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The Mariposa Museum, despite struggling financially last year, plans to return and, starting this month, hold its first-ever winter events. |
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De Assis makes waves |
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Senior swim team captain Kuau De Assis recently broke the high school’s 50-yard freestyle record at a home meet against Barnstable, St. John Paul, and Cape Cod Academy. De Assis' time was just over 23 seconds — pretty impressive for a local who started competing four years ago. Read more
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Leadership of the Mariposa Museum & World Cultural Center were uncertain of their future last year after a canceled fundraiser. But after visitors' support, a generous anonymous donation, and a grant, board members now say they're preparing for the regular season starting in June as well as taking registrations for a first-ever slate of events for year-rounders. Those start this month. Read more
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Cyr starts fifth term, with housing focus |
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After cruising to victory in November, Julian Cyr was sworn in last week as the Island’s representative in the state Senate. Cyr tells The Times that his focus will remain on housing. After getting a seasonal designation through the legislative process last session, the goal now is to solidify a revenue source to preserve and develop housing. Read more
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Tisbury, vote now on library repairs |
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Townspeople can vote until 8 pm today at the Emergency Services Facility to approve a $4.4 million borrowing request to renovate and maintain the Vineyard Haven Public Library. Library trustees previously raised $1.6 million for an addition to their building, but they've also been contending with deterioration of their building. "In short," said board of trustees chair Arch Smith, "we have water coming in from the roof, and water coming in from the ground, and we don't want it in the building." Read more
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Nancy Slonim Aronie has been struggling to convince her husband to schedule a hearing test. And her hearing isn't what it used to be. If the two need to shout "What?" at each other for the foreseeable future, they can at least laugh about it, she writes. Her piece ends with a joke about a hard-of-hearing couple. Have you heard it? Read more |
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Today's Minute is sponsored by: MV Bank
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Today |
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If you really want a clean start to the new year, consider this virtual session on decluttering from professional organizer Jamie Novak. You'll hear tips on what to do with all that stuff without getting overwhelmed. It's from 7 pm to 8 pm. Registration required here. Read more |
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Tomorrow |
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The Science & Nature Book Club is back with "Historic Storms of Cape Cod" by Don Wilding. The book covers the natural disasters as far back as the "Long Island Express" Hurricane of 1938, all the way up to Hurricane Bob in 1991. You'll learn about the storms, their impacts, and discuss with fellow club members. It's at 3 pm, Vineyard Haven Public Library, 200 Main Street, Vineyard Haven. Read more |
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Movies
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View the lineup of feature films and documentaries at Island theaters and libraries here.
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Authors & Books |
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Discover author talks, book signings, writing workshops, book sales, and book clubs around the Vineyard here.
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MEETINGS
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The Dukes County Commission meets at 4 pm tomorrow. Agenda here.
The West Tisbury select board meets at 4:30 pm tomorrow. Agenda here. |
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Quote of the Day |
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“I have this ritual where I stretch and put one leg on the block and say a quick prayer, and when I get up and dive in and hit the water everything else goes away. There’s no distractions, it’s just me and the water.”
—MVRHS senior Kuau De Assis on breaking a school record |
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What's for dinner tonight?
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The Barn Open daily for lunch, dinner & bowling. Text Barnmv to 508/696/9800 to receive deals & specials.
Contact adsales@mvtimes.com to promote your dining specials with the MV Times. |
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Name this painter! We'll throw all winning answers into a pot at the end of the month and someone will win a free MV Times T-shirt.
Email your answer to newsletters@mvtimes.com, and let us know which day you are guessing about. For a previous Name This Islander, see our archive.
Monday's contest answer:
Yolanda Reagan |
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