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MVC4L’s Family Caregiver and Dementia Support Services The Family Caregiver Support Program advocates for caregivers, provides information and referral to programs and services in support of your caregiving efforts, and has meaningful tools and tips for a better caregiving experience. It’s for any caregiver living on Martha’s Vineyard, or who is caring for someone living […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living (MVC4L) met adversity head-on when the pandemic descended. With their clients no longer able to attend live programs, necessity became the mother of invention, spawning their new venture: “TV for Living.” “I guess the idea came to us because everybody was trying to figure out how to service our […]

MVC4L’s Family Caregiver and Dementia Support Services The Family Caregiver Support Program advocates for caregivers, provides information and referral to programs and services in support of your caregiving efforts, and has meaningful tools and tips for a better caregiving experience. It’s for any caregiver living on Martha’s Vineyard, or who is caring for someone living […]

October really is such a beautiful month. The light has changed to crystal clarity. It’s lower in the sky, hitting the still-leafy trees and making them sparkle like a tossing of Iyla’s green glitter. Lower in the sky means it will soon be warming my west-facing living room on winter afternoons.  I’m looking at the […]

Senior Center, Water main Break, Pittsfield, Elevator

Senior Center, Water main Break, Pittsfield, Elevator

This week's featured poet is Mary Holmes.

PITTSFIELD — In a sunlit room on the second floor of the Ralph J. Froio Senior Center, two teams face off against each other for a seated game of boccie. Bright blue and yellow balls cruise along the floor as competitors trade encouragement and gentle jabs. One woman introduces herself as Rita, but others quickly chime in: Around here, they call her “uh-oh,” because she makes the most trouble. She curves a finger in greeting and, as if to demonstrate, grins under her mask. “...