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A townwide moratorium on wind turbines and a complicated question centering on the long-term impacts of affordable housing rules occupied much of the night when Chilmark voters gathered at their town community center on Monday for back-to-back town meetings, one special and one annual.
And while the annual town meeting warrant was a relatively straightforward affair, by contrast, a short, two-article special town meeting that kicked off the evening sparked wide-ranging discussion and debate.
By JIM HICKEY
Wednesday’s meeting of Vineyard Power, a fledgling cooperative formed just last year to chart a stable energy future for the Island, took place just hours after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar gave final approval of Cape Wind.
Leaders of the group unveiled preliminary plans for a Vineyard-owned wind farm.
The federal government has given its blessing to the development of Cape Wind, America’s first big offshore wind farm, on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound.
The Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced his decision to approve the project, with only minor changes, at a joint press conference with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in the state house in Boston at noon on Wednesday. In words suggesting a conclusion to the nine-year controversy, Secretary Salazar called his approval “the final decision of the United States of America.”
The early childhood program at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has been named one of the best in the state.
The Island program is among the Top 10 High Performing School Readiness Organizations in Massachusetts, according to Social Impact Research, a part of Root Cause, a firm dedicated to mobilizing the nonprofit, public and business sectors to work together.
Martha’s Vineyard Adventure Camp, an Island outdoor exploration camp that began last summer, is offering a 15 per cent discount to campers registered by May 15.
Camp director Stephen Fox says the camp is about engaging children in adventurous activities within a supportive, educational and safe outdoor environment. Activities include kayak-ing, fishing, nature hiking, mountain biking, surfing and boogie boarding and tidal pool exploration.
Help plant and clean up Mytoi, the public Japanese-style garden on Chappaquiddick, on Saturday, May 1, any time from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring your own work gloves, rakes, and shovels.
Please let The Trustees of Reservations know if you plan to attend; call 508-627-7689.