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Got a minute?
Here’s what’s happening on Martha’s Vineyard today.
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With IHT's help a year-round homeowner downsized and stayed on the Island, and two Vineyard
families purchased year-round affordable homes. Watch to see how we did it! You can help build more urgently needed affordable housing on Martha's Vineyard. Click here to donate now.
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Oversand vehicles coming to Chappy? It’s taken a long time, but it finally looks like there’s progress in the review of access for oversand vehicles at the Trustees of Reservations’ Chappy properties. The public hearing has been going since the fall. Some changes have been made since then, and a final decision may be coming next month. Read more here.
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Aquinnah candidates debate
Two-time select board incumbent in Aquinnah, Tom Murphy is facing a challenger in May’s annual town election: Jennette Vanderhoop. At a forum held this week, Vanderhoop says she’ll bring young energy to the board and she’ll be a voice for the Wampanoag people. Murphy, meanwhile, touted his ability to help the town fiscally during his tenure. Read our coverage here.
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School’s almost out?Well, almost is a relative term. But schoolies, the small bass that have been spending their time in warmer climates, are
back here on the Vineyard. Which only means one thing … their bigger brothers and sisters are on their way back. Which means that the fishing is about to get interesting. Read the latest in our Fishing Report.
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MEETINGS
The Chilmark select board meets on Monday at 12 pm. Here is the agenda.
The Edgartown select board meets on Monday at 4 pm. Here is the agenda.
The West Tisbury select board jointly
meets with the historic district commission on Monday at 5:30 pm. Here is the agenda.
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Quote of the Day
"I’ve come to agree that our proposed bylaw is an ill-fitting Band-Aid to a much bigger problem: how to restore the very culture of the CTAC and our community center."
— Jay Grossman at town town meeting in Chilmark this week Hot Topic Comment"Just because tourism is the main industry doesn’t mean it has to happen in family neighborhoods."
— Mary Hansen on regulating short-term rentals in Island neighborhoodsHot Topic Letter"The children of our community are indeed watching us, and we hope next time we all can do better, to act like adults, to be more civil in our disagreements, and try to restore the trust we want our children to have in us. Their eyes are upon us."
— A response to the Chilmark tennis compromise
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Today: Transport to a 1920s English seaside town in the mystery comedy film "Wicked Little Letters," starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley. It's based on a true story about anonymous letters being sent to fellow residents, which prompts a national uproar and an investigation by the town's women. Film Center in Vineyard Haven, 7:30 pm, and additional times over the weekend.
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This weekend: On Saturday, join other volunteers at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury for a Tree Planting Day, 9 am to 12 pm. Down-Island, it's Independent Bookstore Day at Edgartown Books, with author events and a prize drawing, 10 am to 6 pm. There's also the Annual Earth Day Beach Clean-up by the Vineyard Conservation Society, 10 am to 12 pm. At the Oak Bluffs library, there's an open call for a Community Piano Recital, 1 to 3 pm. Up-Island at the West Tisbury library, join Constance Messmer for Psychospiritual Empowerment, 3:30 pm. It's all fashion and swagger at the Film Center with Exhibition on Screen: John Singer Sargent, 4 pm. At the Edgartown library, join everyone for
an evening of Vineyard Poets Read, 6 pm.
On Sunday, help the Ag Society on their Ag Hall Spring Clean-up Day and enjoy lunch from the grill, 10 am to 1 pm. With pre-registration, you can stay at the Ag Hall for a Compost Workshop by Roxanne Kapitan of Garden Wisdom, 1 pm. For a
virtual event by the Vineyard Haven library, listen to Tales of Now & Zen by awardwinning storyteller Motoko, 2 pm. To learn ways to have restorative sleep, join Jacqueline Foster at the West Tisbury library for Ayurveda for Deep Rest, 2:30 pm. For a fun adventure at Edgartown Cinema, catch "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, 4 pm. In the evening, enjoy selections of reggae music by M.V. Community Radio, at 96.7 lpfm or online, 8 pm. Have a good weekend!
Movies! Check out what's playing this weekend at Island theaters here.
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Hit all the right notes"Free upright piano, some broken keys. You pick up, which is in Chilmark. If interested, call 401-480-6194."Click here for more finds in our Classifieds section.
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Do you know this Island patriot? Bonus points for guessing her daughter? 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.
Thursday's contest answer:
Greg Marshall
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Writing from the Heart
Nancy Slonim Aronie, in her column "Writing from the Hearth" this week advises us not to wait and let bad feelings fester between yourself and someone you love. They might be gone before you do. She writes of memories she shared with her sister, who passed. Read the latest here.
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