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An appeal of the denial by Oak Bluffs planning board of a synthetic turf field at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is progressing in Massachusetts Land Court. The planning board denied a special permit for the field in a 2-2 vote, with one abstention. By statute, a supermajority of four votes was necessary for the […]
Last week we had two divergent stories about the same group of public officials. A school committee eager to spend money on an outside attorney to appeal the Oak Bluffs planning board’s decision not to allow a synthetic turf field over at the high school, and a school committee unwilling to increase the cost-of-living allowance […]
For a 4th time, SSTAR has failed in its attempt to get building permits for a 30-bed substance abuse facility on Weaver Street. A lawsuit is pending.
The Supreme Judicial Court is set to consider just how short a leash municipalities have in regulating solar energy facilities pursuant to the restrictions placed on local zoning efforts under the state’s Dover Amendment. On March 7, the SJC hears oral arguments in Tracer Lane II Realty, LLC v. City of Waltham. At issue is ...
A Feb. 17 zoning board of appeals (ZBA) hearing about the legality of activity on a 55 acre property in Oak Bluffs has resulted in no decision and a continuance to March 16. An attorney for neighbors disgruntled by alleged activity at the vast property and an attorney for Working Earth Organic Gardening & Landscaping, […]