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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

Scallop Season Opens on Island Ponds with Mixed Predictions for the Harvest

Mark Alan Lovewell

This weekend recreational fishermen will take to the shoreline with dip nets and peep sights to search for one of the most prized gifts of autumn.

Campaign Trail: Jabberwocky Is Hard at It Again with News Team

Campaign Trail: Jabberwocky Is Hard at it Again with News Team

By TOM DUNLOP

NEW YORK CITY - After the unfortunate sporting events of last week, this town needed a reason to believe in life again, and to laugh. On Monday night it got both.

In one of those sleek studios with concrete floors down in the West Village, 300 people jammed into a white room with tall, narrow windows and caught a 25-minute glimpse of a new film being made by disabled adults.

Vineyard Voters Head to Polls Tuesday to Cast Ballots in Presidential Election

Chris Burrell

Sturdy brown envelopes, some of them mailed from as far away as the Netherlands, Italy and Russia, are stacked up tall on the desk of Wanda William

Four County Candidates Speak Out

Max Hart

A semi-retired financial consultant from Vineyard Haven is the lone challenger vying to unseat one of three incumbents in this year's race for a spot on the Dukes County Commission.

George J. Balco, a Republican from Vineyard Haven and former chairman of the Martha's Vineyard Airport Commission, is running against Democrats John S. Alley of West Tisbury, Leonard Jason Jr. of Chilmark and Roger Wey of Oak Bluffs.

Community Services Launches Self-Study with Heller School

C.K. Wolfson

Community Services Launches Self-Study with Heller School

By C.K. WOLFSON

Martha's Vineyard Community Services announced this week that it has launched a comprehensive internal management study with the prestigious Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.

The seven-month, privately funded study is aimed at developing a strategic plan for the unique umbrella human services agency that was founded in 1961.

Aquinnah Override Is Rejected for Third Time in Five Months

Max Hart

Aquinnah Override Is Rejected for Third Time in Five Months

By MAX HART

A large turnout of Aquinnah voters said no to a Proposition 2 1/2 override yesterday for the third time in five months, dealing a final blow to the town selectmen on the subject of town spending - except when it comes to plowing snow.