The prosperity of 19th century whaling built Edgartown’s captains’ houses lining quaint streets that tumble down to active docks and a lighthouse beach.
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Katama Meadows talks trudge forward
Updated Sept. 12. In the brightly lit Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) meeting room for four Thursday nights so far this summer, deliberation on the 54-acre subdivision development proposal in Edgartown,…
Veteran duo wins Creative Living Award
Friends Tom Bennett and Dr. Robert Tankard — veterans and advocates for veterans’ rights — were selected as the recipients of Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation’s (MVCF) 43rd Creative Living Award. The award, created by Islander Ruth Bedding to honor Oak Bluffs resident Ruth Bogan in 1983, recognizes people “whose leadership, artistic vision, innovation, generosity, or…
Proposed apartments behind Dairy Queen eyed as respite from 40B developments
In what may be a first for the Vineyard, Edgartown is in talks to utilize privately owned apartments for affordable housing — a move that would bolster its subsidized housing inventory and give it reprieve from Chapter 40B developments. The desired units are a part of a development proposed to be built on 238, 240,…
The forensics of a shark bite
It’s now confirmed that a woman in her late 20s who was pulled from the water off Norton Point last Monday with wounds to her lower leg suffered the first unprovoked shark bite on the Island in recent memory. Greg Skomal, a marine biologist with the state Division of Marine Fisheries and a top shark…
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Edgartown
Back to school. Labor Day weekend. Two weeks of summer left. This past week was a busy one, as always, and I’m reminiscing about a few memorable moments of the…
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- Tuesday, Sept. 15, 4:30 pm: Edgartown Planning Board mtg.
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