Law enforcement officials will close part of Waskosim’s Rock Reservation in Chilmark on Sept. 10 to conduct emergency response drills.
The Dukes County Sheriff’s Office received the sign off on Monday from the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, which owns the conservation property, to hold the drill from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“On the staff level, we are totally a go for this...” said Harrison Kisiel, superintendent of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank.
In this week's 10-minute wrap-up from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, the Land Bank has conserved 4,200 acres of land in the past 40 years, raising questions about the balance of preservation and development.
In 1986, Islanders received approval from the state legislature to form the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank. Forty years later, the nonprofit has conserved 4,200 acres of land, but also raised questions about if there is a right balance between preservation and development.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank will add an extra 28 acres to the Wapatequa Woods Reservation in Oak Bluffs after receiving its largest-ever land donation this week.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank purchased a 10.7-acre parcel on North Neck Road on Chappaquiddick for $1.5 million last month and hopes to open the property next week.
The land bank commission on Monday voted in favor of the policy change, which would allow properties that include an affordable housing restriction to avoid paying the fee when they are sold.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank bought nearly 13 acres along the southern shore of Cape Pogue Bay earlier this month as part of an effort to preserve historic farmland on Chappaquiddick.
