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The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Committee is looking for more donations to fund the lawsuit with the Oak Bluffs Planning Board over the proposed athletics field construction project. The high school committee convened on Friday morning before Christmas weekend in response to the Oak Bluffs Planning Board’s split decision to appeal the athletics […]

As Massachusetts tries to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 — necessitating seven to 10 times its current solar capacity — contentious cases like Shutesbury illuminate a complex interplay of federal and state policy, grid infrastructure, and economics. Such factors can lead to seemingly counterintuitive proposals that threaten to pit activist against activist, like cutting down forestland to reduce the state’s carbon emissions.

WOBURN - The City Council expects to resume deliberations next week over a controversial proposal to erect a new daycare center with room for up to 180 toddlers and children

The Edgartown Board of Health solidified its support for a potential three-year moratorium on turf athletic fields in Oak Bluffs. During a meeting Monday, the board unanimously approved sending a letter of support to the Oak Bluffs Board of Health.  The proposed moratorium stems from concerns over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — a group […]

A land court judge has issued a final ruling in the lawsuit between the Oak Bluffs Planning Board and Martha’s Vineyard Regional School District, finding that the board did not have the authority to deny the school a request to construct a turf field. The planning board was most recently hoping that the judge would […]

Officials with Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School have been taken to task by the Bourne Planning Board for an abundance of ground clearing done by the school without first

EVALUATING EFFECTIVE NOTICE IN EXERCISE OF OPTIONS - Sourcing Unlimited, Inc. v. Cummings Properties, LLC, 102 Mass. App. Ct. 653 (2023) - In Sourcing...

In his Sept. 5 decision, Land Court Judge Kevin T. Smith interpreted the so-called Dover Amendment (G.L. c. 40A, § 3) to reject the town of Oak Bluffs’ attempt to protect the sole-source aquifer serving the Island. At issue before Judge Smith was whether the town’s water-protections bylaw required a special zoning permit before the […]

To the Editor: It’s a pity that the court has ruled against the Oak Bluffs planning board in their effort to prevent the building of a synthetic turf field. I do not have children who will be using the field, nor am I a resident of Oak Bluffs. What I have, however, is a Ph.D. […]

In Hume Lake Christian Camps, Inc. v. Planning Board of Monterey, 492 Mass. 188 (2023), the SJC was tasked with deciding whether the Dover Amendment precluded the Town of Monterey from...