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Color movies from vacationing on the Island in the 1940s were donated last year to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. The online exhibit is called On the Vineyard: Summer Vacation in 1940 and 1941.
The Steamship Authority saw a busy morning on opening day for online summer ferry reservations Tuesday. And there were no website crashes this year.
The First Congregational Church of West Tisbury and the Federated Church in Edgartown were among houses of worship ringing their bells in honor of those who have died of Covid-19.
Coronavirus cases continued to surge on the Island over Martin Luther King Day weekend, with 32 new positive tests since Friday, one new hospitalization and the first positive in the school testing program.
Monday’s keynote speaker was Mariama White-Hammond, an activist and founding pastor of New Roots African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester.
The Edgartown market and carry-out reopens Jan. 20 at 8 a.m.