Revised Yellow House Plan Attracts Lone Bid
A sole applicant is in the running in Edgartown’s second search for someone to lease and renovate the Yellow House.
Sara Brown
In the midst of a nationally-watched, closely-contested U.S. senate race, Elizabeth Warren came to the Vineyard this weekend with a message: there are two visions of America on the table for November’s election, she said, and stakes are high.
Edgartown police and town officials are looking into whether sea planes are permitted on the Great Pond after neighborhood complaints of a Cessna Skyhawk landing there.
At the selectmen’s meeting Monday, town administrator Pamela Dolby said that over the last few weekends there have been reports of a sea plane landing in the Edgartown Great Pond, at Wilson’s Landing.
“It’s a great concern to people who live in the neighborhood,” Mrs. Dolby said.
In a reversal this week, Vineyard fishermen dropped their lawsuit over the Cape Wind project, with Cape Wind in turn agreeing to support access and a new permit program for fishermen who make a living in the waters around Horseshoe Shoal.
At a conference call with members of the Island and regional media Tuesday, Cape Wind communications director Mark Rodgers and Warren Doty, president of the Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association, announced that the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court two years ago, would be dropped.
For 43 years, he’s led the annual Fourth of July parade through the streets of Edgartown. But next week’s festivities will be Fred B. (Ted) Morgan Jr.’s last as grand marshal and organizer of the patriotic display.
Mr. Morgan announced that it would be his last year at the Monday selectmen’s meeting this week.
Rowdy dogs and lackadaisical pet owners, time to shape up: Oak Bluffs has an animal control officer back on the job.
Rowdy dogs and lackadaisical pet owners, time to shape up: Oak Bluffs has an animal control officer back on the job.
Anthony BenDavid was appointed to the post at the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday.
“He’s available at night, he’s available during the day,” police chief Erik Blake told the selectmen. “He couldn’t have come more highly recommended.”
After a turbulent decade in the housing market, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is reporting a second relatively flat year of revenue, perhaps indicating that the market is climbing onto steadier ground.
Land bank executive director James Lengyel said this week that revenues are expected to be down about seven per cent for fiscal year while transactions are up about three per cent.
“The numbers speak for themselves,” Mr. Lengyel said, calling them “essentially flat.”
The fiscal year ends Saturday.