Once More Before the Court: Power of the Commission
By JULIA WELLS
The unique power of the Martha's Vineyard Commission to review low and moderate income housing projects under Chapter 40B, a section of state law commonly known as the anti-snob zoning statute, will come under scrutiny again later this month in the Massachusetts Land Court.
Developers Bring Their Housing Plan Back to Commission
By JULIA WELLS
Alternately cracking shrill jokes and smacking the table with his hand, a Bolton housing developer last night unveiled a new version of a plan to build 320 homes on the southern woodlands property once planned as the site for the Down Island Golf Club.
Brian Lafferty, who works for property owner and would-be golf club developer Corey Kupersmith, wasted little time before throwing down the gauntlet in front of the Martha's Vineyard Commission.
In Oak Bluffs, ‘a Lot of Work' Lies Ahead as Town Tries to Heal Rifts from Election
Stay in Commission, Says Record Vote
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
Marking history and closing one of the most divisive chapters in the annals of the town, a record number of Oak Bluffs voters went to the polls this week and said no to pulling out of the Martha's Vineyard Commission.
Using new lawyers but spelling out the same themes, the developers of the Down Island Golf Club filed a lawsuit against the Martha's Vineyard Commission late last week, attacking everything from the recent vote to reject a luxury golf course project in the southern woodlands to the enabling legislation that created the commission.
Thoughtful land planning, the end game in development, difficult decisions in the name of protecting the unique qualities of the Vineyard - values,
Torn down the middle for the third time in three years, the expressions eloquent and heartfelt on both sides of the street, a strained and weary Ma