Compromise at Bradley Square

The neighborhood looks tired and a little run down. The old church is boarded up and empty, while a sagging cottage across the street has a For Sale sign in front.

This is the setting for Bradley Square, a proposed development project that envisions affordable apartments and housing for artists on Masonic avenue in Oak Bluffs.

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of September, 1933:

SAVING LIVES

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

State Primary

The Massachusetts state primary is Tuesday. Polls will be open in every Island town from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Polling places by town are as follows: Aquinnah, town hall; Chilmark, community center; Edgartown, Baylies Room at the Old Whaling Church; Oak Bluffs, public library; Tisbury, American Legion Hall; West Tisbury, public safety building. All registered voters are eligible to vote in the primary on their party ticket; unenrolled voters may choose to vote as either Republicans or Democrats.

Second Life for the Home Port

Chilmark voters face an important decision when they convene for a special town meeting later this month: whether to buy the Home Port restaurant for two million dollars in order to tear it down and build a parking lot and more public bathrooms.

The plan has been crafted principally by selectman J.B. Riggs Parker and has the support of the majority of the board.

Striped Bass: Taking Stock