Brendan O'Neill

Land Matters

Land Matters

Editors, Vineyard Gazette;

Contaminated ponds. Tangled traffic, bigger crowds, louder jet noise. And despite all that, a thunderous building boom that promises yet more to come, struggling to satisfy the market for vacation rentals while doing little if anything to provide year-round housing.

The Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS) is besieged with the question: “What can be done to prevent killing the goose that lays the golden egg?”

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Fate of the Land Is in Our Hands

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is taking an important step to address the Island’s growth crisis through a new carrying capacity study.

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