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The Martha's Vineyard Times County authorizes $50,000 for courthouse repairs Boiler failed, forcing courts to close for at least the week. The boiler inside the county courthouse has failed and requires emergency replacement. -Rich Saltzberg County officials approved spending up to $50,000 to get a new boiler installed in the Dukes County Courthouse at an emergency meeting Tuesday night of the Dukes County Commission and the County Advisory Board. The decision comes a day after the Edgartown courthouse was closed for court business because the building’s boiler was found “crac...

The Martha's Vineyard Times Search begins for new O.B. town administrator Oak Bluffs is interviewing three consulting firms to assist in their search for a new town administrator. Oak Bluffs began its search for a new town administrator Tuesday night by setting up interviews with several consulting firms. Last month, town administrator Robert Whritenour announced he was being hired as the new Yarmouth town administrator. Contract negotiations are still being worked out with Yarmouth, and he is expected to stay in his Oak Bluffs role for the next two months. Selectmen directed Whri...

The Martha's Vineyard Times East Chop Light lead ‘significantly’ above EPA standards Coast Guard knew of soil contamination at tourist site since 2003. Updated Feb 3 The U.S. Coast Guard is poised to conduct an environmental assessment of lead contamination at East Chop Light, a lighthouse long leased to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. A popular tourist attraction and wedding venue, the lighthouse and a small plot it sits on are surrounded by Telegraph Hill Park, public recreation property owned by the town of Oak Bluffs.  In 2019, the Coast Guard admitted prior te...

The Martha's Vineyard Times Oak Bluffs hires new conservation agent Oak Bluffs selectmen hired Elisabeth Peterman as the town’s new conservation agent. At a special meeting Tuesday, Oak Bluffs selectmen hired Elisabeth Peterman as the town’s new environmental planner and conservation agent. A former senior planner for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Peterman has an extensive background and 30 years of experience in maintaining water quality in Rhode Island for shellfishing, permitting in wetland areas, conducting field work, grant writing, and working ...

The Martha's Vineyard Times MVC approves west entrance to Stop & Shop Hob Knob public hearing reopened. 1 of 3 The approved west entrance design. Stop & Shop will return to the commission with a landscape plan. — Courtesy MVC The latest iteration of the Hob Knob Inn design. A pool was removed from lot 124 following significant opposition from abutters. — Courtesy MVC The three locust trees at the west entrance to the Edgartown Stop & Shop that commissioners agreed should be removed and replaced with new trees. — Brian Dowd In its first meeting of 2021, the Martha’s Vineyar...