Faced with Denial by Board of Appeals, Developers of Katama Private Club Withdraw Application for Now
In an unexpected turn, the applicants for an upscale members-only recreational club in Katama abruptly withdrew their application at a zoning board of appeals meeting Tuesday, after two members of the board said they intended to vote against the proposal.
After posting a 17-3-2 record, the Martha's Vineyard high school boys' soccer celebrated its first conference title this past fall - a feat even more impressive considering it was the team's first year as a member of the South Coast Conference.
Nobody could have guessed at the time the title might have been the first and last for the Vineyard - both for the soccer team and the seven other teams from the high school allowed into the conference on an interim basis in 2005.
The Edgartown zoning board of appeals this week gave tentative approval to plans for an upscale members-only recreational facility in Katama called the Field Club - although the board stopped short of putting the plan to a vote.
One young Island family's dream of building an affordable home on Chappaquiddick hit a roadblock last month when a Marblehead couple that owns a summer home next door purchased the land out from underneath them.
As a familiar stretch of Oak Bluffs waterfront continues its winter hibernation, the sand unblemished by human footprints or children's sand castles, plans are underway to breathe new life into what was once one of the busiest beaches on the Island.
As a familiar stretch of Oak Bluffs waterfront continues its winter hibernation, the sand unblemished by human footprints or children's sand castles, plans are underway to breathe new life into what was once one of the busiest beaches on the Island.