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Dennis Michael Cryan, 82, of Naples, Fla. and formerly of Nantucket, died Sunday, June 7, 2026. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Officials from the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce (MVCC) and town of Tisbury commemorated the reconstruction of Owen Park Pier with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday morning after a decade of planning. About 50 people clustered together by the park’s shore to take in speeches by community leaders before the ribbon was cut. The planning and execution of the project was a decade-long process spanning the tenures of three Tisbury harbormasters. The reconstruction process took three months…
Bars and restaurants across the Island are gearing up for big summer crowds that may be made even bigger by the World Cup and America’s 250th birthday party. This Friday, Team USA will play its opener in the World Cup against Paraguay at Boston’s Gillette Stadium, and Brazil will face off against Morocco on Saturday, a game that is expected to have heavy viewership at bars and outdoor grills among the Brazilian community. With the national celebration of the July 4 250th anniversary of…
My name is Mathew Tombers. These are some facts about me: I am 76 years old, run Edgartown Books, a proud book monger. I am a gay man, born a Catholic in Minnesota into a time which was homophobic. Attending a Catholic boys high school, I was agonizingly afraid I would be discovered. College was better, but not by leaps and bounds. Being gay was not O.K. in 1960s Minnesota. Working with a therapist, I realized whoever I was going to be had to be discovered somewhere else. So in 1978, I loaded…
“Love is never wrong.” –Melissa Etheridge Celebrate love this weekend with the annual M.V. Pride Weekend. Come to downtown Oak Bluffs for festivities all weekend to lift up our LGBTQ community. The struggle is real and ongoing; the freedom to be yourself and love who you love is at risk. The parade is the spotlight, filled with joy and hope. See the full schedule of events at marthasvineyardpride.com and obamv.com. Keep the party going on Saturday at the P.A. Club with ESP, playing from…
I am finishing writing this on a beautifully sunny Sunday morning. After hearing all last week how we should expect weekend-long rainy weather, I’m glad the forecast got it wrong. I’m sure everyone celebrating the graduating class of 2026 at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs agrees, and a big congratulations to all you seniors, your families, and everyone that helps all our graduates walk across that finish line. Taking a stroll around Vineyard Haven right now means being greeted by so many beautiful…
Grace Ann (Martinelli) Collins, 77, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2026 after an extended illness, surrounded by her loving family. Grace was the youngest of five children. She met the love of her life, John (“Jack”) Collins, while he was a student at Holy Cross. They married 54 years ago, and began building a life together, grounded in love, resilience, family, and community, in Shrewsbury, where they raised their daughter Kimberly and son Michael. They all…
Jane Kentnor Dean of Edgartown died peacefully at home, surrounded by her loved ones, on May 31, 2026. She was 91. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Dec. 16, 1934, she grew up in Southport, Conn., and was the daughter of Charles and Jeanette Kentnor. Jane was board president of the Fairfield Villages Wellesley Club, the Junior League of Bridgeport, and Pequot Library in Southport. She was the first director of development at Greens Farms Academy from 1974 to 1984,…
Be a part of this celebration of Latin rhythms, voice, and collective sound, with Rosi Amador of Sol y Canto. Workshop participants will explore circle singing, Brazilian rhythm games, and Venezuelan joropo; vocal and body-percussion patterns woven with rhythmic improvisation; how to recreate the sounds of instruments, including piano (drum), barril, cuá, chico, repique, claves, congas, maracas, campana (cowbell), and more. Amador is of Argentine and Puerto Rican heritage. She was raised by…
Peter Crumm, 77, of Revere, died unexpectedly on May 3, 2026. He was a lifelong visitor to Martha’s Vineyard, and a year-round resident for 10 years, before moving to Revere. Peter is survived by his brother, Chad Crumm; his sister, Nina Davis; his nephew, Sam Crumm, and niece, Olivia Crumm. He was predeceased by his brother, Nicholas Crumm. In a private family gathering, Peter will be buried next to his parents in the Lambert’s Cove Cemetery. Any charitable…
Marie-Louise Jeanne Rouff died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 96, after a long and full life marked by resilience, creativity, and devotion to the arts. Born on Jan. 18, 1930, in Redange-sur-Attert, Luxembourg, Marie-Louise was the daughter of Louis and Katherine Rouff. She came of age during World War II, alongside her three sisters, Margrette, Jeanne, and Marie-Anne, and her brother, Franz. During the German occupation of Luxembourg, her father refused to collaborate,…
Maurice Robert Dore (“Maury”), 93, died on Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2026, at his home in Edgartown, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Susan Dore. A private burial will be held in the New Westside Cemetery. A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of this paper. The post Maurice Robert Dore appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Hilary A. Blocksom of West Tisbury died on March 7, 2026. She was being cared for at Bridges by Epoch in Mashpee, after a fall in March 2025. There will be a celebration of life for Hilary on June 20, at the Agricultural Hall, details to be announced, and a full obituary will follow in another edition of this paper. The post Hilary A. Blocksom appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Linda Rose Tilton died peacefully at her home, surrounded by her children, on Feb. 4, 2026. We invite all who knew and loved her to join us on Friday, June 26, from 2 to 5 pm, at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. The post Linda Rose Tilton appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
(June 4, 2026) The fourth annual Ride for Baxter charity motorcycle ride will be held Sunday in honor of the late Baxter Waldman, a Nantucket High School student who died in a motorcycle crash in 2022.
