Jack Ensor News Today

Martha’s Vineyard Airport officials unanimously voted to grant a new lease to Animal Health Care Associates (AHCA) on Thursday.  AHCA was the sole bidder for the lease on its current property on Airport Road — where they’ve operated for 40 years — though according to Jack Ensor, chair of the airport land use committee, six […]

To the Editor: The plane that crash landed this past Saturday at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport brought into sharp focus what a great group of professionals staff the Airport.  Due to their quick and effective response the pilot of that aircraft is alive. The passenger who managed to land the plane did an amazing job […]

The Dukes County Commission voted unanimously to reappoint Jim Malkin as the Island’s representative on the Steamship Authority board Wednesday afternoon. Malkin, who also serves on the Chilmark select board, was one of three vying for the position, which carries a three year term.  Malkin has been the Islands representative since 2020. Angela Cywinski and […]

Dukes County Commissioners heard from candidates for both Steamship Authority Board and the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission on Thursday.  Three positions are currently open for appointment by the County with terms ending for Jim Malkin on the Steamship, and Geoffrey Wheeler and Jack Ensor on the airport commission. All three incumbents are seeking reappointment for […]

Donaroma’s Nursery and Landscaping Services, owned by Edgartown select board chair Michael Donaroma, escaped eviction from its Martha’s Vineyard Airport Business Park location, where some of the company trucks are kept.  During the airport commission’s meeting last month, it was revealed that the airport had issues receiving insurance information from Donaroma’s since July despite multiple […]

Islanders who showed up to a “community conversation” expressed approval for Eversource’s cable projects during Tuesday’s event hosted at Chef Deon’s Kitchen/Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Oak Bluffs. Team members from Eversource were available for attendees to ask questions, with small information tables about the project.  Eversource has plans to replace the faulty cable […]

Travellers on both sides of the Tasman want the Government to give certainty over what plan will be if Omicron spreads.

Vaccinated Kiwis will be able to return from Australia without managed isolation from January 16, which is too late for Christmas.

Tourism operators say the self-isolation period is excessive, while Kiwis facing losing a loved one before they can get home want to know why it isn't happening sooner.

The Dukes County commission reappointed Bob Rosenbaum to the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission in a 4-3 vote Wednesday afternoon, following a letter from the state Ethics Commission saying Rosenbaum’s purchase of an airport hangar did not qualify as a conflict of interest for reappointment. Rosenbaum resigned from the airport commission last week after he purchased […]