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Mike McPherson of Reliable Market brings groceries to Island Food Pantry.
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In a decade or two, they may all be headlining the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival. But for now, a group of 14 aspiring young Island filmmakers will at least enjoy the opportunity to share their work with the Vineyard community and possibly a few of the seasoned filmmakers who will attend the festival to promote their own work.
Vineyard WeekTuesday, March 16, 2010
Songwriting with Jay Segel is from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Featherstone in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $80 for the four-class series. For details, call 508-693-1850.
Adult and Community Education: Microsoft Excel course begins at 6:30 p.m. at the high school. For details, visit acemv.org, e-mail lynn@acemv.org,; or call 508-693-1033, extension 240.
Chess Club for students age six through high school is from 6 to 7 p.m. at Vineyard Haven Public Library. All levels are welcome and instruction is available.
Women's Listening Circle is at Sassafras Earth Education in Aquinnah from 7 to 10 p.m. Listen with our hearts as other women speak, and when we speak ourselves. Suggested donation is $10, or bring something from your garden or business to barter. For details, call 508-645-2008, or visit sassafrasmvy.org.
Writers' Open Mike Night at The Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven begins at 7 p.m.
Live Jazz with Jeremy Berlin and Eric Johnson is at Offshore Ale Co. in Oak Bluffs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Crazy Patch Quilts with Enid McEvoy is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Featherstone. Cost is $45. Preregister by calling 508-693-1850.
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Companies Rush to Bring Faster Internet ServiceThree different start-up companies are pursuing plans to radically expand the Island’s broadband connections, and in the process dramatically improve the Island’s cell phone, Internet and cable television service...
By JIM HICKEY -
Cuttyhunk Combats Comcast on WirelessCreative system of bouncing signal from Aquinnah is called foul, leaving island without serviceOkay, so maybe what the residents of Cuttyhunk were doing in order to get their high-speed Internet service was not strictly legal, but goodness, it was clever. It showed, they will tell you, the sort of inventiveness that made America great...
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Volunteers Feed Record Number of Islanders
The Island Food Pantry unfortunately broke another new record last week. In a span of three days, the pantry gave food to 184 Vineyarders. Of the three days, Monday, March 1 was the largest, with 74 recipients.
Though the snow is gone for now, and the coldest days could be past, “this is the tightest squeeze of the year,” said Armen Hanjian, who heads the nonprofit organziation that provides free food for the Island’s indigent. Work and finer weather have yet to arrive...
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL -
Voters to Face Seven Per Cent Tax Hike in Budget QuestionsAgainst the strong objections of the chairman of the finance advisory committee, and one of its own members, the Oak Bluffs selectmen on Tuesday voted to adopt a $24.5 million budget for next year, approving several budget overrides and putting salary increases for town and school employees back into the budget at the last minute...
By JIM HICKEY -
Congressman Bill Delahunt Reflects
Thirty-five years ago, at the end of the Viet Nam war, there was a mass evacuation of Vietnamese orphans who had been adopted by Americans and other nationalities. One of the parents anxiously waiting for news of Operation Babylift was one William Delahunt.
It was a nerve-racking time. Mr. Delahunt thought his new adopted daughter was on the first flight out. Then he learned the first flight crashed...
By MIKE SECCOMBE -
Owners Remove Willows Blocking Tashmoo ViewsThe view from the Tashmoo overlook, one of the great vistas of Martha’s Vineyard, has been restored, after the owners of a number of large trees finally bowed to pressure from the town of Tisbury and allowed the chainsaws in yesterday...
By MIKE SECCOMBE -
Tonight’s Party Is Tomorrow’s Job Interview
The Chilmark Police Department recently shut down a longtime party barn for teens after a source led them to photos of the location on Facebook. The photos were posted on the social networking Web site by the very kids who took part in the booze-infused parties held there, begging the question: Why post a public record of illegal or unsavory behavior in the first place?..
By MEGAN DOOLEY
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