Summer is upon us. This year, many more people are already on the Island because of relocation during Covid.
I was surprised to learn recently that the state agency that regulates the state forest is intending to push forward a plan to clear-cut 32 acres of the most mature White Pine trees in the forest.
The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank does not pay property taxes and in fact takes property taxes off the tax roll.
The land bank watched with interest the Island's recent debate and deliberation over the housing bank.
I was raised in the 1950s under the nuclear umbrella.