Oak Bluffs
Bandstand in the snow.Timothy Johnson
Town Column
News
As I head out to the porch for another armload of wood for the stove, I am reminded of the upside to this truly remarkable winter.
For the first time in more than five decades, there will be no basketball in Niantic Park this summer due to major renovations planned for the popular Oak Bluffs hangout. Construction is slated to...
The following letter was sent to the Oak Bluffs historical commission.
Celebrations
Skylah Forend of Oak Bluffs was named to the 2014 fall semester dean’s list at Merrimack College.
Michael DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs was named to the fall 2014 semester dean’s list at New England Institute of Technology.
Becky and Mike Cotrone of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Zoey Elizabeth Cotrone, born on Feb. 12 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Zoey weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.
Obituaries
Robert W. Sylvia, affectionately known as Pesky or Uncle Bob, of East Falmouth, died on Feb. 17 at Falmouth Hospital after a brief illness. He was 86.
Robert Graham Huntington Jr. of Chatham, N.J. and Edgartown died peacefully on Feb. 12 after a short illness. He was 89.