A Land Court judge ruled that the Oak Bluffs planning board was within its rights to grant the Four Sisters Inn on Narragansett avenue a special permit.
About 40 years ago, Virginia Gassel asked me to build her a coffin. She had heard that Scott Nearing, that original “back to the land” guy up in Cape Rosier, Me. actually slept on top of his.
I have taken down my bird feeders following a recommendation from Brice Boutot, the Edgartown health agent, due to dead birds on the Island testing positive for avian flu.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission opened a public hearing Thursday on a nearly-completed house in Vineyard Haven that has become a lightning rod for neighborhood opposition.
The turkeys found dead in Edgartown earlier this month have preliminarily tested positive for avian flu, marking the first cases known to be on the Island.