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The cost of trash disposal is going up in cash-strapped Oak Bluffs.
A plan to subdivide 70 acres fronting Katama Bay on Chappaquiddick into 11 lots is now before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review as a development of regional impact (DRI).
The Vineyard Golf Club won permission this week to convert six rooms in the clubhouse for overnight use by members and their guests.
The Edgartown zoning board of appeals voted unanimously to amend a January 2000 decision that restricted the rooms for employee use. Board of appeals member Richard Knight, who chaired the meeting, praised the private, nonprofit club for living up to its promises over the years.
Wind farms have long provoked a certain cognitive dissonance among environmentalists, who favor renewable energy but oppose the negative impacts of turbines, including bird strikes and habitat displacement. The effects of turbines on bird populations are fairly well understood after a decade of European experience but less is known about their impact underwater, especially on local species of whales and sea turtles.
A public forum and interviews with West Tisbury police chief candidates originally scheduled for today and tomorrow have been postponed indefinitely because selectman Cynthia Mitchell has been called away due to family matters. At Wednesday’s selectmen’s meeting, board chairman Richard Knabel also announced that the town has received a number of letters endorsing acting police chief Dan Rossi for the job. Superior court clerk Joseph E.
Avery Arrives
Brianna and Christopher Flanders of Buzzards Bay announce the birth of a daughter, Avery Paige Flanders, born on Oct. 10, 2010. She is welcomed by big sister Alanna. Proud grandparents are Noreen and Brian Flanders of Vineyard Haven, with great-grandparent honors going to Florence Flanders of Vineyard Haven and Lorraine and Richard Mavro of Oak Bluffs.