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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

At the Tabernacle: It's New and Different

Joshua Sabatini

To keep abreast with the changing times, the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association has altered the way it brings in and hosts the summer progr

Critics Target New Bedford Bill

Julia Wells

One state senator, one state representative, one Steamship Authority governor and a band of Nantucket residents and town officials spoke out yesterday in favor of a voting seat for the town of Barnstable on the boat line board but not for New Bedford.

"My job is to make sure Barnstable gets a vote. But New Bedford has to be proven to be viable before it can get a vote. Now, they should not be on the board at all," said Barnstable Rep.

Island SSA Leader Skirts Issue

Julia Wells

SSA Member Skirts Issues
By JULIA WELLS

Vineyard Steamship Authority governor J.B. Riggs Parker said this week that he will take no formal position on the pending legislation to dramatically change the boat line governing board.

"We are servants of the legislature; we are servants of the state. The legislature is responsible for creating the framework of the authority and they are entitled to change that framework, and I don't believe that the authority member needs to take a particular position," Mr.

Tularemia Case Stirs Concern

Chris Burrell

Public health officials this week confirmed the third case of tularemia contracted on the Vineyard.

Moped Tragedy on Island Mourned and Accepted; Officials Ask for Training

Chris Burrell

The 30-year-old woman killed in last Saturday's moped accident in Oak Bluffs loved to make furniture, especially chests and tables. Kate Dunnet Miller was president of her high school alumni association. "There was a charisma about her, a vibrancy. She was a real extrovert," said her mother-in-law, Dr. Caryn Miller of Washington, D.C.

Caribbean Style Comes to Stage on the Vineyard

Alexis Tonti

Students Join Caribbean Dance
By ALEXIS TONTI

From a seat facing Monty Thompson's Caribbean dance class at The Yard, it is easy to distinguish the students from the members of the Caribbean Dance Company. They are separated by degrees of flexibility, of confidence versus hesitance - the difference between being on the beat or a fraction of a step behind.

After a time, however, three girls emerge as occupants of an undefined middle ground. During warm-up they stand in the front row, a spot others look to for guidance; but then Mr.