Government
The Aquinnah zoning board of appeals this week denied two variances for an Aquinnah property owner who wants to build a bridge or culverts across land he owns off Moshup Trail. James Decoulos, a Cambridge engineer, has been trying to win the right to build a house on the two-plus-acre property for 14 years.
Island veterans are invited to a town hall meeting next week to discuss the new contract for on-Island medical care.The meeting will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at the American Legion in Vineyard Haven.
The Aquinnah/Gay Head Community Association this week joined the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) in trying to insert the question of the Vineyard tribe’s right to build a casino in Massachusetts into a broader federal lawsuit.
A plan to cut down 11 trees, some more than half a century old, to make way for the new West Tisbury Library, came under close inspection by the town selectmen, tree warden and others this week.
The Providence VA Medical Center has awarded a contract to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to provide basic medical care for veterans, one of the last steps in restoring on-Island health care access for Vineyard veterans.
Gov. Deval Patrick this week accepted the resignation of Maj. Gen. Joseph C. Carter, the Massachusetts National Guard commander who was under investigation for an alleged rape in Florida in 1984.