The cookie jar sits empty now. Elena C. Messina left the kitchen quietly on Dec. 26, at the age of 89. There are women who cook, and then there are women who cook. Elena was the latter. Her meals ...

Rebecca (Becky) Chandler Luce died in Grantham, N.H. on Dec. 27. She was 70. During her courageous battle with cancer, she never lost her compassion for and generosity to others. Her joyful sense of ...

John Milnor Wilbur 3rd, known as Jay his entire life, died on Dec. 22. He was 72. Jay was born in Newton on Feb. 27. Boats and the Atlantic Ocean were a focus of his life from a very early age either ...

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $363,665.02 for the business week ending on ...

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On behalf of the Chappy ferry captains, deckhands and behind the scenes employees, thanks for all of the thoughtful and yummy holiday gifts bestowed upon them by the Island community.

The new West Tisbury nonprofit hopes to foster deeper connections among Islanders from every background through classes, talks and face-to-face conversations.

The Visit of young Jack Kennedy to Martha’s Vineyard as a young yachtsman in the summer of 1941 hasn’t been forgotten. The adventures of the future President and his brother began before they reached ...

From the Dec. 31 and 1965 edition of the Vineyard Gazette ...

Marilyn G. Maynard died on Dec. 17 in Pembroke. She was 91. Marilyn was born in Schenectady, N.Y. in 1933. to Washington I. and Cecile B. Goewey. She grew up in Newburgh, N.Y. with her sister, ...

Sydell Rabin died after a brief illness on Dec. 6. Sydell was born in Philadelphia in 1927 to Reba and Louis Grossman. She graduated from Temple University. After traveling to Europe, she met and ...

The Island lost a unique and beloved elder on Friday, a woman not afraid to drink deeply of all life had to offer, to voice her feisty opinions, to poke fun but also laugh at her own foibles, to ...