Martha's Vineyard Opinion | Vineyard Gazette

Brendan O'Neill | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:29pm

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is taking an important step to address the Island’s growth crisis through a new carrying capacity study.

This time of the year / Whispers in Santa’s ear / Elicit Ho, Ho, Hos / Smiles of children / Laughter of folklore.

It just breaks my heart when I hear of yet another case of a broken promise relevant to our Island community housing issue.

I would like to give a shoutout to Edgartown’s highway superintendent, Allan Debettencourt, and his employees.

From the Dec. 19, 1947 edition of the Gazette:

I am writing in support of Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard as proposed on land in Edgartown.

n 1975, my grandfather, Roger DeFeo, went to Martha’s Vineyard with his older brother Lawrence to find an ideal place to build family homes.