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The Martha s Vineyard Times Still questions, few answers about Mansion House flow Wastewater consultant says the town may have excess capacity, though perhaps no recourse over illegal pumping. How much flow is available at the Tisbury wastewater treatment plant remains a moving target, according to a consultant. While the illegal discharge has since been fixed, and that water diverted to a leaching field at the 9 Main St. hotel, the town still has little idea how long the illegal pumping was taking place, according to a consultant for the town. Robert Rafferty, a principal with Environmental Partners, told the board his company hasn’t looked at the issue since mid-December, when the hotel had a leaching field installed. There was an indication that despite some strong comments from select board chair Jim Rogers at the time that the town would someday seek restitution from Mansion House, post-pandemic, there may be little the town can do. ....
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The Martha s Vineyard Times Sewer board approves additional flow for Dunn project The sewer advisory board has approved more sewer flow for a project that includes that former Santander Bank building. The Tisbury sewer advisory board held an unscheduled meeting Monday morning to redo a vote on sewer flow for a proposed development involving the property at 75 Main St., known as the former Santander Bank property. Developer Sam Dunn requested an additional 330 gallons per day of flow, bringing the mixed-use project to a total of 2,310 gallons per day of sewer flow. Dunn has approved a mix of four commercial spaces with 11 residential apartments on the second floor of the buildings. The property stretches from Main Street all the way to Vineyard Haven Harbor. ....
The Martha s Vineyard Times Town officials: No cover up, no collusion Sewer advisory committee delves into Mansion House; increase in fees coming. Select board member Jeff Kristal, shown here in a 2018 meeting, responded to a Times story during a sewer advisory board Zoom Thursday night. The Mansion House met its deadline to install a leaching field, and there was no attempt to cover up the hotel’s illegal discharge of groundwater into the town’s wastewater treatment plant, Tisbury officials said during a sewer advisory board meeting Thursday. The officials select board members Jeff Kristal and Jim Rogers, as well as town administrator Jay Grande were responding to a Times story that detailed public records and interviews with the former wastewater superintendent David Thompson, who blew the whistle on the illegal discharge. Thompson was fired within two months of his discovery, told he had not met the terms of his probationary period. Fo ....