A Boom Is Changing Edgartown (Again)

By MANDY LOCKE

The sound of hammers and saws pulses through downtown Edgartown. Morning calm is broken by a foreman yelling instructions to a team of roofers and by the beeping of a delivery truck backing into a driveway with a load of lumber. A lane of traffic on Cooke street has become a parking lot for workmen reporting to one of three project sites in a single block near Pease's Point Way.

"It's looks like the Big Dig," said one contractor, Norman Rankow.

O, Christmas Tree! Park Landlord Says It Must Come Down

By MANDY LOCKE

A graceful Christmas tree is caught in a tug-of-war between Edgartown leaders and the Benjamin Hall family.

The full-bodied spruce stands 20 feet tall in the center of a treasured park on Main street. The Halls - who have leased the so-called mini-park to the town for decades - are demanding the tree come down.

Tiring of Those Who Short Cut, Neighborhood Considers Gate

By MANDY LOCKE

In about eight minutes, a driver taking a shortcut from the West Tisbury Road to the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road can get from the entrance at Metcalf Drive to the exit at Dodgers Hole. It takes only six minutes if he ignores the 15 mile per hour speed limits painted on the asphalt between speed bumps on the narrow residential streets of the cut-through.

Commission Invites Public Comment on Its Plan for Blind Charitable Trust

By MANDY LOCKE

Responding to criticism that their public agency should not mask the identity of private donors, the Martha's Vineyard Commission last night agreed to host a public forum for Islanders to air concerns about the agency's recently established charitable trust.

Crackdown at the Harbor: Can It Help Those Who Wait Years for Moorings?

By MANDY LOCKE

There's about to be a crackdown in Edgartown's harbor - new mooring regulations aim to fix a system in which some boaters have been waiting a generation for a place to put their vessel.

Securing a permanent mooring in any East Coast port town these days is often a challenge. But in Edgartown's inner harbor - one of two Island towns that still permit private moorings - it's practically impossible.

Jenney Lane Plan Wins Unanimous Approval at MVC

By MANDY LOCKE

After nearly four months of review, the Martha's Vineyard Commission last night unanimously approved a 10-unit affordable housing project for the center of a densely-settled Edgartown neighborhood just behind Upper Main street.