The Oak Bluffs health agent and principal assessor have both resigned from their positions. Health agent Meegan Lancaster has been with the department since 2015. She confirmed her Feb. 22 resignation with The Times, but declined to comment further. Her husband, principal assessor MacGregor Anderson was hired in 2019 after serving as assistant assessor. Lancaster […]
The Oak Bluffs board of health tried to postpone discussion about artificial turf, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and proposed regulations that would prohibit PFAS-containing artificial turf on Tuesday, but wound up exploring the topic with guests in its Zoom for roughly 50 minutes. The board of health first introduced draft regulations that would ban […]
Harbor Homes recently announced on Facebook that it successfully moved its entire shelter operation at the Old Whaling Church and two other church shelters to the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services old Early Childhood Center. The move comes after the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee (which manages the property Community Services sits on) voted to […]
Oak Bluffs health officials have concluded the scope of their investigation into per- and poly-fluoralkyl substances (PFAS) needs to broaden. On Tuesday, the town’s board of health held its second hearing on a proposed regulation to prohibit PFAS-containing artificial turf. Several people questioned why the board focused on artificial turf alone when there are many […]
A family on William Street in Vineyard Haven says they and some of their neighbors will welcome trick-or-treaters to their homes on Halloween so long as public health officials are ok with it. Last year the popular trick-or-treating neighborhood made the decision not to hold the event with COVID-19 raging and no vaccine to protect […]