When the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe received a telephone call from U.S.
Support Uneven for Establishing Energy District
By IAN FEIN
Edgartown selectmen are poised to play spoiler in an Islandwide effort to put an energy conservation proposal before Vineyard voters this spring.
At their meeting last week, the selectmen all but announced that they would not place on the annual town meeting warrant a proposed article that would start the process of creating an Islandwide energy conservation district of critical planning concern (DCPC).
Balancing Trade-Offs of Living on Island
By IAN FEIN
Jennifer Christy cannot think of a better place to raise her three young children than Chilmark, the same small town where she spent most of her childhood.
She appreciates the quality of life and supportive community, which offers a combination of safety, the outdoors, and plenty of activities for children. She said it is a wonderful place to build a family, despite the high cost of living.
Mary Louisa Butcher Hill always wanted a greenhouse.
Almost four years ago, just after her 12th birthday, Jessica Rose Seidman ordered a half dozen chicken eggs from a catalogue and built her own incubator. One hatched. She named him Chickie and raised him as a pet in her backyard coop.
A docile, tame and beautiful Rhode Island Red rooster, Chickie in the time since has earned four first-place awards in Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair - three times best in show.
Energy DCPC Gains Support
Annual Town Meeting Initiative to Create Islandwide District for Energy Conservation Moves Ahead Slowly
By IAN FEIN
A first-of-its-kind initiative that would allow the Vineyard to regulate its own energy use is slowly gathering steam.
