To the Editor: Susan Desmarais testified on March 31, 2022, before the Oaks Bluff planning board in opposition to plans for synthetic turf that could leach PFAS into the drinking water supply below the field, and courageously shared her personal experience with DES and explaining the known links to cancer and reproductive abnormalities […]
To the Editor: I would like to publicly apologize to Susan Desmarais for the offense and hurt caused by my remarks during her statement at the March 31, 2022, Oak Bluffs Planning Board meeting. While I was unaware the mic was on, it does not take away from the egregious and demeaning nature of the […]
Terry Donahue, the synthetic turf field proponent who uttered a vulgar obscenity aimed at an opponent during Thursday’s Oak Bluffs planning board meeting, has issued a public apology. In a letter sent to The Times on Sunday, Donahue asked for forgiveness from Susan Desmarais, who he interrupted during a Zoom session, with a vulgar comment […]
Martha’s Vineyard school leaders are strongly condemning an Island resident for his vulgar outburst at an Oak Bluffs planning board meeting Thursday evening.
A virtual Oak Bluffs planning board special permit hearing on the high school athletic field project concluded with a virulent outburst by supporter Terry Donahue Thursday using vulgar slang for a woman’s genitals to interrupt a woman speaker. Thursday’s meeting dealt largely with public comment in support of the first phase of the Martha’s Vineyard […]