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MVC to Open New Hearing on Katama Meadows Subdivision

Louisa Hufstader | Saturday, January 17 2026 - 9:10am

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission will open a new public hearing next week on revised plans for the Katama Meadows subdivision, after commissioners voted Thursday to accept the withdrawal of a previous application.

Katama Meadows

Martha's Vineyard Commission

Edgartown Selectmen Ponder Uses for Tax Lots

Steve Myrick

Selectmen are considering what to do with 28 buildable lots now owned by the town, identified after an exhaustive inventory of tax possession properties. Most of the lots were taken for failure to pay property taxes.

Oak Bluffs Librarian Sondra Murphy Begins New Chapter

Steve Myrick

She organized an 18-hole mini golf course starting at the circulation desk and ending at the children’s library upstairs.

Lucas Arrives

Leni M. Goncalves and Celio M. De Oliveira of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Lucas Goncalves Oliveira, born on Sept. 24.

Welcome, McCabe

Kelly Christine Neadow and Thomas Kenneth Neadow Jr. of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, McCabe Ainslee Neadow, born on Sept. 25.

Announcing Zuri

Aretha Brown and Keron Brown of Chilmark announce the birth of a daughter, Zuri Elizabeth Brown, born on Sept. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Tisbury Sets Scallop Season Dates

Tisbury selectmen this week set dates for the bay scalloping season. Recreational scalloping opens Oct. 17 outside ponds and in the Vineyard Haven harbor; the commercial season begins in those areas on Oct. 19.