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Our volunteer spotlight continues with Ulrike Wartner, who is wearing three hats on-Island during her retirement. |
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To the new(s) year |
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Here's to 2025, from the MV Times. Photo by Dena Porter at our holiday staff party.
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Revisit more of the Island's biggest stories of 2024 with our year-end list. The Vineyard saw a feat of heroism in October as bystander Robert Harding pulled hall-of-fame windsurfer Nevin Sayre out of Sengekontacket. The Vineyard has seen the last of Beach Road Weekend Music Festival, as founder Adam Epstein cited financial deficits and supply chain issues. Islanders also mourned the loss of beloved local figures this year, including prominent attorney Ron Rappaport, who died unexpectedly this summer. Read more |
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Vineyard Lands for Our Community has raised $5.5 million so far toward its HarborWorks project to remake Vineyard Haven's waterfront. Next steps, the nonprofit says, are to raise over $1 million to pay for permitting. "Our hope is that in years to come, sea-worn tugboats and gleaming ferries will tie up alongside classic schooners and locally built wooden boats, while its shores become a destination for artists, artisans, visitors and Island residents alike," VLC writes in this essay. Read more
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Ulrike Wartner has had an active retirement as a volunteer in three Island organizations. She serves on the ethics board at Hospice at Martha's Vineyard, as a shorebird monitor at BiodiversityWorks, and a harvester at Island Grown Initiative. Her busiest times of year are the summer and fall, when she tracks the well-being of the Vineyard shorebirds. She says volunteering can be a healthy mix of doing what you like while making life easier for others. Read more
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Courtney Daly graduated from the Vineyard's high school in 2000, and in a matter of years had her eyes on a job in behavioral health. But then COVID came and she was laid off. Like many Vineyarders, she headed home to wait out lockdown. She wasn't looking for a career change, but nine months into the pandemic she found a job at Adult and Community Education Martha's Vineyard, which she says changed her life. Read more
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Today's Minute is sponsored by: MV Film Society
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At home you are surrounded by life’s distractions, inclined to pick up the phone or do the dishes. Escape reality for a few hours with a screening at The Film Center.
Enjoy cinema snacks and relax in one of our reclining chairs in front of the big screen.
Simply sit and immerse yourself. You’ve earned it.
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Today
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Mufasa: The Lion King is showing at Edgartown Cinema. It's a computer-animated prequel to the Disney classic, showing the life story of the titular lion. You'll hear voice-acted performances from Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Mads Mikkelsen, Billy Eichner, and many more. It's rated PG, with a runtime of 1 hour, 58 minutes. It's at 6:30 pm, 65 Main Street, Edgartown. Read more |
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Kids can get ready to catalogue 2025 with a fresh journal or a smash book — a type of journal meant for writing, drawing, painting, and pasting. Supplies are limited. It's at 3:30 pm to 5 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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Health & Fitness |
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See yoga classes, recreational activities, and other wellness programs for all ages here. |
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MEETINGS
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The West Tisbury select board meets at 4:30 pm tomorrow. Agenda here. |
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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 Islander
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Name this artist! 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.
Tuesday's contest answer:
Kelly Hess |
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