Menemsha Bakery Stirs Debate About Chain Stores

A plan to open an Iggy's Bread location at the former Bite location in Chilmark raised concerns about changes in the fishing village Tuesday.

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Chilmark Officials Ponder Menemsha Traffic, Litter

Chilmark residents and town officials convened this week to discuss how best to manage Menemsha’s growing summer tourism. 

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Menemsha Loses a Handful of Parking Spots

Seven diagonal spaces on North Road between the Galley and Menemsha Market are changing to three parallel spaces.

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Homeport Construction Stopped

Construction to modify a deck at the Homeport restaurant in Menemsha was halted last week after the Chilmark building department found the new owners hadn’t secured a building permit.

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Chilmark Receives Dune Restoration Grant

The town of Chilmark was awarded a $205,937 grant on Monday from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management’s Coastal Resilience Grant Program.

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Chilmark Moves Ahead on Dock Project, Has Questions on Affordable Housing

The Chilmark select board is mulling how to put up its portion of the funds for Menemsha commercial dock improvements, has questions on an affordable housing project, and approved a three-year contract for the fire chief.

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Security Cameras Will Go on Harbor Master Shack for Now

Chilmark voted to install security cameras on the harbor master shack in Menemsha while it forms a committee to figure out the best way to install cameras on the west dock.

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Controversial Pole in Menemsha Comes Down

A 30-foot pole that went up in Menemsha to house security cameras on the west dock has been taken down while the town re-evaluates the project, selectman Warren Doty said.

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Security Cameras at Menemsha on Hold After Residents Object

Chilmark will press pause on installing security cameras in Menemsha after a group of residents registered their formal objection to a 30-foot pole that went up on the west dock to hold the cameras.

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Work Set to Begin on Menemsha Docks

Preliminary work will get under way soon at the commercial fishing dock, after the Chilmark select board awarded a bid for a site assessment to Childs Engineering Tuesday afternoon.

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