The Chilmark Community Church is looking to sever its ties with the United Methodist Church, and the Island congregation recently filed a lawsuit in order to secure its 1.6-acre church grounds on Menemsha Crossroad.
The Chilmark Community Church is looking to sever its ties with the United Methodist Church, and the Island congregation recently filed a lawsuit in order to secure its 1.6-acre church grounds on Menemsha Crossroad.
After hearing arguments Friday, a state Land Court judge is weighing whether the long-running legal battle over plans for an artificial turf field at the Martha’s Vineyard High School should head to a full trial.
A recent lawsuit filed by Chappaquiddick seasonal residents John Bretl and Jennifer Kumpitch Bretl seeks to call the Edgartown zoning board’s bluff.
A legal effort by two Chappaquiddick landowners to block oversand vehicle (OSV) access to the tip of Cape Pogue for the 2022 season has been denied by a Massachusetts Land Court justice.
Aquinnah landowners who have been battling for nearly 18 years to develop some 30 acres of land off Moshup Trail won a favorable decision this week from the state Court of Appeals, but the convoluted legal saga continues.
The decision ends a bitter dispute over ownership of a three-acre parcel of land in Chilmark. Nisa Counter and Benjamin Ramsey bought the lot on Blue Barque Road in 2010 from a family member. Sheriff’s Meadow said the land was part of a 10-acre parcel gifted by the late C. Russell Walton.
