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Got a minute?
Here’s what’s happening on Martha’s Vineyard today.
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"How the Grinch stole Christmas" aired for the first time in TV history on this day in 1966. The Dr. Seuss story has since become a holiday favorite in multiple renditions. What are your top 3 holiday movies? We’re going with "Elf," "Home Alone," and "Family Stone." If your friend sent you this, sign up for yourself here.
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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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Storm causes flooding, outagesThere were scattered outages on Monday morning from strong southwest winds, as well as flooded roads. Times’ reporters in the field noted cars that had stalled on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven, as well as trees that had taken out power lines in Oak Bluffs and Tisbury. National Weather Service reported the high wind speed on the Island was 59 miles per hour. Read our coverage here.
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The Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved the nearly 40,000 square-foot expansion of the YMCA during a recent meeting. Meanwhile, commissioners retroactively approved the demolition of a century-old Tisbury house, which had been razed earlier this year. And they have new leadership. Read that story here.
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The Healey Administration announced a substantial amount of federal funding that has been earmarked for the replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, which have been considered functionally obsolete. While the funding was just south of $400 million, there’s still about $4 billion needed for the project. Here’s that story.
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MEETINGS
The Aquinnah Board of Health meets Tuesday at 3:30 pm. Here is the agenda.
The Edgartown Planning Board meets Tuesday at 5:30 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
"At the same time … you’re at a point where you must change, you must transform. You have a technology debt … basically, because of the strength of the team, you’ve been able to get away with an underinvestment in technology."
— Consultant Thomas Innis
on the IT issues with the SteamshipHot Topic Comment"The post office is a place where we all pass and it’s a central location for the island. The workers deserve the joy as much as the people. If ordered to remove them, I will ask for people to help protest. Of all the places where we need kindness the most
it’s within our government and nation."
— Melly Meadows McCutcheon on our coverage of her effort to plant 15,000 daffodils across the IslandHot Topic Letter"The frightening thing is that we know but still talk about using the dangerous artificial turf that our school kids will fall on and slide across, grinding bits into the bodies and uniforms we then wash and unthinkingly dump that water right into the ground. All this while the rains also wash the problem directly from the turf into our single source aquifer."
— Kay Mayhew of Vineyard Haven writes to us about corporations and the dangers they pose
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BONUS PHOTO
Thomas Dame of Vineyard Haven took this stellar photo of the Geminid meteor shower from the Edgartown lighthouse beach.
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Today: Who doesn’t love the holiday classic "It’s a Wonderful Life"? No one I know. Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore star. They just don’t make them like they used to. $5 cash. M.V. Playhouse. 6 pm. –Connie Berry
Even though Christmas shopping is still on my mind, my heart belongs to Bingo. At the American Legion in Vineyard Haven. 6 pm. –C.B.
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Tomorrow: Louisa Gould Gallery gives us its annual opportunity to buy affordable art with its 19th Annual Holiday Small Wonders Show. They also have jewelry, notecards, and ceramics. 11 am to 5 pm. –C.B.
Movies! Check out what's playing at Island theaters here.
Seasonal Events! Discover activities for the Holiday Season here.
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Sleep tight
"FREE BOXSPRINGS! 1 twin & 1 queen, text 774-563-0823 to pickup in VH."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.
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 Island artist? 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:
Tammy King
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The Vineyard’s tea
party
The state has been awash in Boston Tea Party celebrations this weekend. On the Island, Mrs. Sarah Allen hosted an 18th-century tea party at the Chilmark Public Library. Allen (portrayed by Norah Van Riper, M.V. Museum manager of education and public programs), has been
in the living history business for more than 20 years, portraying various women, known and unknown, from the Middle Ages through the American Civil War, and has personally thrown tea into Boston Harbor. Read that story here.
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