Long-Running Case Goes to High Court
Edgartown Wastewater Treatment Plant Under Legal Seige for Ten Years Over Its Discharge Permit
By IAN FEIN
A decade-long legal battle examining the environmental merits of the Edgartown sewer system and wastewater treatment plant came before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week.
The court heard arguments on the case last Thursday and will likely issue a decision sometime this spring.
The 366-acre Aquinnah estate known as Red Gate Farm - and described by the state Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program as one of the mo
An esoteric case that has implications for the future of small parks in Oak Bluffs and throughout the commonwealth was argued at the Massachusetts
West Tisbury selectmen this week put the brakes on plans to scale back the troubled town hall renovation project.
Beacon Hill Lawmakers Debate Housing Bank at Legislative Hearing
By IAN FEIN
BOSTON - With an affordable housing crisis spreading across the commonwealth, state legislators on Beacon Hill this week took up a controversial bill to create a Martha's Vineyard Housing Bank. Senators from western Massachusetts to the Cape and Islands debated whether the Vineyard housing predicament warrants special legislation.
Appraisal Company President Sends Out Missive on Tax Case
By IAN FEIN
The head of Vision Appraisal Technology Inc. has stepped into the fray surrounding the Graham property tax case against West Tisbury assessors.
Defending his Northboro company, Vision Appraisal president Kevin Comer sent to clients across the commonwealth last week a letter that criticized press coverage of the case and comments attributed to West Tisbury resident William W. Graham and his attorney.
