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To the Editor: As someone from the community, a performer, and an audience member, I want to congratulate Phil Darosa and his team for the job they did organizing and producing the MV Sound music festival on May 28 at Cove Mini Golf. Somehow the industrial parking lot in the back transforms into a legitimate […]
The Edgartown select board unanimously endorsed a funding formula for a Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) building project first proposed by the Chilmark select board member James Malkin. Under Malkin’s proposal, each down-Isand town would pay 25 percent of construction costs and the up-Island towns would collectively pay the remaining 25 percent. Edgartown town […]
The Mad Martha’s ice cream shop in Vineyard Haven is moving from its Main Street location to 24 Union St., owner Brook Katzen confirmed. “The space we were in before didn’t work well for us,” Katzen told The Times of the building at 48 Main St. “It’s a small and awkward configuration.” As a result, […]
The Martha's Vineyard Times Big plans, same ice cream at Mad Marthaâs 50-year-old business changes hands; will offer flavors both familiar and new. Mad Martha's is under new ownership. A group of investors and Island businessmen are the new owners of the three Mad Marthaâs Ice Cream stores, purchasing the 50-year-old frozen novelty business and buildings for a total of $8.2 million. The buyers are led by Brook Katzen, owner of Little House Cafe and Island Cove Adventures mini golf, and Jim Shane, a real estate developer and Edgartown resident. Katzen and Shane will w...
The Martha's Vineyard Times Still questions, few answers about Mansion House flow Wastewater consultant says the town may have excess capacity, though perhaps no recourse over illegal pumping. How much flow is available at the Tisbury wastewater treatment plant remains a moving target, according to a consultant. While the illegal discharge has since been fixed, and that water diverted to a leaching field at the 9 Main St. hotel, the town still has little idea how long the illegal pumping was taking place, according to a consultant for the town. Robert Rafferty, a principal with En...