Eagle Archives, March 27, 1954: The 75-year-old Michelman Building, gutted by fire in the early morning hours on March 26, 1954, once housed the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as well as
After months of debate, the City Council rejected the sale of the Bank Street Armory to local developer Alan Macomber and plans for market rate housing.
The Island has had its share of colorful names. There was Major Pain, the Chilmark lawyer who fought unsuccessfully to move our county seat out of Edgartown; Mayor Blood, who gave us the name “Cottage City”; and Captain Pound, the pirate who plagued Holmes Hole Harbor. There was Harry Legg, the Helenian carpenter; Dr. Lynch, […]