Amid conciliatory expressions and with the developer's representative waving a white hat in the air, the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted without
Tree-Cutting Questions Pull Southern Woodlands Back Before Commission
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Connecticut developer Corey Kupersmith came back onto the radar screen this week in a fresh collision with the town of Oak Bluffs and the Martha's Vineyard Commission - this time over a tree-cutting project that may or may not be in violation of state and local laws.
In an unqualified show of confidence for one of its own members who has been under relentless attack by the developers of the Down Island Golf Club
Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven and West Tisbury town officials received their marching orders this month - recommendations for steps these I
In the face of federal laws which leave local zoning regulations powerless, West Tisbury officials are grappling with one of the first of a likely
Golf Club Case Gets a Hearing
A Motion for Court to Reconsider Earlier Ruling Takes Lawyers to Boston; How Powerful Is Island Commission?
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
BOSTON - An attorney who represents the Down Island Golf Club developers tried to convince a Massachusetts Land Court judge this week that the court's chief justice was wrong when he ruled last year that the Martha's Vineyard Commission has full power of review over affordable housing developments - including the power to reject them.