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Edgartown will appeal a decision handed down last week by the state Housing Appeals Committee, which removed town-imposed conditions on a contentious 11-home development in an environmentally-sensitive area off Watcha Path.
The Cozy Hearth project was proposed by a group of Vineyard residents who banded together to build housing for themselves using Chapter 40B — a state law that allows affordable housing projects to skirt most zoning regulations.
The plan was to build 11 single family homes on 10.9 acres, in an area zoned for three-acre parcels.
Dean’s List
A number of Vineyard residents have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the fall 2007 semester.
They are Quincy E. Dewing and Kathryn M. Noonan of Edgartown; Benjamin A. Madeiras, Jesse H. Nicholson and James A. Rebello of Oak Bluffs; and Allison C. Brown, Bess M. Child, Kathryn D. Hakala and Ruby R. Hoy of Vineyard Haven.
The proprietor of the Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven has confirmed that he intends to move off-Island but said any plan to sell the landmark Main street bookstore remains up in the air.
Jon Nelson Jr., who took over from his mother, Ann, as the bookstore’s chief executive officer in 2005, said this week that the business is not listed for sale.
“It’s a business, it’s always for sale, but officially it’s not listed with anyone,” Mr. Nelson told the Gazette.
At their annual town election Wednesday Chilmark voters easily approved three Proposition 2 1/2 overrides and reeelected selectman Warren Doty to a fourth term.
The overrides included $78,000 in education spending and two small funding requests that will allow the town to contribute its share to help pay for the county health care access and pest control programs.
A total of 211 voters, or 26 per cent of the 805 registered, turned out for the election.
A complete story about the Chilmark election will appear in the Friday Gazette.
Bethany Alane Brown of Newport, R.I., married Richard James Villa 2nd of Chilmark on Sept. 22 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown.
The Rev. Robert D. Edmunds, assisted by the Rev. David A. Pople of St. Thomas Church, Bethel, Conn., officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Brown, Bethel, Conn.
Kimberly Penney and Michael Schneider were married last August at the Fort Mason Officers’ Club overlooking San Francisco Bay in California.
The bride is the daughter of Linda and the late Jonathan Penney of Novato, Calif. She received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, and is employed by Pax Engineering in San Rafael, Calif.