Meshacket Road News Today

Two large Vineyard housing projects recently received state funding through the Healey Administration that will help move the projects forward. Oak Bluffs received $500,000 through the MassWorks program that will go toward the development of 60 units of housing as part of the Southern Tier project; in Edgartown, the town received $475,000 through the HousingWorks […]

The Vineyard Sustainable Energy Committee has reported an impressive 18% growth in the number of solar arrays on the island, with 1,127 currently installed. Nationally speaking, solar is now considered one of the fastest-growing sources of electricity - it's risen by a staggering 4,000 percent in merely over ten years!

The Vineyard Sustainable Energy Committee has reported 1,127 solar arrays currently installed on-Island, up 18 per cent from the beginning of 2020, but expensive grid upgrades stand to cast a shadow over the industry’s progress.

Edgartown voters will head to their annual town meeting on Tuesday, April 12, from 7 to 10 pm, to vote on a 79-article warrant and an approximately $40.7 million FY23 budget. The meeting will take place at the Old Whaling Church on Main Street in Edgartown, with Steve Ewing as the moderator.  Prior to the […]

The project at the capped landfill in Edgartown won the endorsement of the town select board, which voted to enter into contract negotiations with a Framingham renewable energy company.

Updated Jan. 19  Island Housing Trust has raised more than $1.3 million in private donations and multiyear pledges from 402 donors for its 2021 year-end appeal, according to a press release. “Our community came together to support our work to create more year-round affordable homes as our Island faces the escalating housing crisis,” Joanna McCarthy, […]

The Edgartown select board unanimously approved Affirmative Investments and Island Housing Trust’s proposal to construct 40 affordable and community housing units on Meshacket Road. The project will consist of 36 affordable rental units and four community home-ownership units. An affordable housing project on the 6.76-acre parcel has been in the works for more than a […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times State Police dispose of unexploded mortar Massachusetts State Police bomb technicians from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad detonated an unexploded commercial-grade mortar in the area of the Edgartown landfill off Meshacket Road Friday. “It’s a large firework — just one,” State Trooper Dustin Shaw told The Times via phone. He said the EOD squad regularly takes undetonated ordnance and safely disposes of it. Unexploded ordnance are someti...

The Local Food Report WCAI’s Local Food Report is made up of farmers and businesses committed to sustainable farming and local food initiatives throughout the Cape, Islands and South Coast. At WCAI we believe that a vibrant local food community is essential for preserving our region’s economic independence, for fostering the physical wellbeing of our citizens, and for preserving a lifestyle and set of values that define our community’s unique relationship with the natural world. The L...