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Edgartown voters will make their decision on the housing bank this spring following a 2-1 vote by the Edgartown select board to place the housing bank article on the annual town meeting warrant. The vote to place the article on the warrant comes after several meetings where the select board and the town’s legal counsel, […]
The owner of 6 Circuit Ave. in Oak Bluffs, the building that houses the Cardboard Box and Oyster Bar 02557, will seek a modification to his Development of Regional Impact (DRI) after a tense argument with the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday night over whether renting out units in the five-story building as short-term rentals on […]
Amidst a desire for change, members of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission held a long discussion Thursday night on how to streamline their decision making process for developments of regional impact (DRI) when determining the benefits and detriments Commissioner Jim Vercruysse said he and a group of other commissioners studied the benefits and detriments process and […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s new energy policy is going back to the drawing board after commissioners raised questions about whether its requirements are too stringent. The 10-page policy focuses broadly on eliminating the use of fossil fuels in Island building, maximizing energy efficiency and improving Island energy resilience. While some commissioners commended the policy, others took issue with its breadth and certain aspects of its language, stalling a final vote Thursday night. Formulated over the past year by a commission subcommittee, commissioner Ben Robinson said Thursday ...
MVC denies Hob Knob project in close 7-5 vote While acknowledging economic benefit, a majority of commissioners felt the project was not essential. The MVC denied the Hob Knob’s expansion project. The Martha’s Vineyard Commission denied the Hob Knob Inn’s proposed expansion project in a close 7-5 vote Thursday night, following months of public hearings and multiple iterations of the project. The denial of the development of regional impact (DRI) came after after a lengthy discussion of the benefits and detriments of the Edgartown project, with commissioners Christina Brown, Fred Hancock...