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Updated Jan. 19 Island Housing Trust has raised more than $1.3 million in private donations and multiyear pledges from 402 donors for its 2021 year-end appeal, according to a press release. “Our community came together to support our work to create more year-round affordable homes as our Island faces the escalating housing crisis,” Joanna McCarthy, […]
The Edgartown select board unanimously approved Affirmative Investments and Island Housing Trust’s proposal to construct 40 affordable and community housing units on Meshacket Road. The project will consist of 36 affordable rental units and four community home-ownership units. An affordable housing project on the 6.76-acre parcel has been in the works for more than a […]
The Martha's Vineyard Times State Police dispose of unexploded mortar Massachusetts State Police bomb technicians from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad detonated an unexploded commercial-grade mortar in the area of the Edgartown landfill off Meshacket Road Friday. “It’s a large firework — just one,” State Trooper Dustin Shaw told The Times via phone. He said the EOD squad regularly takes undetonated ordnance and safely disposes of it. Unexploded ordnance are sometimes found in peoples’ homes, such as old relics, or could wash up on the beach and pose a safety ...
The Local Food Report WCAI’s Local Food Report is made up of farmers and businesses committed to sustainable farming and local food initiatives throughout the Cape, Islands and South Coast. At WCAI we believe that a vibrant local food community is essential for preserving our region’s economic independence, for fostering the physical wellbeing of our citizens, and for preserving a lifestyle and set of values that define our community’s unique relationship with the natural world. The Local Food Report with Elspeth Hay and Ali Berlow, which airs Thursday at 8:35 AM and 5:45 PM and ...