Monthly Archives: October 2023
More publicity needed for Oak Bluffs zoning reform
To the Editor:
I’m writing with concerns about the upcoming Oak Bluffs planning board public hearings for potentially significant zoning reforms being proposed by the...
School committee dipping into budget for legal question
The MVRHS School Committee voted to spend more money on legal fees pertaining to the high school athletic field project, this time to engage...
Oak Bluffs business suing over wastewater decision
A local business owner is taking Oak Bluffs to court, saying that arbitrary wastewater rules have prevented her from opening a business for several...
Take Back the Tap adds seven refill stations
The Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS)'s Take Back the Tap (TBT) program has grown its water bottle refill station network by seven locations since the...
Excessively high job rating for SSA general manager
To the Editor:
The Steamship Authority (SSA) general manager, Robert Davis, recently received a very high job performance approval rating (95 percent) from SSA Nantucket...
Steamship vessel suffers hull damage after ‘hard docking’
Updated October 3
Several Steamship Authority trips on Monday evening and Tuesday morning were canceled after the ferry Nantucket collided with a concrete pier in...
Ann Riggs Fielder
Ann Riggs Fielder, of West Tisbury, passed away on Sept. 29, 2023, just two days after celebrating her 98th birthday. She was the wife...
Seventh annual Ladyfest (fund)raises the roof
From 5 to 10:30 pm last Saturday, Oak Bluffs' Ritz Cafe and Dos Más restaurants hosted the seventh annual Ladyfest MV, a fundraiser concert...
Hunting season underway
Bow hunting season begins today, October 2, marking the start of deer hunting season on the Island.
The public is advised to wear orange when...
Airport Fitness changing hands
In an upcoming Oct. 5 meeting, the West Tisbury zoning board of appeals (ZBA) will hold an informal hearing to approve transferring Airport Fitness'...
Pushback growing to strict shorebird protections
Efforts to remove certain restrictions from the state’s updated shorebird protection plan are continuing to garner support from proponents of responsible beach access on...
‘Billy Baloo’ is born
When Michael Mason died in February this year, he left behind a loving family, but he also left behind his life’s work in the...
Leadership lacking among elected federal officials
To the Editor:
There was a time when we looked to our leaders for inspiration. They shared our values and we felt that they had...
Brazilian fugitive suspected of murder arrested in Edgartown
A 31-year-old Brazilian man who’d been living on Martha’s Vineyard undocumented for an unknown length of time was taken into custody by immigration agents...