To the Editor: The Oak Bluffs Democratic Town Committee would like to thank our Oak Bluffs Planning Board for their continuing scrutiny of this very controversial MVRHS proposal. We as residents of Oak Bluffs, actively concerned about the welfare of our fellow citizens, and very much dependent on our public water supply, want to express […]
Oak Bluffs voters gathered for the town’s special and annual town meetings, held at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s Performing Arts Center on Tuesday. Far surpassing quorum requirements, it was the first Oak Bluffs annual town meeting held indoors since 2019. Select board member Brian Packish opened the meeting with the acknowledgement of recently […]
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) contractors again used a curing agent on new Beach Road sidewalks that may pose a hazard to the marine environment. As the Times previously reported, a safety data sheet for the product states it shouldn’t be allowed to reach sewerage systems or “any water course,” and if it does, “respective […]
A Vineyard Wind operations and maintenance facility previously planned for Packer family land on the Lagoon Pond side of Beach Road is now being planned for a portion of the old Hinckley Hardware site. Developer Sam Dunn told The Times he is both selling land and providing architectural services for the project, which is formally […]
Rose, the protagonist in summer Island resident Elisa M. Speranza’s novel, faces a challenge well, actually a number of them, which are at the heart of “The Italian Prisoner.” She lives with her Sicilian immigrant parents in New Orleans in 1943. From the first page we are launched into her rocky journey as she […]