Tisbury Master Plan Presentation 5pm Monday April 29th

Tisbury Master Plan Report Presentation

The Tisbury Planning Board will host a presentation by Barrett Planning Group on the Tisbury Master Plan report on Monday, April 29th at 5 pm at the Katharine Cornell Theater at 54 Spring Street. The Planninng Board will also consider a vote for acceptance of the Master Plan at this meeting. 

The full report and executive summary are now available on the Master Plan website. Printed copies of the reports are also available for review at the library.

Can't attend in-person? Join via Zoom:

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82410061665

Meeting ID: 824 1006 1665

Passcode: 153732

Tisbury Affordable Housing Forum Video Available

On Tuesday April 16th the Tisbury Affordable Housing Committee hosted a discussion at the library, about affordable housing in Tisbury. The committee provided an update on the current situation, discussed Affordable Housing Committee priorities including Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and short term rentals, and took questions and ideas from the public. 

View a recording here: https://vimeo.com/935642976

Committee website: tisburyma.gov/affordable-housing-committee

32nd Annual Earth Day Beach Clean-up with VCS!

Vineyard Conservation Society has announced the date for this year’s Beach Clean-up! A community-wide event with hundreds of volunteers strategically organized at 28 (or more) beaches and other shoreline locations, including Owen Park, Owen Little Way, Lagoon Pond Landing, Lake Street Landing, Tashmoo Beach, and VH Harbor in Tisbury. Each year, this event results in thousands of pounds of trash being removed from our beaches. Don't forget the After-party at the MV Museum at noon!! Free lunch for all beach volunteers and the 2nd Annual Earth Day Festival!

Local organizations returning this year to work at designated beaches include the MV Bank, Lagoon Pond Association, Friends of Sengekontacket, Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, Tisbury Waterways Inc., MV Surfcasters Association, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, The Church of Latter Day Saints, MV Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby Committee, MV Shellfish Group, Boy Scouts, Felix Neck, Harborview Hotel, and The Trustees. Special thanks to all the Towns and the DPW’s from Tisbury, OB and Edgartown, the MV Refuse District and Bruno’s for taking care of all the beach trash!

North Atlantic Right Whales: A Species on the Brink

In January 2024, a young right whale was found dead on a Martha's Vineyard beach, a significant blow to the right whale population. On Tuesday April 30th at 5:30 pm, Vineyard Haven Library will host an in-person presentation on the status of the North Atlantic right whale, one of the most endangered marine animals on earth. Jesse Mechling, Marine Education Director for the Center for Coastal Studies, will share natural history information about the North Atlantic Right Whale as well as current CCS research including aerial surveillance, and habitat and food resource monitoring. 

Jesse Mechling is the Director of Marine Education at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown.  The ocean and ocean life are one of his great passions, and he relishes his role exciting a new generation to the wonders of the ocean.  A lifelong visitor to Cape Cod and permanent resident since 2008, he received a masters from the University of Rhode Island in Marine Affairs and was a 2005 John Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in Washington DC working for the National Ocean Service.  He has two decades of experience working in marine policy and education, and has been with the Center since 2009.   

MV Ballroom Musical Sunday Afternoons Continue in April and May!

Come to dance, or just to listen! 

Join your friends and neighbors for an afternoon of off-season dancing and live music, performed by your local favorites! Organized and sponsored by the MV Ballroom group, in collaboration with Pathways Arts, Vineyard Haven Library, and the Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha's Vineyard. 

Events are held two Sundays a month from 4 - 5:30 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Society Stevens Chapel, 238 Main Street.

This series is funded in part by a grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. 

April 7th: Andy Herr Duo

April 21st: Darby & Sam, Rose-Coloured Glasses

May 5th: Smooth B, DJ Sterling Bishop

May 19th: Flying Elbows, Contra Dance with caller Kansas Brew

Schedule subject to change

Free Online Access to Boston Globe & Wall Street Journal with Boston Public Library eCard

 

Library patrons can now use a Boston Public Library eCard for free online access to the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal. Use the links below to sign up for a free temporary account, that can be renewed as needed:

Boston Globe

• Up-to-the-moment access to Globe.com with no limit on the number of articles viewed.
• Access will be available for the next 3 days (72 hours). A limited number of passes may be issued each day.
• After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and register again to regain access.

Wall Street Journal

• Access will be available for the next 3 days (72 hours). A limited number of passes may be issued each day.
• After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.
• Articles can be accessed back to January 1, 1997, but not market data or stock quotes from charts

You are eligible for a Boston Public Library eCard if you meet one of the following criteria:

• Your primary residence is in Massachusetts.
• You are living in Massachusetts for most of the year while attending school in-state.
• You work for a Massachusetts employer.
• You own a real-estate property in Massachusetts.

Register for an eCard here:

https://www.bpl.org/ecard-registration/

Tales of Now & Zen with Award-Winning Storyteller Motoko

On Sunday April 28th at 2pm, Vineyard Haven Public Library presents "Tales of Now & Zen" with Award-Winning Storyteller Motoko. In this virtual program for adults, Japanese storyteller Motoko offers an afternoon filled with humor, charm, and elegance. She regales with hilarious tales from her old country, as well as poignant personal stories from her childhood in Osaka and her experiences as an immigrant to the US. Motoko is the recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s 2017 Circle of Excellence Award.

Tales of Now & Zen is a travel itinerary to places as strange and exotic as ancient China and the interior of our own heart. Motoko brings us to long ago and far away, then leads us back to ourselves in this moment, as each of her characters reveal their intentions and desires. We learn why a grandmother is strong, why a child is wise, why a warrior is frightened. It is an excursion like no other.

To register for Zoom access visit bit.ly/48uQiMi

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, and by the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library.