Hospital Building Plans Ready for Commission
By IAN FEIN
Patients in any one of the new 24 state-of-the-art rooms on the second floor of the proposed Martha's Vineyard Community Hospital would have views of Lagoon Pond, Vineyard Haven harbor, or a garden slated for the first-story roof of the 90,000-square-foot addition, according to formal plans for the $42 million project that were filed with the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week.
There Is Still Hope to Save the Planet, Jane Goodall Says
By IAN FEIN
Jane Goodall has seen a lot of sad things in the world.
But she still finds reasons for hope, and she shared that message with a packed Vineyard audience at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs on Thursday evening.
"I have three grandchildren, and my sister has two. And when I look at them and think about how much ill we've done to this planet since we were their age, I feel guilt and anger," Ms. Goodall said.
Polly Hill Arboretum Hosts Botany Expert Peter Raven
By IAN FEIN
If development continues at its current pace, our planet will stand to lose roughly two-thirds of its species by the end of the century, according to renowned botanist Peter H. Raven.
Tribal Member Has Deep Sense of Place
By IAN FEIN
Durwood (Woody) Vanderhoop knows all too well the encroaching pressures imposed on the average Vineyard resident - like a lack of affordable housing, eroding environmental resources and a loss of cultural traditions.
They are the same things his ancestors in the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) have been struggling with for the last 350 years.
The Massachusetts house of representatives dealt a crippling blow to Vineyard affordable housing advocates last week, voting 91-64 on Thursday to d
Land Court Denies Bid to Halt Affordable Homes
By IAN FEIN
A Massachusetts Land Court judge last week solidly denied a motion for reconsideration from a group of neighbors who are trying to fight three affordable one-acre homesites on Chappaquiddick.
Edgartown town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport yesterday said the ruling - which directly rejected a series of claims made by the neighbors' attorney - speaks volumes about the nature of the case.