After four years as CEO of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, Beth Folcarelli this week announced her planned departure from the organization.

Former Oak Bluffs police officer and Rhode Island state police detective Jared Andrews is joining the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School staff as director of the student affairs office, overseeing the school’s counseling department.

The 46th Possible Dreams raised more than $500,000 for Martha's Vineyard Community Services after auctioning a lunch with Larry David, tickets to Fenway and a taping of Seth Meyers' talk show.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services will host its 46th Possible Dreams auction Sunday as the organization seeks to raise about $10 million for a complete revamp of its campus. 

Four years after the onset of the pandemic, Island providers say they are adding new services and on the cusp of rolling out new programs that have long been requested by law enforcement.

These days, the Island’s service organizations face great demands. With the Vineyard population swelling, groups such as Community Services, the boys’ and girls’ club and the school system need to expand. Meanwhile, new organizations — including the aquatics center — are struggling to establish themselves.

Nearly 20 years ago in his landmark Vineyard book People and Predicaments, Island psychiatrist Milton Mazer recalled the beginnings of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. He wrote:

“The venture to provide human services for the Island was begun in 1960 by a small group of Island physicians and clergymen. Their almost daily experience with the many Islanders overwhelmed by human predicaments had led them to look for remedies, and a psychiatric service seemed a good place to begin.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services officially renamed its early childhood center in honor of Paul and Sandra Pimentel.

The Slough Farm Foundation is sponsoring a new child care subsidy for middle-income families on Martha’s Vineyard. The new program is working in conjunction with Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.