The Martha s Vineyard Times
Bilzerian changes plea in snow chase case
Lawyer says Times portrayed his client as an ‘ax murderer’.
Eliot Bilzerian, right, is sworn in remotely before Edgartown District Court Judge Benjamin Barnes. His attorney, Martin Skip Tomassian sits to the left. screenshot
Eliot Bilzerian admitted to sufficient facts Friday morning in Edgartown District Court on charges stemming from a 2019 chase on snowy Vineyard roads across four towns. After waiving his right to a trial, Bilzerian was given a five-month continuance without a finding for failure to stop for police, and a five-month continuance without a finding for negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Bike path roundly denounced in Chilmark
Members of the police department, Tri-Town Ambulance wary of vaccine, chiefs say.
Tuesday night Bill Rossi joined his fellow selectmen in voting against a shared use path on North Road. screenshot
Chilmark selectmen voted down a shared-use path on North Road Tuesday night. Though only a rough concept, the idea put forth by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission was seen as detrimental to the bucolic nature of the road. All three selectmen joined various North Road residents in expressing skepticism about the appropriateness of such a project, and ultimately took a unanimous vote to oppose it.