News
A new book detailing all the resources available to the elderly and those who care for them on the Island is now available. The Dukes County Health Council has released an updated edition of the Caregivers Home Journal: A Resource Guide for Caregivers and Elders on Martha’s Vineyard.
The Field Gallery’s shapely alabaster lawn figures may in the future be dancing for new owners. Tim and Eileen Maley announced at the West Tisbury selectmen’s meeting on Wednesday that they are in talks to sell the landmark gallery and sculpture garden to the town. The sale would ensure the gallery remains in operation while offering a possible solution to parking problems associated with plans to expand the West Tisbury Free Library next door.
Christmas Decorations
With an Ulterior Motive
Back to the drawing board again.
The Edgartown Library building committee voted yesterday to abandon plans for a new North Water street site in favor of demolishing the old Edgartown School and starting anew.
A quiet announcement about a key staff change at the top and a large deficit marked the holiday newsletter that went out this week from the Yard, the Chilmark summer performing arts colony founded by the late Patricia Nanon.
Emily Bramhall, a longtime business owner on Main street in Vineyard Haven, and for an equal number of years a hardworking volunteer with a number of Island nonprofits, is this year’s recipient of the Spirit of the Vineyard Award, given annually by Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard.