To the Editor: We write to publicly acknowledge the difficult choice to impose a moratorium on anchoring in Lake Tashmoo recently voted by the Tisbury Select Board, and to thank them for doing so. It is the responsibility of our town leaders, ultimately, to steward the town’s resources, both natural and financial, for the benefit […]
The Buzzards Bay Coalition, in partnership with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and Tisbury Waterways Inc., received a $16,109 partial grant to “continue existing monitoring activities and to build new capacity to collect high-resolution water quality data” in Buzzards Bay and the watersheds of the Cape and Islands, according to a press release. […]
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) hosted its 23rd annual Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, March 19. Sixteen investigative and engineering projects were scored by 19 judges from a wide selection of Island organizations. Twenty-four physics students in 10 teams also competed in a wind-turbine challenge. Sophomore Huck Moore was awarded the grand prize […]
Tisbury Waterways, Inc. (TWI), a local nonprofit environmental group, and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission are co-sponsors of a presentation by Sheri Caseau (MVC) and Jessica Thomas, School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) with interim results of a Permeable Reactive Barrier Project on Lagoon Pond Road, adjacent to the Lagoon. The program takes place on […]
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Cahill appointed to Port Council for Tisbury
‘Avid boater’ picked over environmentalists for waterways committee.
Dukes County Commissioner John Cahill was appointed to the SSA Port Council Tuesday night as Tisbury s representative.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Tisbury select board appointed Dukes County commissioner John Cahill to the Port Council of the Steamship Authority as Tisbury’s representative.
Cahill replaces outgoing Port Council member George Balco. The board interviewed one other candidate, former SSA Capt. David Dandridge, before making its decision.
Also by unanimous vote, the board chose planning board member Paul Munafo over Tisbury Waterways Inc. board member Beverly Potsaid and Lagoon Pond Association president Doug Reece for a slot on Tisbury’s waterways committee.