MVC Shows Support for Veteran Member, Rejecting Bias Charges

MVC Shows Support for Veteran Member, Rejecting Bias Charges

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

In an unqualified show of confidence for one of its own members who
has been under relentless attack by the developers of the Down Island
Golf Club, the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted without dissent
last night that commission member Linda Sibley is free from bias and
prejudice.

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Southern Woodlands Hearing Is Set, but Developers Seem Primed to Fight

Southern Woodlands Hearing Is Set, but Developers Seem Primed to
Fight

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

On the eve of a public hearing - now set for next week -
to review a massive housing project in the southern woodlands section of
Oak Bluffs, the developers of the Down Island Golf Club appear to be
charting a fresh collision course with the Martha's Vineyard
Commission.

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Once More Before the Court: Power of the Commission

Once More Before the Court: Power of the Commission

By JULIA WELLS

The unique power of the Martha's Vineyard Commission to review
low and moderate income housing projects under Chapter 40B, a section of
state law commonly known as the anti-snob zoning statute, will come
under scrutiny again later this month in the Massachusetts Land Court.

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Don't Start Cutting, Developers Warned

Don't Start Cutting, Developers Warned

Kupersmith's Attorney, Vowing Defiance of Cease and Desist
Order, Is Told Criminal Charges Could Come

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Attorneys for the Down Island Golf Club have clashed head-on with
top state environmental officials, declaring bluntly that the developers
will not comply with the recent cease and desist order in the southern
woodlands.

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State's Order Is Posted in Southern Woodlands, Bars 'Further Activities'

Top state environmental officials stepped squarely into the fray
around the Down Island Golf Club this week, ordering developers Brian
Lafferty and Corey Kupersmith to immediately halt all tree cutting in
the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs.

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