Representatives for the Vineyard Golf Club appeared before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday for a public hearing on their proposal to build nine luxury houses for club members plus a new employee dormitory and bathroom on the course.
The members-only golf club needs permission from the commission, which approved plans for the golf course along the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road in 1999 with a condition that explicitly prohibited member housing. The only housing allowed by the commission was for club employees.
Chris Scott, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust, has thought of a new idea for the old elementary school in Edgartown.
Mr. Scott went before selectmen Monday to suggest housing the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in the 19,000 square foot building, next to the Edgartown elementary school, which has been vacant for five years.
The board loved the idea.
A Vineyard Haven man will face trial later this month in Dukes County Superior Court for allegedly raping a woman at knifepoint in West Tisbury two years ago.
The Hon. Mary-Lou Rup, an associate justice of superior court, will preside over that case and a number of other criminal and civil cases during the five-week spring superior court session which opened this week in the Edgartown courthouse.
A Dukes County grand jury convened Monday to consider several criminal indictments and is expected to reconvene later in the session, scheduled to conclude May 2.
An Edgartown man sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Saturday after he reportedly collided with a tree near the intersection of Barnes Road and Oriental avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Jesse J. Smith remained in the hospital as of Tuesday, although a hospital spokesman declined to reveal his condition. Oak Bluffs police said Mr. Smith is facing several charges including operating under the influence of alcohol (second offense), negligent operation of a motor vehicle and marked lanes violation.
Correction
A caption under a photograph of a boat lift published in Friday’s Gazette misidentified the location. The picture was taken at the Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard in Vineyard Haven. The Gazette regrets the error.
He has worn many hats over the years: civil engineer, regional health agent, town selectman and legislative liaison.
And soon Russell Smith of Aquinnah will be wearing a new hat: that of county manager.
“I’m looking forward to being involved with the county,” Mr. Smith said in an interview this week as the news of his recent appointment was still sinking in. “I hope my tenure there will be a benefit to all the Island towns,” he said.
The Island Grown Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting locally grown food and its farmers on the Vineyard, has been granted $10,000 to improve and expand its poultry program.
The grant was awarded by Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education from its sustainable community innovation category, which fosters connections between sustainable agriculture and rural communities. Northeast Sustainable is a grants program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sarah Mello Trudel of Oak Bluffs has been named superintendent of the Chappaquiddick properties of The Trustees of Reservations.
Mrs. Trudel will succeed David F. Belcher, who leaves the job after 19 years on May 11.
The announcement was made Monday by Chris Kennedy, Islands regional director for The Trustees of Reservations.
The Trustees own some 784 acres on Chappaquiddick, including Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge, Wasque Reservation and Mytoi, a Japanese garden founded many years ago by the late Mary Wakeman.
Surfcasters Film
The Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 at the Chilmark Public Library. They will view the film The Lonely Dorymen, a 16-millimeter-format documentary.
The Dukes County Charter Study Commission will host three public sessions across the Vineyard this month. The commissioners are inviting members of the Island community to come and participate in their continuing discussion of county government.
