To the Editor: Here is a quote from a recent editorial in The Times regarding flag policy in Oak Bluffs. It’s the third editorial on the topic, all of which put Oak Bluffs in a bad light. “Select board members are elected to make the right decisions. Those might be difficult choices, but representing the […]
The Oak Bluffs Select Board approved some modifications to the town’s flag policy Tuesday evening, after years of lengthy talks and public hearings regarding if, and how, non-federally-recognized flags ought to be displayed on town property. The changes come largely in response to the overwhelming demand from the public to raise the LGBTQ Progress Pride […]
The reluctance of the Oak Bluffs Select Board to allow certain flags to fly is overly restrictive, and creates a perception of intolerance. The town’s select board has quarreled off and on for more than a year over a flag policy. It’s a good discussion to have, given the embarrassment from last year, when the […]
A Massachusetts-based nonprofit organized an Island-wide cleanup over the weekend, collecting what they estimated was more than a thousand pounds of trash along Martha’s Vineyard roads. Executive director Neil Rhein of the Mansfield-based Keep Massachusetts Beautiful said that about 30 volunteers came out Saturday for the first “Great Martha’s Vineyard Cleanup” and collected approximately 35 […]
At its Monday meeting, the Edgartown Select Board discussed how to respond to the state attorney general’s office after it was determined that three sets of the board’s executive session minutes were in violation of the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. A complaint filed with the state by The Times last year argued that a number […]