The Edgartown select board is updating its rules for how long seasonal restaurants and package stores can stay open into the winter after hearing from one concerned year-round restaurant manager who was worried about losing business. The town, this past year, allowed seasonal liquor licenseholders to extend their seasons from Nov. 30 to Dec. 31. […]
Former Edgartown School Committee member Kimberly Kirk has been reappointed to the committee, following the midterm resignation of one of its members. In November, Edgartown School Committee member Laura Seguin said she’d be stepping down from her role for personal reasons. “Given my current job, and spending 90 days a year away from my family, […]
Edgartown Parks Commissioners were praised by town leadership Monday, after providing the select board with a brief review of the department’s first year as stewards of Norton Point. Norton Point, a dynamic barrier beach, known for being both a habitat to protected wildlife and as an ideal location for fishing and recreation, connects Edgartown to […]
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Officials from Dukes County and the Town of Edgartown have expressed interests in purchasing the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank’s former headquarters. Edgartown is considering using the Main Street building for municipal employee housing, while Dukes County is looking at the location for a potential government office. Both interests were expressed during a Martha’s Vineyard Land […]
The Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation will be managing a new set of land for conservation. Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation president Adam Moore said during a Monday afternoon Edgartown Select Board meeting that his organization was asked to receive the roughly 164-acre gift — consisting of 8 Job’s Neck Cove Road, 20 Job’s Neck Cove Road, 30 Short […]
The Edgartown Select Board voted 2-1 to reduce the speed limit on Meetinghouse Way to 25 mph. The town has received numerous complaints about speeding drivers on the street. Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee said Meetinghouse Way was one of the “top streets” for complaints. He said a similar speed reduction was implemented a few […]
At its Monday meeting, the Edgartown Select Board discussed how to respond to the state attorney general’s office after it was determined that three sets of the board’s executive session minutes were in violation of the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. A complaint filed with the state by The Times last year argued that a number […]
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 […]