A new coyote group is forming to track local coyote activity and behavior on Martha’s Vineyard and to inform residents and visitors about the presence of the animals, as people hike and enter potential coyote habitats this summer. The organization is so far unnamed, but according to Tisbury Animal Control Officer and a founding member, […]
To the Editor: The Land Bank watched with interest the Island’s recent debate and deliberation over the Housing Bank. Although it is a conservation organization, the Land Bank has been involved in affordable housing planning and production for some 35 years. Eleven such housing developments, whose names are all familiar to Vineyarders Morgan Woods, […]
An advisory panel formed after every town on the Island approved a Housing Bank will hold its first meeting at 5 pm Thursday. The Martha’s Vineyard’s Housing Bank Review Committee includes representatives from all six Island towns. The newly formed committee will begin to discuss how the recently voted-upon legislation will find its legs and […]
How bad is the Island’s housing crisis? Island Housing Trust, the Island’s leading developer of affordable housing, has put out a plea to its supporters for staff housing. “We’ve been working very hard for more than a decade to provide safe, secure, and dignified year-round housing for our community. But, as is true for so […]
Eight bills that would allow individual municipalities to add a new fee to certain real estate transactions advanced from one legislative committee, while another is taking more time to decide on a proposal that would allow cities and towns to take such a step without first getting Beacon Hill’s approval, the State House News Service. […]