Aquinnah's Integrity Must Be Protected
Editor’s note: The following is the full text of an Aquinnah planning board statement asking the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to designate the entire town a District of Critical Planning Concern:
A Middlesex Superior Court judge last week upheld the validity of a unique townwide planning and zoning district in Aquinnah.
The Aquinnah planning board will seek criminal charges against two seasonal residents and a local landscape company who topped a large swath of trees off Lobsterville Road without permission this summer.
At the westernmost tip of the Island just four years ago, the residents of Aquinnah knew the potential for total buildout loomed just ahead in an e