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Got a minute?
Here’s what’s happening on Martha’s Vineyard today.
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Now is the perfect time to donate to the Island Housing Trust! Because of a generous $250,000 Matching Challenge Grant, your donation will go further than ever! To help build the
year-round affordable housing we desperately need, please click here to DONATE now and make a lasting impact!
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Rose arraigned Former Oak Bluffs Fire Chief John Rose appeared at Edgartown District Court and pled not guilty to one count of photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling partially nude or nude person. Some questions still remain for the case and the judge set a $10,000 bail for Rose and ordered him to wear a GPS monitor. Get the details here.
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More tech problems
Many people are aware of it at this point, but the Steamship Authority’s general summer reservations have been indefinitely delayed. Tech issues had also caused problems for the Headstart reservations. The ferry service will announce new summer reservation dates after its tech issues have been resolved, but there is no timeline for that at this stage. Read more here.
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'Unsung’ Service Jules Ben David and Kenneth DeBettencourt have been active members with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary for 50 years each, or a combined 100 years of volunteer service. Station Menemsha held a celebration honoring the Islanders this past weekend. The two were called the unsung heroes of the station. Read that story here.
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MEETINGS
The Chilmark Select Board meets Tuesday at 3:30 pm. Here is the agenda.
The Oak Bluffs Select Board meets Tuesday at 4:30 pm. Here is the agenda.
The Tisbury Select Board meets Tuesday at 5 pm. Here is the agenda.
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The MVTimes: Our reporting makes a difference
Journalism that matters, where you need it, when you need it. Want more?
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Quote of the Day
"The ramifications of this housing crisis extend way beyond mere inconvenience. It is affecting our ability in law enforcement and public safety to retain qualified personnel, as they struggle to afford living in our community, accessible only by air and sea. The time to act is now."
— Dukes
County Sheriff Bob Ogden testified at the state house this week in support of legislation aimed at producing more resource to housing Hot Topic Comment "If you are a supporter of the field this, is not neutral. A vote should not be needed as the school has done everything they have been asked to do, and passed every test, to get the field approved and built. Never has any project on the island needed an island wide vote to be approved, and one shouldn’t be needed now. Follow the laws within the town of OB, which has been done."
— Patrick Cleary criticizes our editorial opinion supporting a Island-wide, non-binding ballot question for or against the turf field Hot Topic Letter "Captain Ralph Packer Senior was reputedly the original owner of the lovely Victorian Tashmoo summer Inn, prior to its deliberate destruction by fire in the mid 1950’s. My historic 1880 home adjacent to it was his own family residence. To assail this area holding such a significant background of local history further might be considered a tragedy."
— Doreen Kinsman writes to us about concerns with the expansion of the Montessori school in Vineyard Haven
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Today: The M.V. Playhouse hosts Monday Night at the Movies and tonight they’re screening "Mister Roberts" with Henry Fonda, James Cagney, and Jack Lemmon. You couldn’t ask for three better actors. Yes, I’m old. $5 cash at the door. 6 pm. –Connie Berry
Feel free to join the Island Community Chorus as they rehearse at the Edgartown library. They’re getting ready for their spring concert and they’d love it if you joined them. I’d join them, but I don’t think they’d love it. 7 pm. –C.B.
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Tomorrow: There’s a Bilingual Story Time for the little ones at the Oak Bluffs library. Books and songs in English and Portuguese. Everyone is welcome, especially if you are 1.5 to 5 years old. 10:15 am. –C.B.
Movies! Check out what's playing at Island theaters here.
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Rock on "GUITAR PICKUP Seymour Duncan Johnny Smith Mini Humbucker, Gold Finish, pick-guard mount. Excellent condition. Taken off DAngelico Excel. $100. 508-939-9571."Click here for more finds in our Classifieds section.
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The Barn Open Monday through Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm for lunch, dinner & bowling. Text Barnmv to 508/696/9800 to receive deals & specials.
The Sweet Life Open year round! Serving dinner Wednesday through Saturday at 5 pm. Wednesday is pasta night. Live music on Thursdays. Brunch on Sundays from 11 am to 2 pm. @sweet_life_mv 508/696/0200 sweetlifemv.com
Click here for more details and specials
Restaurant owners: Are you open? Let our readers know, and support local journalism while doing so!
Contact jenna@mvtimes.com to discuss promoting your dining specials with the MV Times.
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Do you know this lady? We'll throw all winning answers into a pot at the end of the month and someone will win their choice of a $100 gift certificate to an Island business or charity.
Email your answer to newsletters@mvtimes.com, and let us know which day you are guessing about. For previous Do You Knows? see our archive.
Friday's contest answer:
Suzanna Crowell
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Funding the arts
The Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council recently provided a number of grants to local arts groups and institutions. Among the slew of grantees named recently, and in the past: Sankofa African American Literature and Culture Festival, Pride Festival in Oak Bluffs, the Aquinnah Artisans Festival, Built on Stilts, Cinema Circus, the local Chamber Music Society, Islanders Write, and the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse. Learn more about the program here.
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