June 15 marks the eighth World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a time for us to build a better understanding of elder abuse and effective ways to respond. Elder abuse has no boundaries. On-Island and around the globe, the experience of elder abuse transcends communities, cultures and income levels. The term elder abuse refers to intentional or negligent acts that cause harm to those the law recognizes as vulnerable elders Massachusetts law defines an elder as a person age 60 and over. The law requires people in certain professions to report suspected elder abuse to public authorities.

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of July 12, 1946: The season at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse on East Chop has begun this week with Arthur J. Beckhard’s revival of his success, Goodbye Again, which is to open in New York in the fall. Roger Pryor is seen in the leading role, originally played by Osgood Perkins.

Goodbye Again is a comedy in a lighter vein by Alan Scott and George Haight, first produced in 1932. It has in it some inspired fooling, a slight mixture of bedroom farce, and ample opportunity for Mr.

Here are two words that are perfectly innocuous when standing alone, but always seem to raise hackles when put together: affordable and housing.

There’s nothing easy about running a small business on the Vineyard. With the high season lasting fewer than a hundred days, a late spring or a rainy weekend can easily turn a slim profit to a loss.

When work got under way this winter at the old Oyster Bar building, now owned by the Edgartown National Bank at the upper end of Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs, small business owners were no doubt excited at the prospect of a fresh façade and respected community bank making its home at the top of the street.

I am writing this letter to thank Lori Mahoney for an incredible act of kindness, which reaffirmed my belief in human goodness.

I was driving on the Vineyard Haven-Edgartown Road last week looking for a flowering hanging basket for my deck when suddenly my car started to veer off the road with a loud bang! Fortunately, I was almost opposite Jardin Mahoney’s Garden Center and so I limped into the parking lot, jumped out of my car and viewed a totally flat tire.

Take 50 hardy hikers for eight hours and walk 18 miles from one side of Martha’s Vineyard, Katama Point Preserve, to the other, Lambert’s Cove Beach, and you have the 21st Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank cross-Island hike. A lot of energy expended on a great adventure!