In Vineyard Power’s humble headquarters just past the Grange Hall on State Road in West Tisbury hangs a dry erase board with a breakdown of the Island’s energy meters. One number stands alone in bold: 824. It’s the most important number to the fledgling energy cooperative, the number of members who have signed up so far.
“If those 824 members all get one person to join, we’d be up to 1,600,” said Vineyard Power director Richard Andre, eyeing the board. Credibility, both in the community and among investors, depends on membership.
Last April Oak Bluffs voters approved borrowing $500,000 to pay for a dredging project in Sengekontacket Pond, but this week town administrator Michael Dutton said the town is having difficulty keeping the long-stalled project under budget.
A group of neighbors are unhappy about noise, added traffic and overflow parking problems at the popular State Road restaurant in North Tisbury.
In a letter sent to the West Tisbury selectmen, zoning board of appeals and town building inspector last week, six State Road abutters outlined a long list of complaints about the restaurant, which opened a year and a half ago.
The letter, which was read into the record of the weekly selectmen’s meeting on Wednesday afternoon, also accuses the restaurant of unauthorized parking use on neighboring property.
With the future impact of the BP oil spill still as murky as the fouled waters of the Gulf, the job of compensating victims has fallen on the well-worn shoulders of Brockton native and 20-year Vineyard vacationer Ken Feinberg.
The Vineyard prides itself on promoting all things local: music, painting, livestock, produce, you name it. This weekend, though, the Island goes international as it celebrates the cinema of the world.
Last night the fifth annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival kicked off as it always does, with an opening night reception on the Mansion House rooftop.
Ten minutes outside of Paris is what Aquinnah archaeologist Duncan Caldwell calls a “phantasmagoric landscape” of gnarled rock outcroppings and crevasses. Within these chasms Mr. Caldwell has discovered ancient inscriptions and a novel interpretation of Paleolithic art.
