The critical need for affordable housing on Martha’s Vineyard is by now beyond dispute. But how to solve this pressing problem needs all the careful consideration and collective good faith the Island can muster.
The agreement announced this week to let the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival lease the second floor of the historic Grange Hall is a welcome sign that the Vineyard Preservation Trust is serious about its pledge to embrace the Island community.
At their special town meeting Tuesday night Oak Bluffs voters swiftly agreed to send a home-rule petition to the state legislature that would give the town the power to ban moped rentals.