MVC Allows Oak Bluffs Home Demolition

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday approved an Oak Bluffs property owner’s request to tear down a dilapidated cottage on Oak avenue.

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MVC Resolves Disputed Oak Bluffs Demolition

Homeowners Eunu Chun and Lisa Kim sued the commission in 2022 after it denied their application to expand and winterize the property at 7 Arlington avenue.

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Housing Project Proposed Again on Uncas Avenue

The Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals referred a proposed mixed-use development that hinges on a controversial home demolition to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission at a public hearing on Tuesday.

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Old Variety Store Slated for Demolition

The Old Variety Store building in downtown Oak Bluffs adjacent to the Flying Horses Carousel is slated for teardown, after the town issued a demolition permit last month and the select board approved a sidewalk closure at the site Tuesday.

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MVC Denies Historic Home Demolition on Look Street

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission denied a proposed historic home demolition on Thursday evening, resolving to protect a 120-year-old Four Square style building in Vineyard Haven.

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Suit Filed Against Denial of Copeland District Teardown

The owners of a house in the historic Copeland district of Oak Bluffs filed suit this week in Massachusetts Land Court asking the court to allow it to be torn down.

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MVC Policy Emphasizes Historic Preservation

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission has adopted a new demolition policy for historic buildings as it rethinks its role in preserving the diverse architecture of the Island.

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MVC Wrestles With Tisbury Demolition

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission decided Thursday not to review a demolition on Hatch Road in Vineyard Haven, amid wide-ranging discussion about tear-downs.

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MVC Reviews Historic House Demolition

A plan to raze and rebuild a historic house on East Chop Drive will be decided soon by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, after a public hearing closed Thursday night on the demolition project.

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Katama Hangar Ready for Demolition

The dilapidated Katama Airfield hanger in Edgartown will be officially demolished over the next two weeks, town administrator James Hagerty informed selectmen at a meeting Tuesday.

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