Farm Neck News Today

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Patricia A. Connelly. Pat, aged 83, left us peacefully on March 17, 2024 at her home on Martha’s Vineyard, leaving behind a legacy of love, kindness, and devotion. She was a treasured wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend to many, […]

The Chilmark Select Board approved a recommendation from the building department to charge more for permit fees. Town building inspector Adam Petkus proposed the higher fee during a public hearing on Tuesday. Without the increase, Petkus said that taxpayers would be subsidizing the department more each year. Petkus proposed charging $6.50 per $1,000 of total […]

The English settled Martha’s Vineyard from the outside in; early colonial settlements clustered around natural harbors and mill-powering streams, mostly near the periphery of the Island. The dry interior — that scrubby triangle formed by the highways connecting Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury, and Edgartown — remained virtually uninhabited for centuries. Modern inland developments like those […]

A female member of Obamas staff tried in vain to reach Tafari Campbell after he fell off his paddle board but was forced to swim to shore to get help, DailyMail.com learned.

Insiders have spoken of how the witness, an employee of Barack Obama, appeared lucid and clear when speaking to authorities after Tafari Campbell disappeared into the water of the Great Pond in Edgartown

The Island has had its share of colorful names. There was Major Pain, the Chilmark lawyer who fought unsuccessfully to move our county seat out of Edgartown; Mayor Blood, who gave us the name “Cottage City”; and Captain Pound, the pirate who plagued Holmes Hole Harbor. There was Harry Legg, the Helenian carpenter; Dr. Lynch, […]

I don’t know what the weather was like on the Island. I was off-Island, a world away in Old Saybrook, Conn., spending the whole wonderful weekend with my darling Iyla at her Granny Mary Bohan’s house. Iyla’s Aunt Bernadette flew in from California to be with us. We had perfect weather in Connecticut, sunny and […]

MV football has two tough matchups On back-to-back Fridays, the Vineyarders faced two larger programs in Sandwich and then Nauset. Coach Tony Mottola knew the game against Sandwich away would be a challenge, citing their physical offensive line and effective run game. Unfortunately, the Vineyarders couldn’t keep up, and lost 44-7. Looking to bounce back, […]

In a joint service Thursday evening, leaders and members from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, West Tisbury’s First Congregational Church, Tisbury’s Unitarian Universalist Church, and Grace Episcopal Church, in Edgartown to reflect on last week’s unexpected arrival of nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants. Among the approximately 50 people gathered Thursday were state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, and […]

Christopher Stetson Look III of Edgartown passed peacefully on April 14, 2022, with his loved ones by his side. After many years of battling cancer and undergoing two stem cell transplants, he became a survivor, and was blessed with 15 more years of life. Sadly, due to the many health complications that come with being […]