Martha's Vineyard Center for Living (MVCL) has received a two-year pilot grant for a robust in-home respite service.

The Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded $80,500 in grants and donations to 10 nonprofits on Martha's Vineyard and in Falmouth.

My mantra has been no talking about Covid-19 with our clients. So the staff meetings were brimming with only that.

After providing day services to seniors on the Island for more than 30 years, the Center For Living has a home of its own.

Oak Bluffs selectmen, against the recommendation of a majority of the financial advisory committee, voted last week to become the sixth and final Island town to sign off on an intermunicipal agreement that sets up oversight of the Center for Living.

Oak Bluffs selectmen agreed this week to sign an intermunicipal agreement that will allow the county to buy a building to house the Center for Living, but they balked at a second agreement that would establish oversight of the nonprofit organization’s programs for elderly Islanders.

Last week came news that the late Margaret A. Yates left $1 million for student scholarships. Her trust will also benefit Island seniors.

A new home for the Center for Living is a step closer to reality, after the Dukes County Commission voted last week to borrow money to buy the former Vineyard Nursing Association building.

Aquinnah voters gave the final go-ahead Tuesday for the purchase of a new building for the Center for Living to serve Island seniors, approved a $4.1 million annual operating budget and heard an update on town efforts to move the Gay Head Light.