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Crisis situation Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is feeling the pinch of the Island’s shrinking housing market. In January alone, the hospital had 19 potential employees say no to job offers because they feared they wouldn’t be able to afford to live on the Island. Meanwhile, the hospital continues to lose employees for the same reason. Editor
George Brennan spoke to CEO Denise Schepici for a state of the hospital and a look ahead. You can read it here.
Slight increase COVID cases had nowhere to go but up after there were just two positive results to start the month of March. With families returning from a week’s vacation and the mask mandates lifted indoors on the Island, it should be no surprise that there was a slight increase in the number of cases. But as the Island boards of health report, the number is well below the threshold set by the CDC. Editor George Brennan also has this update.
Ride like the wind A bill that was sponsored by state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, D-Falmouth, and recently passed by the House, would give municipalities the ability
to purchase electricity from offshore wind projects. The offshore wind bill also calls for creation of a trust fund that would provide for workforce housing and improvements to the electrical grid. Reporter Rich Saltzberg has this story.
MEETINGS The Steamship Authority board meets at 9:30 am Tuesday. Remote access. Here is the agenda.
The Tisbury select board meets at 3:30 pm Tuesday at the Emergency Services Facility. Here is the agenda.
The
Chilmark select board meets at 5 pm Tuesday. Remote access. Here is the agenda.
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Hot Topic Comment Kristen Jenkinson commented on a crash at the roundabout in Oak Bluffs. "I’m certain that the rotary itself isn’t ‘dangerous.’ It sounds like something else was going on here. Considering one person was arrested ‘at the
scene" and one of the charges may be fleeing from the police!!!!"
Today: Oh, you know where I’m going tonight: Bingo at the American
Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven. I can’t wait. Doors open at 6 pm, play begins at 6:30 pm.–Connie Berry
Writers Read is happening via the West Tisbury library. Be a reader or be a listener, it’s your choice. How about both? 7 pm. –C.B.
Tomorrow:Join the M.V. Garden Club for its monthly meeting, this time about Garden Gems. Learn more and share information with others who are also interested in gardening. 1 pm. –C.B.
Don't hedge your bets "Electric hedge clippers, $50. Call 508-930-6142."
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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.
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Serving dinner Wednesday through Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. Featuring a pre-fixe 3 course dinner for $50 on Wednesdays!
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Staying in? Bring out the green beer because Jenna Lambert leads us down the leprechaun path with this recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage two ways. We hope there’s a pot of gold waiting for us after dinner.
Do you know this physical therapist? Submit your best guess to newsletters@mvtimes.comwithin 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.
Friday’s correct answer: Anthony Holand
Drawn to architecture Jack Ryan’s intensely detailed pen-and-ink artwork is on display at the West Tisbury library. All his work is based on vintage photos from books, old postcards, and more recently, the internet. The library is presenting approximately 40 of his intimate 8 x 10 inch or 8 x 14 inch drawings, opening up a world of wonders. Even the most minute details are created by stippling tiny dots, which takes great patience and precision to master. Read Abby Remer’s story on the exhibit and the artist here, and check out the art at the library.
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