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MVC to Open New Hearing on Katama Meadows Subdivision

Louisa Hufstader | Saturday, January 17 2026 - 9:10am

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission will open a new public hearing next week on revised plans for the Katama Meadows subdivision, after commissioners voted Thursday to accept the withdrawal of a previous application.

Katama Meadows

Martha's Vineyard Commission

Right to Privacy But Not to Life: Is It Okay to Kill U.S. Terrorists?

Mike Seccombe

Before the government can tap the phone or read the e-mails of an American suspected of having terrorist links, it must get the approval of a federal judge. But if they target the same person for death, no such review pertains.

And that deeply concerns Vicki Divoll, a former CIA officer and Senate Intelligence Committee lawyer, who now teaches U.S. government and the Constitution at the U.S. Naval Academy, and who will speak on the subject of targeted killings of Americans by the Obama Administration, tomorrow at the Chilmark Public Library.

Tennis Camp

The Vineyard Tennis Center Workout and Spa will be offering a summer tennis camp running through Labor Day. Camp meets every Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and is for both children and adults. Students can attend daily or weekly sessions. Cost is $90 per day. For more details, call 508-696-8000 or visit vineyardtenniscenter.com.

Sipping Water on Oyster Pond To Help Sobriety Across Island

The statistics never look good, but one thing remains clear: miracles do happen at Vineyard House. Thursday evening marks the 13th annual water tasting to benefit the only sober house on the Island, where staff, board members and volunteers hope not only to raise money for the organization, but to send people home with a message of helping out their neighbors.

West Tisbury Gives Habitat Three Affordable Sites

The West Tisbury selectmen unanimously voted on July 21 to award three lots in Bailey Park to Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard to create three new units of affordable housing. Bailey Park Road Community Housing (Bailey Park) is the result of several years of thoughtful effort by the West Tisbury affordable housing committee, along with the commitment of West Tisbury Community Preservation Act funds.

Insider for High School Post; Islander for Oak Bluffs School

Megan Dooley

After a lengthy candidate search for an assistant principal to replace Neal Weaver at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, school officials have opted to hire an interim candidate internally.

Matt Mulowski, an English and English as a second language [ESL] teacher at the high school, as well as the director of the high school’s alternative STAR Program, will act as the temporary assistant principal for the coming year. He began working yesterday.

Ashlynn Arrives

Laura Meader and Willie Meader of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Ashlynn Rose Meader, born on July 20, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ashlynn weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces at birth.