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Aquinnah voters will decide one contest at the polls Wednesday, May 11, a race for a seat on the three-member board of selectmen that finds incumbent Camille Rose, a veteran town official, defending her job against Beverly Wright, a former chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe.
Chuck Stevens of Mystic, Connecticut is a member of the Coast Guard auxiliary air wing. He is one of thousands of men and women civilian volunteers who assist the Coast Guard on land, on the water, and in the air.
Pilot Phil Cox and observer Chuck Stevens were on aerial patrol on July Continue reading New Menemsha dock takes shape, as summer nears… Tourism at the Gay Head Cliffs may get a boost this summer. The executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum told the Aquinnah selectmen this week that the Gay Head Lighthouse will be open weekdays beginning June 21.
David Nathans said the new hours at the lighthouse will provide more sightseeing opportunities for Continue reading Gay Head Lighthouse Opens Weekdays… Frances Tenenbaum of Cambridge and Aquinnah will be honored on April 12 by the New York Horticultural Society for her many years of promoting an interest in horticulture. A longtime editor at Houghton Mifflin in Boston, her specialty has been books on every aspect of popular horticulture and landscaping and she has gained
Continue reading New York Society Honors Aquinnah Editor… You’ll find in the news columns today an update on the effort to build a distributed antenna system (DAS) to improve cell service in two of the up-Island towns. The effort began as a plan to end spotty coverage in all three towns, but West Tisbury dropped out, pleased with the quality
Continue reading Editorial: It’s time to get the deal done and build the DAS system… A medical emergency in Menemsha last month highlighted the urgency of a two-town project to bring reliable wireless service to Chilmark and Aquinnah. A man collapsed and the first reaction by those near him was to reach for their cell phones to call for an ambulance — a futile effort in a
Continue reading Up-island waits and waits for cell service… A project to improve cell phone coverage in the up-Island towns is moving forward after a meeting between service providers and NStar this week took place to measure poles for the distributive antenna system (DAS).
If all goes as planned, up-Island residents could see improved cell coverage by July 1. Chilmark executive secretary Continue reading Up-Island Cell Service Upgrade Set… It has been seven long months since the investigation into the Menemsha fire began by top federal and state experts, including the state fire marshal, the United States Coast Guard and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. And now the investigation has ended, not with a bang but something far more Continue reading New Beginnings in Menemsha-editorial… The Aquinnah selectmen voted this week to accept a private donation to help underwrite the town’s participation in the Massachusetts Estuaries Project study of Menemsha and Squibnocket Ponds. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg will contribute up to $15,000 to help pay for the town’s share of the project. The donation stems from an agreement Continue reading Schlossberg Donation Clears Way for Estuaries Project… This week, the chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), in a press statement to The Times, said that allegations by a former employee of environmental violations on tribal lands are without merit. In a separate statement, the chairman of the Tribal Housing Authority, said the claims of wrondoing Continue reading Tribe Responds to Allegations of Dumping… On first blush it’s easy to be blasé about the new on-line digital assessors’ map in Aquinnah that can be viewed by anyone, anywhere, anytime from the comfort of their home. At a time when you can do just about everything online — buy groceries, book a plane ticket, download music and Continue reading Aquinnah assessors’s office enters digital age… Two commercial bay scallopers in Aquinnah are facing punishment for fishing without a permit in November. Selectmen voted at their Dec. 14 meeting to fine George Baird $200 for scalloping two days on Menemsha Pond without a license, but referred a complaint against Wilde Whitcomb to town counsel. Mr. Baird said he Continue reading Aquinnah Sanctions Scallopers Without Permits, Debates Costs… From: Angela Cywinski <aqassess@comcast.net> Subject: Press Release In a continuing effort to improve the flow of information to residents and taxpayers, Aquinnah’s Board of Assessors found a company to provide an important and necessary service for hosting the Town On-Line GIS Mapping Program. The Board is pleased to present Cartographic Continue reading Aquinnah Launches New On-Line Tax & GIS Mapping Program… At a special town meeting this coming Tuesday night, Aquinnah voters will be asked to buy land for a new affordable housing site and approve a new tax amnesty program, among other things. Moderator Michael Hebert will preside over the special session that begins at 7 p.m. in the old town hall. Continue reading Affordable Housing Site Focus of Aquinnah Town Meeting… The decision to build land-based wind turbines on Wampanoag Tribe land in Aquinnah will likely come down to three factors: aesthetics, acoustics and economics. The results of a wind feasibility study unveiled at the tribal administration building in Aquinnah last Friday showed that while turbines could deliver big environmental and economic benefits Continue reading Sight, Sound, Savings: Tribe Weighs Issues on Wind Turbines… |
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