exactly part of the equation. Despite my best efforts to write with multidimensionality, love, and integrity, I still received pushback from some of my favorite people. I couldn’t figure out where I went wrong. I did the ethical inventory: I wrote an author’s note on the fallibility of memory and how, inherent to the genre, a memoir speaks to only the author’s “truth.” I gave everyone…
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