Oak Bluffs
Luminaries line the high school track at Relay For Life.Ivy Ashe
Cancer survivor Kevin Searle speaks to the teams.Ivy Ashe
Sue Parchesco spoke of a day when nobody would have to wear purple "cancer survivor" shirts.Ivy Ashe
From left: Michael Haydn, Leslie J. Stark, Mary Ann Cournoyer, Ursula Kreskie, Karen Murphy and Kevin Searle walk the Survivors' Lap.Ivy Ashe
Creative team baton designs.Ivy Ashe
Payton Silvia, 22 months, with mother Lisa, claps during the Survivors' Lap.Ivy Ashe
Tom and Ella Burchert get refreshments from Liz Mercier at the MV Breast Cancer Support Group's tent.Ivy Ashe
Walkers will continue their relays through the night.Ivy Ashe
Town Column
News
After years of financial struggles, Oak Bluffs is poised to make up a $600,000 deficit in free cash by the end of June, town administrator Robert Whritenour announced to the selectmen last week.
Oak...
The skies opened in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks home opener against the Brockton Rox Tuesday night, suspending play with the score tied 2-2. The game will be...
“When I say Barrington, you say Levy!” shouted a man onstage wearing gold-framed sunglasses. “Barrington!”
“Levy!” the crowd roared back at him.
The chant continued, ultimately dissolving into...
Celebrations
Erica Bartlett of Vineyard Haven and Meghan Brown of Oak Bluffs were named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at University of Massachussetts Dartmouth.
James Todd and Jess Swaringen of Oak Bluffs and Alexia Schroeder of West Tisbury graduated from Villanova University in Villanova, Pa. on Sunday, May 19.
Anna Poblocka and Piotr Kornalski of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jason Adam Kornalski, born on June 8 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jason weighed 6 pounds, 13.6 ounces at birth.
Obituaries
Dr. Carlton Manville Akins of Dover and Oak Bluffs, died at the Tippett House in Needham on June 9. Dr. Akins was the son of the late Dr. Willard Manville Akins and Lila Koivisto Akins. He is...
Rupert H. Robinson of Oak Bluffs died May 8 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He would have celebrated his 88th birthday on May 22.