Jenney Way Receives

Environmental Honor

Four houses at Jenney Way in Edgartown recently received a top environmental designation from the U.S. Green Building Council.

The council certified the houses at the platinum level of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, program. They became the first single-family affordable housing with permanent price protection in the United States to receive the designation.

In the face of mounting evidence that the conditions for approval for various development projects around the Island are routinely being ignored, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission has appointed a special committee to look into the issue and possibly draft new rules for enforcement.

The commission has no enforcement officer to ensure the conditions for all DRIs approved over the years — now totaling over 600 — are followed as intended.

West Tisbury selectmen want to clarify whether the town can restrict private companies taking water from public land.

Selectmen this week approved a request by conservation commission chairman Prudy Burt to ask town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport to review the town’s authority to regulate or prohibit water taking.

Ms. Burt said she had seen a dramatic increase in landscaping companies filling water tank trucks from the Mill Brook on Scotchman’s Bridge Lane.

The Arabella has set sail from the Island for the last time.

The 50-foot catamaran owned by Hugh Taylor of Aquinnah was sold last week to Daytona Beach Catamaran and will soon begin sailing from Ponce de Leon inlet in Florida.

For the past 15 years the Arabella has been a familiar summer presence here with day cruises to Cuttyhunk and sunset cruises from Menemsha.

“I sold her with some regret but I’ve been unhappy with the care and attention I’ve been able to give her for the past few years,” Mr. Taylor said this week.

Exchange Student Program

Seeks Area Host Families

The Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange is seeking community representatives and host families for the organization.  Community representatives find host families for cultural exchange students and work with these students during the schoolyear.  Representatives must enjoy working with teenagers and have good communication skills.

The following Tisbury School students received honors for the third quarter:

Sixth Grade High Honors: Callie Jackson, Emily Medeiros, Jacqueline Menton and Barra Peak.

Sixth Grade Honors: Gabe Bergeron, Taymon Brown, Isabella Canham, Aaron Figueroa, Nathaniel Horwitz, Lorrane Menezes, Shane Metters, Jade Pine, Goncalo Rego, Gabrielle Silva, Kyle Stobie, Jennifer Tripp and Kristina Ward,