Food Pantry Relocation Approved by MVC

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission this week unanimously approved the Island Food Pantry’s plan for a permanent move to 114-116 Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs.

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Fired Up About Waste Management

Biochar is created by burning branches and other wood waste in a contained environment. It has a range of beneficial uses that include enriching the soil and reducing the risk of wildfire.

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MVC, Stone Bank Agree on Fireplaces

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission this week agreed to allow three previously-denied fireplaces at a mixed-use condominium complex in downtown Vineyard Haven, in exchange for the developer’s pledge to allow no further propane appliances anywhere on the property.

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MVC Hears Proposals for Tisbury Duplex, Food Pantry Move

Island Grown Initiative seeks to move its food pantry to Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs, while in Vineyard Haven, landowner Michael Sawyer is applying to replace a demolished building on Lagoon Pond Road with two four-story apartments.

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MVC Considers West Tisbury Subdivision

Brothers Paul S. Bangs, James D. Bangs and Charles D. Bangs are asking to create six 3.95-acre building lots and one 1.37-acre affordable housing lot, along with a 1.22-acre right of way, on their late father Stuart Bangs’s woodlot that stretches from Old Coach Road to Nip ’n’ Tuck Lane.

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MVC, Oak Bluffs Score Climate Change Grants

The Martha's Vineyard Commission and town of Oak Bluffs have been awarded grants from the state for projects to help bolster the Island against climate change.

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MVC Denies Fireplaces Installed at Stone Bank Condos

Developer Reid (Sam) Dunn added fireplaces to three condominium units at his Stone Bank mixed-use property in Vineyard Haven without approval by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which voted Thursday to deny his after-the-fact request to keep the amenities in place.

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MVC Encourages Chilmark to Refer Big Projects

The chair of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission came to the Chilmark Select Board Tuesday to ask why some larger projects in the up-Island town never came before the regional planning agency.

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Shearer Cottage Gives Up Expansion Plans

The historic Oak Bluffs Inn surrendered its approvals from the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week, essentially ending any renovation plans before they started.

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MVC Approves Plan For Golf Course, But With Heavy Conditions

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 13-3 last night to approve a plan for a private 18-hole golf club on the site of an old subdivision in the rural perimeters of Edgartown, first spending nearly three hours developing a heavy set of more than 20 conditions which will force the developer to return to the commission on a number of fronts before the project can go forward.

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