Police sergeant and West Tisbury selectman Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter withdrew his name for consideration for the position of police chief at Wednesday’s selectmen’s meeting.
A week after the board voted to refer the question of Mr. Manter’s eligibility for the position to legal counsel, Mr. Manter, sporting a medal from Sunday’s Bay State Marathon, simplified the process by submitting his withdrawal in a very brief statement.
A rowdy pastime has become too rowdy for some residents of West Tisbury, who voiced their exasperation at Wednesday’s selectmen’s meeting about dirt biking on Nip’n Tuck farm.
Calling the activity “a disturbance of the peace” that contributed “toxic noise pollution” to the neighborhood and beyond, Wayne Greenwell of Yellow Brick Road produced a letter signed by more than 20 West Tisbury residents who called for the cessation of the activity, which they claimed was illegal according to town noise bylaws.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School quarterback Randall Jette walked off the practice field in the brisk fall air on Wednesday night after a hard practice that ran until almost 7 p.m. under the lights in preparation for tonight’s pivotal league game against Somerset at home. “Friday night is our Super Bowl,” Jette said.
Last year the Vineyarders lost 20-0 to Somerset and Jette is candid about what went wrong. “Me,” he said.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted unanimously last week to approve a new two-story building at the Tisbury Marketplace on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven. The vote is a victory for developer Sam Dunn, who originally created the marketplace in 1984 and plans to build the new mixed-use retail and apartment building.
The vote concludes a process that began over a year ago when Mr. Dunn’s proposal was referred to the commission as a development of regional impact last fall.
The plan now goes to the town of Tisbury for review at the local level.
Debate about whether to build a public fishing pier on the harbor side of the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf grew contentious last Thursday, when neighborhood residents of the North Bluff protested the location, citing noise and garbage concerns.
While most in attendance at the Martha’s Vineyard Commission public hearing came to applaud the project, neighboring homeowners insisted the pier should be built on the far side of the SSA wharf.
