Government
The total volume of residential development on Martha’s Vineyard has slowed in recent years, while the size of houses has increased.
Family scalloping begins Nov. 1 and a special town meeting will be held Nov. 14 in Aquinnah.
The Tisbury select board turned its attention to waterfront maintenance Tuesday, voting in new waterway regulations and a contract for a long-term dredging project in Tashmoo.
Oak Bluffs Association director Christine Todd told selectmen Tuesday that closing Circuit avenue and part of Kennebec avenue to vehicles on summer Sundays was well received by visitors.
Meeting Tuesday, selectmen stopped short of issuing penalties against the popular Edgartown taqueria for violating state and local Covid-19 social distancing guidelines, mask use regulations and liquor license rules.
An organization of Island builders is making an eleventh-hour pitch to block a plan by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to tighten its thresholds for reviewing certain developments.