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Edward T. Medeiros, 77, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, July 18, 2023, at his home in Edgartown. Ed was born to Edward and Anna Medeiros in Oak Bluffs on August 20, 1945. He graduated from Edgartown Elementary, then was in the first class to complete four years at the new Martha’s Vineyard Regional High […]

Herb Custer passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on August 17, 2023. After 90 years, his enormous heart finally rested, and he was ready to go, with fair winds and following seas. Herbert Frederick Custer Jr. was born April 3,1933, in Hartford, Conn., into a loving family, the second child of Herbert Frederick Custer Sr. […]

MVYouth, a community fund founded in 2014, has awarded $865,000 in college, healthcare & education, and workforce development scholarships to 16 high school seniors. Including this year’s recipients and those who have completed their degrees, MVYouth has supported 76 Island students in their first eight years. MVYouth’s College Scholarships offer four-years of last-dollar funding to […]

While the world isn’t quite back to normal, there are signs that the upcoming season will be something to celebrate as Rise Vineyard Performing Arts once again presents its annual holiday show, “Season’s Greetings!” “We wanted to do something that was inclusive of all the styles of dance and genres of music, and generations of […]