A century-old Oak Bluffs bungalow with a historic past has grown too run-down to be saved, its owner and her architect told the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week.
A proposed mixed-income housing development near Veterans Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven is under fire from neighbors, who are asking Tisbury officials not to issue a permit for the project.
Officials in Tisbury are planning to renovate the former office building at the water works on Lake Tashmoo into a home for municipal employees, beginning with incoming town administrator Joseph J. LaCivita.
Martha’s Vineyard is close to losing one of its two free-standing medical centers, potentially leaving more than 1,000 Islanders without a primary care doctor.
Joseph LaCivita, currently the general manager of Watervliet, N.Y., will start on March 3. The select board unanimously picked Mr. LaCivita to succeed longtime administrator John Grande, who left in December.
Rising enrollment at the newly-renovated Tisbury School is helping to drive a 17 per cent increase in the school’s operating budget for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1 of this year.
The school committee certified the nearly $10.8 million budget last week, clearing the way for the Tisbury select board and the financial and advisory committee to review the spending plan. The budget will have to be approved at town meeting.
