The YMCA of Martha's Vineyard will reopen its doors to members Sept. 9, according to an announcement.
YMCA
February 23, 2021
Young performers up to age 18 are invited to take part in Friday's online open mic, receive a gift certificate and maybe win free pizza.
2009
November 5, 2009
Jill Robie, the new interim executive director at the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard, began her first day on the job Tuesday wearing a hard hat and walking through the new $12 million facility in construction off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
While she was touring the concrete swimming pool with Chuck Hughes, president of the board, and Bill Skinner, board member, there were loud roofers outside overhead hammering in new shingles.
October 22, 2009
Longtime YMCA executive Jill Robie will relocate from Orono, Me., to become interim executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Y beginning Monday, Nov. 2.
Ms. Robie will take over from Margaret (Peg) Regan, the retired regional high school principal who has been acting in the role since August. Construction of the 38,000-square-foot center in Oak Bluffs began in May; the first phase of the complex is expected to be completed in May 2010.
August 3, 2009
Margaret (Peg) Regan, retired principal of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and teacher in Massachusetts for 30 years, has been named the interim executive director of the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard.
Her term, which began August 1, will continue indefinitely while the search for a new executive director is completed, the YMCA announced yesterday.
May 21, 2009
Rain and drizzle forced volunteers, staff and supporters for the new YMCA building into a huddle beneath a small tent at Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony. At the center of the huddle was a scale model of the new 38,000-square-foot facility.
April 30, 2009
There was good news and bad news this week for the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard, as the nonprofit announced that executive director John Clese is stepping down, and that construction of the new $11 million YMCA on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road is set to begin in the coming weeks.
Mr. Clese will end his work for the YMCA on July 1, said president Chuck Hughes. Meanwhile, ground-breaking on the new 38,000 square-foot-building is tentatively set for May 18.
Mr. Hughes called it a bittersweet time for the YMCA staff and family.
April 2, 2009
The chief executive officer of Festival Network, the national entertainment promoter that has held a concert in Ocean Park featuring the Boston Pops for the past two years, has said the future of the concert is in doubt, largely because it lost money last year.
CEO Chris Shields has also leveled harsh accusations at the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard, saying that the nonprofit organization still owes his company thousands of dollars from ticket sales last August.
