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Oak Bluffs delayed putting the housing bank article on its warrant, but will take up the issue again at its Jan. 11 meeting. Tuesday’s discussion of the warrant article covered select board questions relating to housing bank debt, impacts on the housing market, and stipends. The housing bank needs four of the six Island towns […]
The Oak Bluffs police department has recovered the Bushmaster M-4 rifle that went missing in October, according to a press release. The matter is still being investigated. “As previously reported, on or about Oct. 25, 2021 it was determined that an Oak Bluffs Police Department M-4 patrol rifle appeared to be missing. Chief Erik Blake […]
Town meetings are often referred to as the purest form of democracy. Unlike a presidential election where your one vote is counted among millions and, in a blue state like Massachusetts, doesn’t do much to change the outcome, a vote at a town meeting could be the difference between your town buying a new fire […]
Following suit with their down-Island neighbors in Edgartown, the Oak Bluffs select board held off on putting the housing bank article on its annual town meeting warrant to wait for an opinion from legal counsel. The Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank has been making the rounds at Island select board meetings to […]
The owner of 6 Circuit Ave. in Oak Bluffs, the building that houses the Cardboard Box and Oyster Bar 02557, will seek a modification to his Development of Regional Impact (DRI) after a tense argument with the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday night over whether renting out units in the five-story building as short-term rentals on […]