The native land of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, Aquinnah has a landmark lighthouse set on clay cliffs that offers a panoramic view and beautiful sunsets.
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Process started to transfer ownership of properties near Cliffs
Aquinnah voters approve all funding requests
The unofficial results of the Aquinnah annual town election are in. Residents of Aquinnah voted 96-32 in favor of allowing the town to assess an additional $100,000 in real estate and personal property taxes to fund both the department budgets of the Up-Island and Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. They also voted 104-23 to allow…
Teaching the trades
Twenty-three-year-old Jackson (“Jackie”) Pizzano spends most of his days up in a tree, a hundred feet above the ground, often secured to a Tabor Tree bucket truck as he uses a chainsaw to prune, remove dangerous branches from, and propagate the health of the Island’s woods. For the past couple of years, he’s worked as…
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- Thursday, May 14, noon to 8 pm: Annual Town Election
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