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The Gay Head Lighthouse, a historic landmark perched high on the cliffs of Martha’s Vineyard, is soon to become the next victim of the persistent erosion of the island’s cliffs. Join engineers as they race to rescue this national treasure.
Bay scallops are facing a huge challenge in Menemsha Pond. Speaking about the state of the pond’s shellfish fishing industry with Juli Vanderhoop — Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head elder, Aquinnah select board member, shell fisherman, and business owner — was sobering. Vanderhoop shares, “As a child, I remember many people of this community scalloping […]
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up by Emily Vanderhoop, daughter of Capt. Buddy Vanderhoop, in light of recent damage to his charter fishing boat, Tomahawk. The Tomahawk collided with the dragger Gloria Jean off Aquinnah on August 5. The collision remains under investigation, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Brandon Newman told The Times Wednesday. On […]
The Aquinnah select board unanimously approved enforcing dock leases in Menemsha after learning some leaseholders hadn’t signed their leases. Leaseholders received a waiver on their fees in 2020 because of COVID, but the three-year Menemsha dock leases increased last August from $400 to $750, with an annual $100 fee increase until it reaches $950. “Last […]
A detailed report by Childs Engineering found a number of slow burning problems with the commercial wharf in Menemsha and one urgent problem in the southeast corner of the structure near the Charter Dock. Some of the structural elements in that section are under-built and under threat of fungal decay, Harbormaster Ryan Rossi told the […]