Remy Tumin
As Edgartown and West Tisbury prepare to appeal the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s approval of the roundabout in superior court, the West Tisbury selectmen closely questioned the commission chairman this week about the project, including why it was not referred for review earlier in the process.
MVC chairman Chris Murphy appeared before the selectmen at their weekly meeting on Wednesday.
Every piece is different, even the socks.
That’s been the rule at In the Woods for the past 27 years, the eclectic woodcraft, rug, furniture, cooking wares and knickknack store in Edgartown. The store has stocked everything from woven wool socks from Afghanistan to sets of Noah’s Ark crafted in the backwoods of Maine. But at the end of the month the doors will close for good.
Engraved bricks, literary speakeasies and musical summer evenings have all added up, and the West Tisbury Library Foundation passed the $1 million mark last week in its fund-raising campaign for a new library.
Two months out from a Jan. 31 deadline, the foundation is nearing its $1.5 million goal.
And head library trustee Dan Waters credited others for the success.
It was a clear night on top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire last Saturday; the temperature was 31 degrees a few hours after the sun had set. But Vineyarders didn’t have to travel to experience the weather at the highest elevation in the Northeast. A virtual trip sufficed from inside the comfortable conditions at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
Efforts to improve the quality of school lunch programs on Island moved a step forward this week when the Up-Island Regional School District backed a plan to renovate and expand the kitchen at the West Tisbury School.
Five years ago Mitchell Posin and Clarissa Allen had a vision: of sheep grazing under a windmill that powered their Chilmark farm. It was a vision of a working farm functioning with clean energy, from the grass the sheep ate to the compost tea they helped produce to the wind that spun the turbine.
On Monday morning that vision became reality when a 149-foot turbine was installed at the farm, the largest turbine to date on the Island.
Once it is fully operational, the windmill will produce 125,000 kilowatt hours per year.