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On Monday, Chilmark’s planning board heard from local farmers about their proposal to amend zoning bylaws in the town to clarify what kinds of activities farms are allowed to host on-location. The planning board took no official action on the matter during its meeting, but will revisit the topic in future meetings. Approaches discussed on […]
West Tisbury officials are solidifying a document they hope to put to voters that would create a pilot program incentivizing homeowners to build attached apartments — known as ADUs. The program would offer residents $25,000 grants to cover upfront costs of building the apartments. In exchange, the owner would lease the unit at a monthly […]
The 2022 Cross-Island Hike, sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, was as much a celebration as a 19-mile trek. For the uninitiated, including myself until a week and a half ago, the hike is held annually on National Trails Day, the first Saturday of June. I found out from a patron in the Oak […]
To the Editor: Spring has burst forth, and people are increasingly getting outside for walks and bike rides. The annual influx of visitors is underway, so it is an appropriate time to remind everyone — pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists — how to move about safety along our narrow and often congested travel ways. First, a perennial […]
Transit authority administrator Angie Gompert lauded the clean-energy benefits of an electric fleet. — Jeanna Shepard/VTA Among a series of speakers at the festive event, veteran VTA driver Andre Bonnell had the crowd laughing as he described the agency’s conversion from diesel to electric as going from the “Fred Flintstone-vintage to the George Jetson” era of transit. The VTA now has 12 all-electric buses operating on Island and another four are scheduled for delivery in June, according to agency spokesman Colin Ouderkirk. The project unveiled Friday at the agency...