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West Tisbury residents at town meeting last week voted to reject the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s proposed budget.  The vote — which was overwhelming — was in protest of the MVRHS School Committee’s lawsuit fighting the rejection of a turf field at the high school.  The town sends a strong message to the school […]

To the Editor: Thomas Bena’s Stillpoint project has been on my mind a lot. Thomas is a friend of mine; what happens to him is important to me. Several years ago he came to me to talk about a project he had in mind. His friend Claudia Miller had a large piece of land right […]

Where a plaintiff has challenged a special permit for construction of a new public library in Sharon, the complaint should be dismissed because the plaintiff lacks standing to continue with her appeal based on traffic and parking concerns. “Plaintiff, Amy Baldwin, commenced this action for judicial review of the decision of the Sharon Zoning Board

By Adam Swift Councillors and residents are taking steps to make sure city neighborhoods do not have to face the type of development recently proposed for Arcadia Street. At Monday night’s meeting, Councillor-at-Large Dan Rizzo introduced a motion asking the mayor to request the city’s state legislators bring into question the Dover Amendment. That legislation

Belmont Hill School’s proposed plan to build a new parking area on a vacant residential lot has touched off an increasingly bitter debate among residents.

By Adam Swift A 24-bed facility proposed for 84 Arcadia Street will help provide services for homeless people in Revere, and falls under a specific zoning ordinance relative to restorative and educational houses, according to Revere attorney Gerry D’Ambosio, who represents the Oak Island developers of the property. However, neighbors state that a dead end

The Oak Bluffs Planning Board has submitted its response to the athletic field lawsuit first filed by the Martha’s Vineyard Regional Regional School District. Martha’s Vineyard Regional School District vs. the Town of Oak Bluffs Planning Board is currently ongoing in Massachusetts Land Court because of the planning board’s rejection of a special permit for […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) will soon present an update on its ongoing lawsuit in Massachusetts Land Court against the town of Oak Bluffs planning board over the board’s rejection of a special permit for a synthetic turf field at the high school. An agenda item scheduled for Monday’s Feb. 6 MVRHS committee […]

In December, SSTAR requested a summary judgement that would allow the substance use treatment beds to move forward.

At a status hearing in Massachusetts Land Court in the case of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School v. the Town of Oak Bluffs Planning Board over the planning board’s rejection of a special permit for a synthetic turf field at the high school, it became clear that the MVRHS attorney is hanging the case […]