Islanders may be seeing the return of the former Aquinnah Shop Restaurant this summer. The news was revealed by Aquinnah Land Initiative (ALI) president Wenonah Madison during an Aquinnah Select Board meeting on Tuesday, although she did not specify what type of plans are in the works for the property. “There are plans to open […]
Groundwater seeping through the Aquinnah Cliffs may be causing erosion, and the town’s climate and energy committee is pursuing a state grant to evaluate ways to slow that erosion down. Committee chair Bill Lake says officials are yet to apply, but that he has in mind $250,000 to research and test anti-erosion methods. The grant […]
The Native Land Conservancy, a Mashpee-based and Native American-run conservation group, has purchased a property on Martha’s Vineyard and plans to hold it until the Aquinnah Land Initiative is granted
The iconic Martha’s Vineyard restaurant formerly known as the Aquinnah Shop Restaurant and the surrounding land have been sold to a Cape Cod-based land organization with roots in the Wampanoag tribe. The Native Land Conservancy (NLC), founded and led by members of Native tribes, will hold the property temporarily until its final steward, the Aquinnah […]