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When Getting Lost Leads the Way
When I was quite young, in the late 1950’s, I remember pleading with my father as we were setting off on one of our Sunday drives: “Dad, let’s get lost.”. I grew up in an urban town on the periphery of Manhattan where I felt like a fish out of water. In my heart of hearts, I was a nature girl and didn’t want to find our way back home from the wilds of Bear Mountain or even the Jersey shore.
Mashpee funding for sewer, police station plans: Here are Saturday's town election results
Mashpee voters overwhelmingly passed two Proposition 2½ overrides during Saturday's town election to pay for the second part of the town's sewage plans and to design and engineer a new police station. The first ballot question, which authorized the town to borrow $96.1 million to pay for the second...
Land Bank Revenues: Week ending May 3
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $298,816.27 for the business week ending on Friday, May 3, 2024. The land bank receives its funds from a two per cent fee charged on many Vineyard real estate transactions. Much of the land bank revenue last week came from the...
Felix Neck Birdathon
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary will host an accessible birding program on Saturday, May 11 from 9 to 10 a.m. Birders are invited to sit, look, and listen while identifying birds to add to organization’s species list. The event is in conjunction with Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon to benefit Felix Neck....
Aquinnah Town Meeting To Tackle Rising Budget, Housing Fund
Aquinnah voters will consider funding for town building repairs, the creation of an affordable housing trust and a school debt exclusion when they head to the annual town meeting and election next week. Residents will take up the 20-article warrant at 7 p.m. at Aquinnah town hall May 14. Longtime...
Edgartown Town Column: May 10
The fog is returning as the weather gets warmer and the water is still cool. Driving along Beach Road it is fun to watch the clouds and the fog compete in vanishing the Cape shoreline. Happy Birthday to all who celebrated their day this past week. Big balloons go out...
With Summer Near, Trustees Bristle Over Proposed Chappy Limits
Just weeks ahead of the unofficial start to summer, Chappaquiddick’s oversand vehicle trails are looking a lot more like battle lines. This week, The Trustees of Reservations, the nonprofit that manages the 16 miles of Chappy trails popular with beachgoers and fishermen, publicly objected to proposed regulations from the Edgartown conservation commission, saying the rules are not aligned with state environment law and instead were formed with local politics in mind.
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