The current Martha's Vineyard Hospital building no longer offers adequate capacity and is in its final stages of usefulness, hospital officials tol

Ensuring that Kennedy family members will remain stewards of their rare Aquinnah estate into the next generation, the Martha's Vineyard Commission

Weighing the pressing need for affordable housing over its other planning principles, the Martha's Vineyard Commission early this morning approved

The demolition and reconstruction of the old Army Barracks building on Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs was never referred to the Martha's Vineyard Commission as a development of regional impact (DRI), even though it met the standard for referral and review by the commission.

In a letter dated Feb. 22, commission DRI coordinator Paul H. Foley said the structure should have been referred to the MVC under two sections of its DRI checklist that pertain to historic buildings.

The early framers were the Thomas Jeffersons of the Vineyard - visionaries and idealists ahead of their time.

Ruling that the dire need for low-cost rental housing trumps traffic concerns, the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted unanimously last night to approve the Pennywise Path affordable housing project in Edgartown.