The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $107,380 for the business week ending on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.

Gerard (Gerry) Patrick Dowd died Feb. 18 in Homosassa, Fla., at age 75. Gerry was raised in a loving household in Randolph, Mass., one of seven siblings. In 1975, he relocated to Oak Bluffs with his ...

Chris Menne, 42, of Berlin, Mass. and former Vineyard resident, died on Feb. 22, 2025. He leaves behind his one true love, Sondra Murphy, and their two children Ani (3.5), and Ori (2). He is survived ...

Sarah Bradbury Rorer (Sally), 78, of Naples, Fla., Philadelphia, Pa., and Edgartown died peacefully on Feb. 23, 2025 in the loving arms of her husband after losing her year-long battle to cancer. Born ...

Ellie Tuck, 84, longtime Vineyard resident, died on January 30, 2025 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Born on January 10,1941 to Eleanor Elizabeth (Grigas) Reilly and Philip Reilly in New Haven, CT.

Janet Cottle Johnson, 69, a lifelong resident of West Tisbury died following a brief illness at Lahey Clinic Hospital in Burlington, Mass. She is the beloved wife of Glenn E. Johnson with whom she ...

Gerald C. Surprenant, 81, of Little Compton, R.I. peacefully died at home on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 with his family by his side. He was the husband of Nancy J. (O’Hara) Surprenant, they shared 56 ...

Robert (Bob) George of Silver Spring, Md. and formerly of Chilmark, died peacefully on Feb. 20 of natural causes. He is survived by his loving family: wife Bonnie, four children Peter (Heather) Levin, ...

Jonathan Merrill Whiting, known as Jay to many, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Jan. 10 after a short illness. He was 73. He led a life characterized by a spirit of curiosity and adventure ...

In a trio of bills filed earlier this year, State Rep. Thomas Moakley requested more staff for the Edgartown District Court, a year-long study into ...

Abigail McGrath established the Renaissance House in 2000 as a writer’s retreat on the Vineyard in honor of her mother, the poet Helene Johnson, and her aunt, the famous Dorothy West. Longtime Oak ...

The mass firing of probationary employees at federal agencies and other cuts by the Trump administration reached the epicenter of marine research for the Cape and Islands last week.