Swimming to the states

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Islanders awoke to a blanket of snow on Sunday, likely the most significant snowfall in years. The National Weather Service reports that the Vineyard received about five inches on average.

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Next step, states

The boys varsity swim team, coming off of an undefeated season and back-to-back league championships, will be sending a number of swimmers to the state championships next weekend. The sectionals were yesterday in Cambridge, and aside from the states, school records were broken. Read more

Hundred-unit development under commission review

Green Villa, a 100-unit 40B project, appeared before the Martha's Vineyard Commission on Thursday. Developer William Cumming said his goal is to build the project without subsidies or market-rate housing, but he is yet to reveal how that could be done. A civil case against the project brought by Oak Bluffs officials also presents challenges. Read more

What's new on Tap?

There’s a new bar coming to Vineyard Haven. M.V. Taps is moving into what used to be Golden Bull at Five Corners, possibly by April. Business owners originally wanted a self-serve bar without bartenders, but the town had something to say about that. Read more

Study ranks dangerous roadways

Five Corners topped a list of the Vineyard's most dangerous intersections in a road safety study for the M.V. Commission. Results and solutions for the Island's danger zones were presented last week, and include installing traffic lights and roundabouts. The commission is still collecting Vineyarders' input on which locations deserve more attention. Read more

AT A GLANCE

Vineyard drought increases to "significant"

COMMUNITY

On James Pond

Jonathan Burke's latest nature walk to James Pond Preserve yielded muted landscape views, bracing winter wind, and a frozen beach. "I would have liked to have laced on some skates," he writes.

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HAPPENINGS

Today

Writers Read features short original prose pieces, both fiction and nonfiction. Each particpant gets eight minutes to read, and receiving critique afterwards is optional. Sign up to read or listen by emailing Niki Patton at gaia1muse@gmail.com. This event meets on Zoom in February. It's at 7 pm. Read more

Tomorrow

Certified volunteers will offer free income tax preparation with a special emphasis on people sixty years and older. First call the Edgartown Council on Aging at 508-627-4368 to make an appointment. It's from 10 am to 3 pm at Edgartown Library, 26 Edgartown–West Tisbury Road, Edgartown. Read more

Movies

View the lineup of feature films and documentaries at Island theaters and libraries here.

Libraries

Check out free programs for all ages at the Island's six public libraries here.

MEETINGS

The Steamship Authority Port Council meets at 9 am tomorrow. Agenda here.

The Oak Bluffs select board meets at 4:30 pm tomorrow. Agenda here.

The Tisbury select board meets at 4:30 pm tomorrow. Agenda here.

The Aquinnah select board meets at 5:00 pm tomorrow. Agenda here.

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Quote of the Day

“Martha’s Vineyard is actually somewhat anomalous in that it’s the only rural jurisdiction that is above the statewide average for pedestrian-involved crashes, in terms of the severity.”

—Transportation planner Zack Gavel on an M.V. Commission road safety project

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