Chilmark News

In late November 2011, the tallest wind turbine on the Island was installed at the Allen Farm in Chilmark.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $1 million in grants to two local Indian tribes.

The Tea Lane farmstead will be the focus when Chilmark voters will gather for a special town meeting Monday to consider a relatively brief three-article warrant.

Get a roll, chips, and beverage for $15, a hot dog for $3 and slice of pie for $4. There is a Super Bowl Special of four rolls for $50. 11:30 am - 1:30 pm.

They are building a FirstDay Cottage : a system of construction that requires almost no carpentry experience.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 th Black History Month Breakfast Program The League of Women Voters is hosting a Black History Month Breakfast Program at the Howes House in West Tisbury.

The Martha's Vineyard Commission has issued a "last call" for public comments on a proposal to erect canopies topped with 12,200 square feet of solar panels in the parking lot at Cronig's Market on State Road in Vineyard Haven.

The Up-Island Regional School District school committee voted Monday, January 23 to certify a fiscal year 2013 total operational budget of $9,129,943. That is an increase of $777,049, or 9.3 percent, over FY12.

While the crowds of summer see the Island at its blossoming height of tourism in July and August, a question pops into their minds as they get set to leave.

Also, to the columnist's detractors who maintain the author is making up stuff as she goes, her sudden demise, non habeas corpus , should put paid to her credibility; a journalist's highest goal.] In 1941, Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow, packed up their kids, nannies, secretaries, maids and chief-cook-and-bottle-washers, and sought ... (more)

In December, Noli Taylor, Program Coordinator of Island Grown Schools ,wrote an Op-Ed on MVPatch explaining why she, and Island Grown Schools, thought it so important to renovate the kitchen at the West Tisbury School .

Businessman Elio Silva last week asked the Martha's Vineyard Commission to revisit his plan, approved last May, to build a new building at 412 State Road in Tisbury to house a market and apartments .

Many Island restaurants offer lower prices, two-for-one meals, and a variety of special deals during the winter months.

Do you think you know how our town works? You may be surprised at what you can learn at "Tisbury 101" held at 7 pm on Tuesdays for the next few months at the Vineyard Haven Library.