Louisa Hufstader
A unanimous vote by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission has cleared the way for a mixed-income subdivision in Edgartown that reserves building lots and an apartment duplex for deed-restricted purchase by year-round Islanders.
The all-Island school committee last month voted unanimously to form a working group to study the potential of unifying the Vineyard’s two regional and three town school districts into a single district, covering all six schools.
Musicians from around the Island and across the water bid farewell to Geordie Gude on Sunday, who died on Wednesday at his home in Chilmark.
The library’s elected board of trustees is asking Tisbury voters to approve a Proposition 2 1/2 override for up to $8.8 million in borrowing for the project, which includes building an addition for which the trustees are raising private donations.
Tisbury’s transfer station for refuse and recycling, known in town as the local drop-off or LDO, is opening later on weekdays beginning in December.
The planned departure of Mark Higgins comes less than two years after he was hired, and is right on the heels of general manager Robert Davis’s announcement that he will step down next year and take on a consulting role.