All around us is news about climate change, and as it pounds away at us, it can get very disheartening and frightening a giant comes to slay us. Fear does keep the species alive, as you would not reach out to try your luck at letting a rattlesnake become your household pet, but too […]
A grant from the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program will help protect the Island’s land and water from climate change stresses and misguided land-use practices, according to a press release from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. The $163,540 grant will allow implementation of several actions in the 2022 Vineyard climate action plan, “The Vineyard Way” (thevineyardway.org). […]
Residents who wish to participate may complete a survey and comment on interactive maps on the Natural Resources Department page of the town website, at www.sandwichmass.org.
Lisa Redmond
Special to the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle
MILLBURY As Phase I of the Armory Village Revitalization project comes to a close, improving a portion of the downtown, town meeting voters in May will be asked to pay about $550,000 to fund Phase II to complete the project.
Appearing before the Board of Selectmen on March 23, Millbury Planning and Development Director Laurie Connors, the project manager for the revitalization project, provided a status update on Phase I of the project and the proposal for Phase II.
The two-phase project has a goal of “reviving’’ Millbury’s downtown given a list of negative existing conditions, including “uninviting spaces such as crumbling and uneven sidewalks, overgrown invasive vegetation, insufficient lighting, inadequate, non-ADA compliant crosswalks, and walkways with obstructions that are too steep, uneven, cracked and crumbling.