MVC Issues Islandwide Survey

The 12-question survey is aimed at getting a better understanding of residents’ thoughts on community issues and services.

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MVC Opens Hearing on Family Subdivision

The Marthas’s Vineyard Commission week opened a hearing last week on Chilmark landowner Susan Eddy’s plans to subdivide her Welles Way property for family use.

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Commission Lifts Up Longtime Member Christina Brown

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission opened its weekly meeting Thursday by remembering former commissioner Christina Brown, who died on May 27.

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Islanders Highlight Crisis During State Housing Leader's Visit

As of 2023, an affordable house for the average Island family — costing less than 30 per cent of annual income in mortgage, taxes, and insurance — should cost $400,000. But the median single-family home on the Vineyard, as of this year, costs just over $1.3 million.

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MVC Signs Off on Pimpneymouse Preservation Plan

Commissioners unanimously approved a preservation effort for Pimpneymouse Farm, put forth by the relatives of the late Edo Potter, a longtime conservationist and an early leader in the Island’s conservation movement.

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Martha’s Vineyard Carrying Capacity Study Moves Ahead

The aim of the study is to assess how much human activity can take place without irreversible damage to the quality of life Islanders want.

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Bringing Islanders Together for the Environment

This year’s theme at the third annual Climate Action Fair was Greening Vineyard Landscapes, with an emphasis on sustainable living.

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MVC Approves Prouty House Move, Undersea Cables

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 10-1 on Thursday to allow Amelia Hambrecht to move the whaling-era Caleb Prouty house from downtown Vineyard Haven to her property on Lagoon Pond Road.

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MVC Hosts Climate Action Fair

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission hosts its annual Climate Action Fair on Sunday, May 19 at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury from noon to 4 p.m.

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State Housing Leader Plans Vineyard Visit

Housing secretary Ed Augustus will be on-Island on June 4, the last stop of his 12-municipality tour around Massachusetts as the state plans to create a five-year housing plan.

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