Martha’s Vineyard – Kathleen Samways, a physical therapist and the former Dukes County associate commissioner on disability affairs, told selectmen at their Monday meeting that the 19th-century Old Whaling Church belonging to the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust poses accessibility barriers, including steep stairs going into the sanctuary, an unreliable elevator and poor lighting. In the […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – A hand recount of votes, requested by members of the airport commission and supporters, on a Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion question for the $1.2 million plan to rebuild the old airplane hangar at the town-owned airfield Monday resulted in a 468 to 468 tie. Much like what occurred with the override […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – A name change for the The Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust, now to be known as the Vineyard Trust, accompanied the announcement that the organization’s new flagship property, the Carnegie library on North Water Street in Edgartown, will open to the public on June 23. Established in 1975, The Trust owns 20 historic […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – Following its annual town election Tuesday, Tisbury voters narrowly rejected the $46.6 million new school project, throwing future plans for the school into limbo. The hotly-debated school project had won approval by a wide margin at the annual town meeting in the second week of April. But in the end it failed […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – Following a vote, Oak Bluffs selectmen have permanently close East Chop Drive to vehicular traffic. A further restriction to ban bicycle and pedestrian traffic on part of the scenic roadway was rejected. A three-year plan recently approved by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to repair and stabilize the bluff has been developed by […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – In response to recent sightings of three North Atlantic right whales south of Martha’s Vineyard on April 24 NOAA Fisheries has announced a voluntary vessel speed restriction zone to be in effect until May 9 has been established in the area after the whales were seen 19 nautical miles south of the […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – A new water quality management policy with a heavy emphasis on the Island’s high nitrogen concentrations in coastal ponds was presented by The Martha’s Vineyard Commission at its Thursday meeting. According to the committee findings, 12 of the 15 coastal ponds and watersheds with water quality data collected by MEP and Buzzards […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – The Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission has sent a demand letter to its tenant Nicholas Catt owner of Airport Laundromat at the airport business park for payment of a $140,000 wastewater bill by May 3. If the debt remains unresolved, the commission has said it will terminate its lease agreement with Mr. Catt, […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – Following a winter kelp farming experiment off Menemsha, The Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group and Fisherman’s Preservation Trust concluded that kelp farming has the potential to become a cottage industry providing a healthy local food source on Martha’s Vineyard . The findings were recently presented at the Chilmark Library. Needing little training or […]
See MoreMartha’s Vineyard – Island businessman Geoff Rose who plans to operate the Island’s first and only licensed medical marijuana dispensary and cultivation facility has officially shown interest in obtaining a license to sell recreational marijuana as well. An application from Patient Centric of Martha’s Vineyard, owned by Mr. Rose, was submitted on April 3, according […]
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