Remy Tumin
A major public works project to install new power cables deep beneath the Edgartown harbor to Chappaquiddick must start over, a spokesman for the electric company NStar confirmed this week.
NStar spokesman Mike Durand said three of the four conduits beneath the harbor have collapsed and must be installed again. The project, which has caused a fair amount of disruption for the people who live on Chappy, is now projected to be completed by spring.
Artists can be known for isolating themselves from the outside world, but sometimes the best art is made with help from others.
In a seasonal economy where it’s everyone for themselves, the founders of the new Martha’s Vineyard Arts and Culture Collaborative are hoping the group will bring together all Island artists to promote a nurturing year-round arts community.
What to have for lunch — grilled hamburgers or cafeteria food? It was an easy choice for the culinary arts students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Tuesday late morning before they started prep work for a dinner function that night. Ethan Himmel flipped burgers in the kitchen while Carlos Guzman toasted bread in the convection oven and got out cheese.
The Edgartown personnel board sent a letter of reprimand to the town planning board last week following a grievance that was filed claiming inappropriate behavior by an elected official toward a town employee.
Planning board assistant Georgiana Greenough filed the grievance against board member Fred Mascolo on Feb. 2, following a heated exchange at a Feb. 1 meeting.
The personnel board letter was sent to the planning board on Feb. 10.
The Upper Main street business district in Edgartown will see some new enterprise this year following approval by the town planning board of two business projects on Tuesday night.
The board approved a change of use permit that will allow the Edgartown Meat and Fish Market to open in Post Office Square, and also voted to allow a new construction project by the owners of Wave Lengths salon.
Calling it an inappropriate use of prime agricultural land, the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society appealed to the Edgartown selectmen this week to reconsider a plan to use five acres at Katama Farm for a solar panel project that is not yet built. Town leaders responded that they intend to stay the course with the project.
In a letter sent to the selectmen this week, agricultural society president Dale McClure urged to the town to find alternative sites for the photovoltaic panels.