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For the first time in several years, Island residents looking to welcome the New Year with dancing, champagne and yes, fireworks, need look no further than Edgartown. Hoping to usher in a new tradition along with 2012, the Harbor View Hotel will sponsor a fireworks show over the Edgartown harbor, with attendees at the hotel’s New Year’s Eve party having a prime view of the display.
The Up-Island regional school district committee voted this week to part ways with food service provider Chartwells at the end of the school year, and now plans to develop its own school meals program based at the West Tisbury school.
Vineyard Propane Merges
Demand for propane my be on the rise but Island shoppers will soon find their options decreased. AmeriGas, the largest propane distributor in the country and one of three distributors on the Island, is set to acquire Vineyard Propane as part of a massive merger with Vineyard Propane’s parent company.
The steamship Martha’s Vineyard hasn’t set sail from Woods Hole since 1956 but its steam whistle is still causing a headache for the Steamship Authority.
At their monthly meeting this week the boat line governers met in executive session to discuss whether to sue current SSA Capt. Bruce Malenfant to recover what may be the SS Martha’s Vineyard’s long-lost steam whistle. But the Malenfants believe it’s a case of mistaken identity.
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National Job Shadow Day
Got a job? Share your skills with the kids!
The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative is seeking participants for its second annual Job Shadow Day. MVYLI youth will be matched with Vineyard businesses in order to provide them with firsthand experience in their fields of interest. Some of those participating say they aspire to become architects, economists, engineers, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, small farm lobbyists and environmental scientists.
One of my favorite holiday movies is the story of The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry.
The story opens with $1.87. That is all the money that Della Dillingham Young has to buy a present for her beloved husband, Jim, and the next day is Christmas. Faced with such a situation, Della promptly bursts into tears on the couch, which gives the narrator the opportunity to tell us a bit more about the situation of Jim and Della. The short of it is they live in a shabby flat and they are poor in material goods, but very rich in the love that they have for one another.