MVC Reopens Review of Housing Plan

By MANDY LOCKE

Neighbors sharpened their questions last night as the Martha's Vineyard Commission began its second look at an affordable housing project slated for the center of a densely-settled Edgartown neighborhood.

The Jenney Lane project, proposed by Island Affordable Housing Fund and South Mountain Company, calls for a cluster of 10 single-family homes just behind Pine street and Curtis Lane. The project aims to boost Island families of modest income into the ever-rising housing market.

As Vineyard nonprofits large and small confront the realities of competing for a shrinking pool of donor dollars, The Foundation for Island Health (FIH) announced this week that it will eliminate the bulk of its paid staff and convert to an organization that is run almost entirely by volunteers.

More than two and a half years after the crash of a defective Jeep claimed the life of a high school senior, the young man's family finally saw some justice this week.

Amy Lawry of West Tisbury and Joan Fresher of Edgartown don't know each other, but they shared a connection on Wednesday when Mrs. Lawry's prize striped bass became Mrs. Fresher's dinner.

Waiting List for English Classes Is Long; Indicator of Intent to Stay

By CHRIS BURRELL

They are, said Jeanne Burke, the people who sustain the Island, the ones who ring up the groceries, paint the houses and tend the gardens.

They are also the ones knocking on Ms. Burke's door in staggering numbers, looking for a place in one of the six English classes taught through the Martha's Vineyard Adult Learning Partnership, where Ms. Burke is the director.

Within the Island’s Brazilian community of more than 2,000, the panic that followed Thursday morning’s raid by federal immigration officers turned