To the Editor: Thank you to Claire Seguin and Jacob Lemieux (“A new public health threat is emerging — and we can still get ahead of it,” May 28) for focusing attention on the ongoing urgency of finding solutions to the decades-old prevalence of tick-related illness here. Alpha-gal is the latest, but there are others which local physicians have confessed that the medical profession has yet to identify. I wanted to bring attention to a potential solution that a friend, Tom Sullivan, now…
To the Editor: Dear Copeland Plan District Review Board, Please deny the Ocean View Hotel rebuild proposal, passed by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) in December. It shuns replacing the Ocean View Restaurant, and is a misguided attempt to bring the Victorian era back to the neighborhood, whose longstanding residents are opposed. A three-story hotel feet from these neighbors compromises the community’s character and aesthetics, and dwarfs the previous…
After a decade of conditions that have caused health issues for students and teachers and a renovation price tag of $333.5 million for needed repairs, the long-awaited Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School building project passed by majority Tuesday. The Island community in all six towns showed their overwhelming support for the project, despite qualms about the high price tag, which taxpayers across the Vineyard will be paying for over the next 30 years. …
With its authority to review housing developments in flux, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) is attempting to reverse the ruling that reduced its power in court. In Dukes County Superior Court, the MVC and the Edgartown Zoning Board of Appeals jointly filed a challenge against the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee (HAC) and Edgartown Gardens LLC, the company backed by Falmouth-based developer William Cumming that proposed building a 60-unit project for seniors near the Edgartown…
Stephen Alan Bell passed away peacefully at home on May 9, 2026, at the age of 75. He lived a life of loving service to his family, friends, and country. Stephen was born in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of the Rev. Richard Dudley Bell and Ruth Elizabeth Reese Bell. He served his country in the U.S. Coast Guard, and was honorably discharged as a disabled veteran after sustaining injuries in service. A graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Stephen built an accomplished…
Kevin H. Johnson, 67, of Oak Bluffs, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 25, 2026, at Faulkner Hospital in Boston, surrounded by his family. He was born on June 5, 1958, in Brockton. Kevin went on to study biology at Old Dominion University, and earned a master’s in marine biology at Southeastern Massachusetts University, where he met his future wife, Anne O’Hara Johnson. Kevin’s love of water followed him throughout his entire life. He was a lobster…
Mildred (Welch) Scott, 91, of Oak Bluffs, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2026, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was born in Oak Bluffs, met Robert Scott at a young age. They married when he returned from the war. He was the love of her life. They lived in Oak Bluffs, where they raised their children and ran their business, Scotty’s TV. Bob and Tom worked together while she helped out at home. Bob passed away in March of 2011,…
Capt. Andy Ferranti, former Steamship Authority employee, passed away at Charlton Memorial Hospital on May 8, 2026. Full obituaries appear in the Bristol, R.I., Phoenix and East Bay newspapers. He was an excellent captain and a great human being. I sailed with him; I have no complaints. Fair winds and following seas; we have the watch. The post Capt. Andy Ferranti appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Joyce G. "Joy" McGrath, 96, of Nantucket, died Tuesday, May 26, 2026. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, June 15 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 3 Federal St. Interment will be private.
Sheila Sullivan, 89, of Raleigh, N.C. and summer resident of Nantucket, died Monday, May 25, 2026. A reception honoring Sheila will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 9 at The Cardinal at North Hills in Raleigh.
Douglas Reynolds "Doug" Finney, 61, of Montclair, N.J. and former summer resident of Nantucket, died Monday, May 25, 2026. A celebration of his life will be held in Montclair at a later date.
