Inkwell Beach
Inkwell Beach
April 24, 2014
Selectmen Hear Concerns Over Quality of Sand at Inkwell Beach
Citizens voiced concerns surrounding the sand deposits from a beach nourishment project at Pay and Inkwell beaches to Oak Bluffs selectmen this week.
July 11, 2013
Smudges at the Inkwell; Dogs, Trash Pile-Up Raise Concerns
The water isn’t the only thing heating up midsummer in Oak Bluffs. At a Tuesday meeting of the town selectmen, residents held passionate debates about the new lifeguard force at Inkwell Beach and parking safety in the North Bluff neighborhood.
June 10, 2010
Dogs Would Be Off the Fields Under Rules
The Oak Bluffs parks commission on Monday reviewed draft rules for town parks and beaches that among other things would close parks at 10 p.m., prohibit flower picking and ban pets from playgrounds and baseball fields.
Authored by Nancy Phillips, chairman of the parks commission, the rules would apply to all town beaches and parks, including Ocean Park, Waban Park, Nashawena Park, Sunset Park, Veira Park, Inkwell Beach and the old pay beach.
July 26, 2007
Starved, Needing More Sand: Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs
The Inkwell Beach is a symbol of pride for many Islanders,
especially African Americans, whose families have visited this stretch
of sand for generations.
The beach - which is no longer than a football field and
bookmarked on both sides by jetties - does not have the royal
vistas of Lucy Vincent or the commercial appeal of South Beach.
July 23, 2007
Plan to Refurbish Beach Stirs Emotion
Plan to Refurbish Beach Stirs Emotion
By JEANNIE VANASCO
Thomas Wirth unrolled a map mounted on two poles and planted them in
the sand on Inkwell beach in Oak Bluffs last Thursday morning. Mr.
Wirth, who worked as the landscape architect for the PBS programs This
Old House and Victory Garden for 20 years, has drafted a design concept
for this section of waterfront, in conjunction with the Oak Bluffs
Boardwalk to Beach Task Force.
July 23, 2007
Plan to Refurbish Beach Stirs Emotion
Plan to Refurbish Beach Stirs Emotion
By JEANNIE VANASCO
Thomas Wirth unrolled a map mounted on two poles and planted them in
the sand on Inkwell beach in Oak Bluffs last Thursday morning. Mr.
Wirth, who worked as the landscape architect for the PBS programs This
Old House and Victory Garden for 20 years, has drafted a design concept
for this section of waterfront, in conjunction with the Oak Bluffs
Boardwalk to Beach Task Force.
July 3, 1973
Oak Bluffs Shorefront
About 35,000 cubic yards of sand have been deposited on the beach below Sea View avenue in Oak Bluffs, out of a total of nearly 85,000 yards scheduled to be placed on the beach to rebuild it as part of a $400,000 federal erosion control project now under way.
In addition to the beach buildup, a 570-foot stone groin is being built perpendicular to the shore out into Nantucket Sound to reduce further erosion of the town bathing and recreation area.
