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Got a minute?
Here’s what’s happening on Martha’s Vineyard today.
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Today is Tick Tock Day — not that TikTok. It’s a day to complete any unfinished business ahead of the New Year, which probably means staying off TikTok. Our office will be closed on Friday and Monday, but we will be sending out a Minute on Friday. If your friend sent you this, sign up for yourself here.
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New Art arriving daily. Open 7 days a week. A warm welcome awaits you.
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No spin, Rotary is inThe Rotary Club of Martha’s Vineyard may be part of an international organization, but it’s still a small, congenial community group where you can make new friends and make a difference. Colleen Garrett speaks about her experience volunteering for Rotary and the many rewards it brings. Editor George
Brennan has this story.
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Conventional wisdom
The Martha’s Vineyard Neighborhood
Convention is an interfaith organization that has a rich Island history. It began in 1894 to foster fellowship and service among Vineyarders. The organization is still going strong, in part, due to volunteers like Sofia Anthony who serves as the group’s secretary. Reporter Eunki Seonwoo interviewed Anthony about her service to the community through the Neighborhood Convention. Here’s his story.
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Not too Ritz-yYou likely know Larkin Stallings as the owner of The Ritz, but that’s only a small part of the role Stallings plays on the Island. He also heads up the Oak Bluffs Association, a business group that plans a lot of community events involving the business community, and he’s on the board of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. His parents instilled in him the importance of giving back to your community, so it comes as no surprise that he jumped in to help when migrants were brought to the Island without warning. Editor Connie Berry has this story.
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MEETINGS
No meetings are scheduled for Friday.
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Journalism that matters, where you need it, when you need it. Want more?
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Water views with a Pool, Blacksmith Valley, Chilmark SponsoredGlorious views spanning over Nashaquitsa and Menemsha Pond to the Vineyard Sound and Elizabeth Islands. This sweet Vineyard home is situated up high overlooking open meadows, old stone walls with multiple views to the Atlantic Ocean. Located in beloved Blacksmith Valley and enjoyed by the same family for over sixty years, this is a rare opportunity. With
3.6 acres of open, rolling land, classic Chilmark stonewalls and beach plum bushes, this charming 5 bedroom home with an existing pool, sits on a ridge and offers views from Noman's Land to the Edgartown shoreline. The property also includes a garage for vehicle and boat storage at the edge of the property. Squibnocket Beach is around the corner as well as an opportunity to join Zack's Cliffs for Blacksmith Valley residents.
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Quote of the Day
"This is a long-sought victory for reproductive rights and abortion access on Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod, and Nantucket. These funds will bring medical abortion to Martha’s Vineyard, Hyannis, and Nantucket by mid-2023 … These services have been unavailable on Cape Cod since 2008, and medical abortion has never been available on Martha’s Vineyard, forcing many to travel to off-Cape clinics over 90 miles away. I’m particularly grateful to Health Imperatives for
their partnership to bring reproductive health services to Islanders and Cape Codders."
–State Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, on a grant given to Health Imperatives of Vineyard HavenHot Topic CommentDon Keller had a comment on the abortion funding. "It’s about
time."Hot Topic LetterJanet Hefler
wrote about the quick work of utility workers during the recent storm. "They are all heroes to us. We are so grateful for their professionalism and dedication. We can’t thank them enough for working in such horrendous, dangerous conditions, in the
first hours of Christmas Eve day, to help us and other families on Martha’s Vineyard. Our holiday celebration could have had a very different outcome."
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Tonight: You don’t have many more chances to catch the Gatchell Holiday Lights. We’re talking 20,000 lights in the display. Bring a nonperishable food item or a donation for the Island Food Pantry. After dark. –Connie BerryThe Film Center offers Exhibition on Screen: Hopper — An American Love Story featuring works by artist Edward Hopper. Think of him as the diner painter, then you’ll know immediately who he is. 7:30 pm. –C.B.
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Tomorrow: Have a New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Eve with a Children’s Pinkletinks
Concert at the West Tisbury library. It also gives you the opportunity to catch some library staff doing a little dancing while they work. 3 pm. –C.B.
Check out what’s playing at the movies.
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Warm it up"XL Brown Leather Coat 3 quarter length. $40 or best offer! 508-693-9020, leave message."Click here for more finds in our Classifieds section.
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Dining out?
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 man? Submit your best guess to newsletters@mvtimes.com within 24 hours and check the next Minute for the correct answer. We’ll throw all winning guesses into a pot at the end of the month and someone will win their choice of a $100 Lift certificate to an Island business or $100 to go toward an Island charity of their choice. For previous Do You Knows, see our archive.
Wednesday’s contest answer:
David and Saskia Vanderhoop
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This Was Then
Although plenty of sailors went missing
during the 1800s in and around Vineyard waters, the most common thing to go missing back then was cargo. This Was Then columnist Chris Baer writes in his most recent piece that a large shipment of coal was a bit short on the scales
when it was delivered in Holmes Hole in 1871 by Capt. Mariner Cook. Was it the crew or the captain pocketing the goods?
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