Controversial Edgartown Home Plans Approved

After nearly four months of back-and-forth, the Edgartown historic district commission approved a controversial home renovation on South Water street. A pool originally included was scrapped.

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Who Owns the Main Streets: The Evolving Story of the Island's Downtowns

The Gazette set out to answer the question who, exactly, owns the downtowns? The analysis found that while ownership is varied and covers a wide spectrum, certain family names jumped out, among them Hall, Courtney and Hajjar.

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Preferring Pools to Beaches Reveals Island Cultural Shift

Once a rare luxury, swimming pools on Martha’s Vineyard have burgeoned in popularity, driven in part by demand from the summer rental market for more amenities.

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New Plans Emerge for Controversial Edgartown Home Expansion

After neighbors rallied against a proposed home expansion on South Water street, the architect behind the project proposed new plans that would leave the harbor view intact.

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Neighbor Sues Over Oak Bluffs Inn Parking Plan

A neighbor of a yet-to-be built Oak Bluffs inn filed a lawsuit against the town planning board this week, arguing the board’s approval of the inn’s permits ignored town parking requirements.

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Aquinnah Shop Restaurant Hits the Market

Seven years after the Aquinnah Shop Restaurant first left Wampanoag hands, the property and business have gone up for sale once again with an asking price of $3.5 million.

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Land Bank Headquarters Fails to Attract Any Bids

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank commission is now rethinking how to handle the sale of its office building in Edgartown.

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Neighbors Fear Home Expansion Dooms Harbor View

A group of roughly 20 neighbors and abutters have organized to protest a proposed renovation of 81 South Water street in Edgartown, claiming that the new construction will block one of the last public views of the harbor.

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Edgartown, Tisbury Seek to Limit Fractional Ownership

A new form of timeshare called fractional ownership has Island towns reexamining their zoning bylaws in an attempt to preserve the Vineyard’s dwindling housing stock.

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Land Bank Takes Bids on Main Street Headquarters

As the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank prepares to move to its new headquarters on Meetinghouse Way, the land bank’s commission recently announced a request for proposals to purchase its current building on 167 Main street.

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