The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 10-6 to approve the regional high school athletic field project at a dramatic meeting Thursday night, capping a long-running and often acrimonious debate over synthetic turf fields.
A divided Martha’s Vineyard Regional School committee voted Monday to dedicate additional money to the district’s lawsuit against the Oak Bluffs planning board over the town board’s denial of an artificial turf playing field at the school.
A trio of local contractors has volunteered to repair a steep drop-off, running more than 300 feet along the home sideline of the main athletic field.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional School District filed a motion for a summary judgment with the state Land Court last month, requesting the court make a ruling on the case without having to go to trial.
How frightening to think that we would even consider endangering our kids with plastic fields causing cancer.
At a noon meeting Friday, the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School committee approved a change of attorneys in its legal action against the Oak Bluffs planning board.
Like a lot of people on Martha's Vineyard, I heard the beginnings of the controversy about an artificial playing field at the high school several years ago.
