Edwin P. Dewing Jr. (“Ted”) of Edgartown, died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 28, at home with his wife, Shirley, and son, Ernie. He was 88. He was born in Boston on Jan. 22, 1934. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and graduated from Albany High School in Albany, N.Y., in 1952. On March 9, 1953, he […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation announced that it has partnered with the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority and the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living to provide $200,000 “for Islanders who continue to face economic hardship in the wake of the COVID pandemic.” This extra funding to the foundation’s rental relief fund and utility relief fund […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living (MVC4L) met adversity head-on when the pandemic descended. With their clients no longer able to attend live programs, necessity became the mother of invention, spawning their new venture: “TV for Living.” “I guess the idea came to us because everybody was trying to figure out how to service our […]
I was born in 1954, the creek was flowing over stones … Ken Neagle, artist, poet, naturalist, biologist, farmer, kind and gentle soul, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 13, 2022, in Vineyard Haven after a long journey with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 67 years old. Ken was born […]
Dementia is an irreversible disease with a significant and tragic impact on many people’s lives. Mary Holmes, supervisor at the supportive day program at the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living, is giving a virtual talk that intends to change the way people think, talk, and act about dementia. The Zoom event is sponsored by the […]