Under the beaming May sun at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Menemsha, the duty of overseeing and protecting boaters in the historic fishing town and the waters around the Island was passed to Chief Petty Officer Tyler Vanderhaden in a ceremony on Friday morning. Vanderhaden has been a chief petty officer in Menemsha for two years. He told The Times he’s familiar with the town and Island community, and is looking forward to contributing more. Vanderhaden takes…
Kevin H. Johnson, 67, of Oak Bluffs died on Monday, May 25, 2026, at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. He was the husband of Anne Johnson. A visitation will be held on Saturday, June 6, from 1 to 3 pm in the Chapman Funeral Home, Edgartown Road in Oak Bluffs. A complete obituary will appear in another edition of this paper. Visit chapmanfuneral.com for online guestbook and information. The post Kevin H. Johnson appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
To the Editor:About 15 years ago or so, I wanted to help out my kids’ school, so I joined the Tisbury School PTO. Before long, I found myself as the parent representative for the PTO on the school building committee for the Tisbury School (round 1). I was prepared to work hard, alongside my community, to build a world-class school for many future generations of students. How could it be anything other than a rewarding and exciting experience? For a while, it was. Though the commitment entailed…
Art has the power to move us. It can soothe our souls and shift our perspectives. Not surprisingly, then, research reveals that art has a positive effect on health. We on the Island are fortunate to experience this firsthand at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, which boasts a unique collection of artwork. Every one of the more than 1,000 pieces in the Edward F. Miller and Monina von Opel Art Collection was created by an artist connected to the Island. All were donated, most often by the artists themselves,…
Meet the Fleet scallop-shucking contest. —Larry Glick Stacks of lobster traps line the corridor of Menemsha Harbor, and gear is piled haphazardly so high among brightly painted buoys and plastic totes that it reaches to the roof of the shacks that skirt the edge of the shore. Copper streaks bleed from the edges of old nails on wooden traps, and on the ground, lines of rope are coiled like snakes. A weathered sign from 1994 proclaims Chilmark’s tricentennial, a piece of history that harkens back…
Roy Scheffer’s hands mapped a different era of the Martha’s Vineyard waterfront. Etched by decades of running thick, tar-treated longline and calloused from the rough skin of swordfish, Roy was at the helm of the Island’s heyday of commercial fishing, and later pioneered its rebound in aquaculture. It was a pursuit that spanned thousands of miles of open ocean, chasing the horizon to land heroic hauls before circling back to end his career where he started in his youth: hunting for scallops…
Tom Maley’s larger-than-life, frolicking white sculptures have brought joy to countless people since he displayed the first figure in front of his home and studio in 1970, in a meadow where the Field Gallery now stands. They reflect not only the essential spirit of the man himself, but also the spirit of the time and place, and community, he worked in. The works, which gambol about the lawn, are synonymous with the gallery. To walk among them is to immerse yourself in decades of West Tisbury’s…
The Flying Elbows is a foot-stomping string band that has kicked butt around Martha’s Vineyard for the past half-century. Its roots go back to Gale Huntington. Huntington is a legend among Vineyard musicians for his lifelong fascination with sea chanteys and fiddle tunes. Starting in 1928, an up-Island group of fiddle aficionados, helmed by him and including Artie Look and Hollis Smith, played square dances, parties, and weddings. As time passed, others joined in…
Travel back 100 years ago to Martha’s Vineyard. It’s the end of the Roaring Twenties, which will soon collapse into the Great Depression. The Island population is under 5,000, and by the early 1930s, one-third of the population is on some form of government relief under Roosevelt’s New Deal. In this uncertain and relatively idle time, people pulled together for Sunday gatherings, and a new game called softball was just becoming popular. The lore is that the game was invented in 1887 on…
The Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously voted 149–0 on Tuesday to pass a bill that increases access to epinephrine auto-injectors throughout the state, after years of advocacy by an Islander whose husband died from a wasp sting. Initially petitioned by several state lawmakers, including State Rep. Thomas Moakley and State Sen. Julian Cyr, Bill H.5443 will make it easier for businesses, schools, restaurants, day camps, theme parks, and other organizations…
Dr. Patricia Ann Dick, Ph.D., 86, formerly of Nantucket, died Tuesday, May 26, 2026. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 13 at All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester.
White winter wolves survive the harsh Arctic cold because they have adapted to survive; they also rarely walk through life alone. That makes them the quintessential symbol of resilience and community in Rose Guerin’s new album, “Death and the Winter Wolf,” which details her experience with loss and the love that prevails. Guerin found her own path, or rather, her own pack, with a family she chose. She’s an Islander, a vocalist, and a guitar player. She has performed with a variety of…
One of the messages of Joseph Campbell’s work was that there are two ways of living your life; one is to stay safe in your original community, and the other is to venture out into the unknown. He says, “Here, if you venture out, you will live a life of danger, of creativity.” He calls it “the hero’s journey,” and says, “You will bring forth something that was never brought forth before.” When I first read those words, I was pretty young, and I had no idea what “bringing forth”…
“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” –John Steinbeck Memorial Day weekend was rainy, which was too bad for the many folks visiting and trying to sightsee — but hopefully it was good for the shops and restaurants. And we really needed the rain! The highlight of my weekend was getting over to the VFW to hear Gordon Healy sing the blues with the incomparable band of Don Groover, Barbara Puciul, Buck Shank, and Tess Walsh…
Jeffrey W. Traenkle, 92, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family on May 18, 2026. A proud Princeton graduate (1955) and naval aviator, he served his country with honor, and carried that same sense of dedication and integrity throughout his life. Following his military service, Jeff enjoyed a lifelong career at Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, where he was respected for his professionalism, generosity, and steady character. Jeff embraced life…
Bruce William Sanford, a longtime summer resident of Nantucket and one of the country’s leading First Amendment lawyers, died Friday, May 15, 2026 at his home in Washington, D.C. surrounded by his loving family. He was 80 years old.
John Adams Reindel Jr., 77, died of natural causes at his home in Barnstable on the evening of Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
Millicent Kavanagh Ruddy, a woman of uncommon grace and fierce conviction, passed from this Earth Friday, May 15, 2026 at the age of 91, surrounded by love.
John Adams Reindel, Jr., 77, of Barnstable and Nantucket, died Tuesday, May 19, 2026. A memorial will take place at a later date.
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