Thomas Humphrey

Chilmark Considering Short-Term Rental Tax Hike

At Tuesday's select board meeting, the housing committee proposed raising the lodging tax and committing the new funds to affordable housing.

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Vineyard Under Air Quality Advisory Friday

Poor air quality resulting from elevated ozone levels on Martha’s Vineyard may pose a risk to sensitive groups, according to an air quality advisory released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Friday.

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Cyanobacteria Reaches Red-Grade Status in Four Ponds

MVCyano, a coalition of local boards of health and the Great Pond Foundation, has issued “red-grade” cyanobacteria bloom advisories in Chilmark Pond, Tisbury Great Pond, James Pond and a pond at Mink Meadows.

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Piglet Party

Upon approaching the pigpen at North Tabor Farm, a visitor will encounter two sensations: the faint ammoniac smell of swinish manure, and the cacophonous duet of squeaks, chirps and hisses of the farm’s two defense geese, Lucy and Lorenzo.

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Officials Discuss Concerns Over Goat Herd's Health

Questions about the wellbeing of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank goat herd were raised at a meeting this week between land bank staff, Island animal control officers and the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society.

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Vineyard Leaders Meet With Nantucket To Talk Housing, Staffing Shortages

Municipal employee housing, wastewater management and town hall staffing shortages were all discussed at the inter-island meeting last week.

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VTA Bus Hits Van in West Tisbury

A Vineyard Transit Authority bus sideswiped a minivan on Lambert's Cove Road in West Tisbury Saturday afternoon.

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Car Flips on South Road Saturday

A 2019 Honda Civic grazed a roadside pole on South Road in Chilmark and flipped onto its roof on Saturday after the driver fell asleep at the wheel.

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West Tisbury Weighs Housing Committee Conflict of Interest

Ongoing deliberation over a possible ethics violation on the West Tisbury affordable housing committee flared up once again at a town select board meeting Wednesday.

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From Inventor to Hotel Owner

Bernard Chiu, investor, inventor and owner of the Harbor View Hotel, has spent many nights dreaming about dehumidifier technology.

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