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As the Chilmark planning board continues to work on crafting a bylaw to regulate large houses, the town zoning board of appeals sounded off this week about the proposed bylaw, saying among other things that the planning, not zoning board, is the proper committee to review large houses under any new rules that the town decides to adopt.
This could be you: Owner of a majestic summer island home with a sweeping vista of Edgartown Harbor, Nantucket Sound and Cape Poge gut; Steward of 18 acres of marsh, cliffs and wooded hills on Chappaquiddick’s North Neck area; and, not least, head of the Royal & Ancient Chappaquiddick Links, a nine-hole golf course cut from the land more than 100 years ago.
A Martha’s Vineyard cab driver found himself at the center of national attention this week after a confrontation Sunday with a Republican videographer, eventually holding a press conference Wednesday evening to address the incident, saying he meant to shield his young daughter from the camera.
In the most recent development, Sen. Scott Brown weighed in on the incident Thursday by sending a letter to Oak Bluffs selectmen urging them not to take away the taxi driver’s license.
As the 2012 presidential race heats up — from the GOP convention in Tampa to much ado about a campaign video scuffle on the Vineyard — the new ninth congressional district will have its own excitement in next week’s state primary, with an incumbent congressman facing a primary challenger and two Republicans vying for a spot on the November ballot.
The Sept. 6 primary will be the first time the voters will go to the polls as part of the of the new district, which was the result of redistricting last fall.
Hilary Mathews and Matthew Kavanagh of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania announce the birth of a son, Liam Makonikey Mathews-Kavanagh, born on August 26, 2012 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Liam weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.
The Lego set was nowhere to be found.