• Luminaries line the high school track at Relay For Life.
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  • Cancer survivor Kevin Searle speaks to the teams.
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  • Sue Parchesco spoke of a day when nobody would have to wear purple "cancer survivor" shirts.
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  • From left: Michael Haydn, Leslie J. Stark, Mary Ann Cournoyer, Ursula Kreskie, Karen Murphy and Kevin Searle walk the Survivors' Lap.
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  • Creative team baton designs.
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  • Payton Silvia, 22 months, with mother Lisa, claps during the Survivors' Lap.
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  • Tom and Ella Burchert get refreshments from Liz Mercier at the MV Breast Cancer Support Group's tent.
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  • Walkers will continue their relays through the night.
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News

The skies opened in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks home opener against the Brockton Rox Tuesday night, suspending play with the score tied 2-2. The game will be...
“When I say Barrington, you say Levy!” shouted a man onstage wearing gold-framed sunglasses. “Barrington!” “Levy!” the crowd roared back at him. The chant continued, ultimately dissolving into...
Over the next year, a million tiny pioneers will arrive at Sengekontacket Pond. Simply by growing from the size of a pencil eraser to a full three inches, a million oysters are the key part of a...

Celebrations

Erica Bartlett of Vineyard Haven and Meghan Brown of Oak Bluffs were named to the spring 2013 dean’s list at University of Massachussetts Dartmouth. 
James Todd and Jess Swaringen of Oak Bluffs and Alexia Schroeder of West Tisbury graduated from Villanova University in Villanova, Pa. on Sunday, May 19.
Anna Poblocka and Piotr Kornalski of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jason Adam Kornalski, born on June 8 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jason weighed 6 pounds, 13.6 ounces at birth.

Obituaries

William H. Blakesley’s memorial is scheduled for Friday, June 21 at 2 p.m., at the Trinity Methodist Church in the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs. A Power Point of his work will be shown accompanied by...
Linda S. (Regie) Swift of Oak Bluffs died on Thursday, May 30, at Cape Cod Hospital. She was 64.