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Got a minute?
Here’s what’s happening on Martha’s Vineyard today.
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Today is just a wild assortment of holidays. First off it’s National Drink Wine Day so enjoy a glass tonight. It’s also National Cow Milked While Flying in an
Airplane Day because on this day in 1930 Elm Farm Ollie was the first cow to fly in an airplane and be milked on an airplane. Her milk was sealed in paper cartons and then parachuted to spectators below. It’s also National Battery Day (how’s that pair doing in your remote?), Thumb Appreciation Day (thanks evolution), and Pluto Day (gone from official planet status, but not forgotten). There will be no Minute on Monday, but we’ll be back Tuesday. If your friend sent you this, sign up for yourself here.
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Schools move to make masks optional In a lengthy meeting last night, the Island school districts moved to make masks optional in school. The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School was the one school to not lift the mandate. Reporter Lucas Thors was at the meeting and has all the details.
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O.B. town hall gets new digs
Oak Bluffs town employees have a brand new workplace. After years of planning, designing, and multiple attempts to get approval from town voters, the town building is complete. Reporter Brian Dowd has the story and took a tour of the new building. Read it here.
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Tigers cap undefeated season with championship The Tisbury Tigers girls basketball team capped an extraordinary undefeated season with a championship win against the Oak Bluffs Blazers. The team played well all season. Head coach Holly Baptiste told Times reporter Brian Dowd how proud she was of the team. In other sports news, track star Zach Utz is heading to New York City to compete in the indoor track finals. Brian has that story here.
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MEETINGS
The Oak Bluffs select board meets remotely on Tuesday at 4:30 pm. Here’s the agenda.
The Aquinnah select board meets remotely on Tuesday at 5 pm. Here’s the agenda.
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Quote of the Day
"This virus is kind of like a wildfire, even when we are doing all the right things. These children are actually terrified to communicate with other people when they don’t have masks. I think it’s time to give people choices, of course, but it’s also time to start living our lives again."—
Morgan Douglas, a parent, said the students should be more involved in the mask conversation Hot Topic Comment Commenter R. Scott Patterson wants to see the bill allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain their driver’s license: "Let’s hope it gets to Gov’s desk and he signs it." Hot Topic Letter John Hough wrote to pay tribute to Jack Shea. "Readers of the Martha’s Vineyard Times may remember how warmly and charitably Jack Shea reviewed my fiction. He had my back, as the other Vineyard weekly did not."
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Today: Val Estabrook leads a Virtual Children’s Art Class for ages 11 to 14 via the West Tisbury library. Start them young, that’s what I always say. 5 pm. –Connie Berry
I haven’t seen this movie, "The Worst Person in the World," but I have read the review. It sounds like it might be funny and maybe a little risque. (I was going to type "naughty," but that word always sounds wrong.) Read Brooks Robards review here. M.V. Film Center. 7:30 pm. –C.B.
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This weekend: Janette Vanderhoop leads Virtual Yoga for All Ages on Saturday morning, 10 to 11 am. I love yoga. I’ve never done it, I just like that it exists. The Family Center offers a Winter Story Walk at the Ag Hall. Bring the kids. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Explore the winter landscape of Chappaquiddick’s only wildlife refuge on this open-air, over-sand adventure. That sounds awesome doesn’t it? It’s a Winter Safari. 12 pm. Join Tracy Thorpe at the Chilmark library for Writing for Young People. Great idea if you are working on a picture book, middle grade or young adult story, or nonfiction for young people. 2 pm. The Red House hosts a free Movie Night with the recovery community. I love the word "free." 6pm. –C.B.
On Sunday, pick up a Craft Bag for Kids, Teens,
or Adults at the Vineyard Haven library. Each bag contains supplies needed to make the craft. 10 am to noon. David Vanderhoop will speak to some common threads in the highly diverse Indigenous
Spiritual Experience at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Nanauwe will provide music with relatable songs she has written. 11 am. I am stopping there on purpose because you know what? I just want to hang out with my family on Sunday, cooking a little soup, doing a little kitchen dancing. And rejoicing in the fact that it’s a three-day weekend. –C.B.
Movies! Check out what’s playing this weekend at Island theaters here.
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Rockin’ inflator "AC/DC Tire Inflator This like new compressor shows tires current and desired air pressure and has
automatic shut-off. $35. 508-693-1129." Click here for more finds in our Classifieds section.
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Dining out?
The Barn Open for lunch & dinner Tuesday through Saturday 11:30 am to 9:30 pm. Bowling available Tuesday through Saturday at 5 pm. Text Barnmv to 508/696/9800 to receive deals & specials.
The Sweet Life Open year round! Serving dinner Wednesday through Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. Featuring a pre-fixe 3 course dinner for $50 on Wednesdays!
@sweet_life_mv 508/696/0200 sweetlifemv.com.
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 woman? Submit your best guess to newsletters@mvtimes.com within 24 hours and check the next Minute for the correct answer. That’s right, you asked and we listened. You won’t have to wait until the end of the month to find the answers. 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.
CONTEST ANSWER
Thursday's correct answer: John Phillips
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Live well, eat well, be well
COVID hasn’t held back Jason Mazar-Kelly, also known as YogiJay, and his wife, Casey, from creating a new business on the Island based on providing community wellness opportunities like yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, calisthenics, and all sorts of other wellness practices. They started out online with some virtual sessions in partnership with the West Tisbury library, and the program has now garnered more than 200 subscribers who tune in. Read writer Abby Remer’s story about the power couple’s journey here.
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