Record of Cases Heard in District Court

The following case was heard in Edgartown district court.

The Heart of the Vineyard, 2024

The directory of Island nonprofits is now in print in the latest edition of the Vine, and is fully updated online.

Recent Real Estate Transactions: Week Ending Feb. 2

Robert D. Morrison purchased 14 Crocker Drive, lot 59 in Edgartown from Jared N. Grant Trs., Sue Carroll Trs. and Hillman Drive 13 Realty Trust for $750,000 on Feb. 1.

Land Bank Revenues

The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $96,721.02 for the business week ending on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

Raven Activity

Last week I wrote about great horned owls starting to nest even though it is mid-winter.

Edgartown Town Column: Feb. 9

We had wonderful, glorious sun. It is amazing how much of a mood swing that sun can bring about.

Chilmark Town Column: Feb. 9

The windmill at Bliss Pond Farm is getting a face lift.

Chappaquiddick Town Column: Feb. 9

The next Chappy Community Center potluck supper is on Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mouths of Babes

Sometime during the more than two weeks of cloudy, dreary weather, Zappa — my five-year-old great-grandson — said, "Mame, didn't the sky used to be blue?"

Emergency Striper Size Limits Made Permanent

Federal regulators took steps to bring the striped bass population back from the brink last month when the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission voted to approve restrictions on the size of fish recreational fishermen are allowed to keep.

The new regulation makes permanent the emergency actions to protect the striper stock taken by the ASMFC this summer. Recreational fishermen will be restricted to keep one fish a day between 28 and 31 inches during the season.

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