News
After months of permitting problems and delays, a plan to dredge Sengekontacket Pond in Oak Bluffs to improve tidal circulation and reduce bacteria levels has been put off until next fall.
Town officials this week received a letter from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management saying that it will need to initiate a federal consistency review for the project.
Chilmark voters on Monday easily approved several spending articles, including a $2 million plan to build three rental duplexes on Middle Line Road for affordable housing. A light turnout total of 80 voters attended the meeting at the Chilmark Community Center.
The Middle Line Road article passed by a vote of 60-3.
An agreement that links three health providers — two on the Vineyard and one on Cape Cod — will simultaneously bring Medicare-certified hospice care to the Island and douse a minor feud between Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard and the Vineyard Nursing Association.
A man deer hunting on Chappaquiddick Saturday morning was accidentally shot by a member of his own party, marking the second time in a less than a week that someone was mistakenly shot in a hunting season that has been marked by minor mishaps.
The accidental shooting last Saturday occurred just before 11 a.m. at a remote private property adjacent to the Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge owned by The Trustees of Reservations.
Here’s a proposed expedition every bit as adventurous (but not nearly as brutal) as Capt. Shackleton’s trek across South Georgia Island: Why not sit down with loved ones and plan to attend every last event being staged over the coming weekend — Dec. 11 to Dec. 13 — of the Christmas In Edgartown extravaganza?
Away to the Anchors
Complimentary hot beverages and comfort food, both sweet and savory, will be available Sunday, Dec. 13 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Anchors on Dock street, provided by the Friends of the Edgartown Council on Aging. There will also be a silent auction, and any freewill donations will go to the fuel fund for Edgartown seniors.