Alex Elvin
The Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with three projects totaling $18.5 million to remove practice bombs and other debris from former World War II bombing ranges on the Vineyard and reduce the risk of injury.
On a mild afternoon, a few eiders bobbed up and down in the surf at Squibnocket Beach. Cars came and went from the town parking lot, which now juts out beyond the eroding shoreline on either side.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week approved a $1.42 million budget for the coming fiscal year.
The Aquinnah Circle at the westernmost tip of the Vineyard has been named a cultural and historic district by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
A complicated project to rebuild the Squibnocket shoreline will head to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review.
With tick-borne illness on the rise, health agencies are turning their attention to babesiosis, a disease carried by deer ticks.