🌱 How a state ruling could fast-track big housing projects in Oak Bluffs

Hello Oak Bluffs! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a state ruling could fast-track big housing projects in Oak Bluffs
• How to join Oak Bluffs’ Memorial Road Race this May

Also on today's calendar: Shibori Dyeing with Indigo Workshop and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A shower around, mainly later, with a high of 47 and low of 43 degrees.
• Thursday: A morning shower; breezy, temps: high: 59, low: 36.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 55 and low of 34 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Edgartown Gardens Ruling Cuts MVC Out of Affordable Housing (vineyardgazette.com) — A new state housing appeals ruling could sharply limit the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s power over big affordable housing projects, including a past proposal in Oak Bluffs’ southern woodlands and a current case tied to Green Villa there. If upheld in court, future 40B developments would only need town zoning board approval, potentially speeding senior and affordable housing across the Island.
   

• Best Local 5K Races in Massachusetts This Spring (wbsm.com) — Oak Bluffs runners can lace up for the 32nd Annual Martha’s Vineyard Memorial Road Race on May 24, with a kids’ fun run and 5K supporting Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard. The guide also highlights several other family-friendly 5Ks across the SouthCoast and Cape Cod this spring and summer, with registration links and basic details for each event.
   

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📸 Around Oak Bluffs

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Bluffs

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• DIY Beeswax Food Wraps
  Oak Bluffs Public Library, 56r School St, Oak Bluffs
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Twice Monthly Meeting of the Planning Board - CANCELED
  Oak Bluffs, MA Calendar Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Shibori Dyeing with Indigo Workshop
  Featherstone Center for the Arts , 30 Featherstone Ln , Oak Bluffs
  1:00 pm
• Puzzles Galore
  Oak Bluffs Public Library , 56r School St , Oak Bluffs
  2:00 pm
• Weaving Generations: A Multi-Generational Forum on Conflicts in Workplaces
  Oak Bluffs Public Library , 56r School St , Oak Bluffs
  2:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• 2026 Annual Shearing Day Celebration
  Island Alpaca Company , 1 Head of the Pond Rd , Vineyard Haven
  10:00 am
• MV Spring Classic Marathon and Half Marathon
  100 Edgartown Vineyard Haven Rd , Vineyard Haven
  12:00 pm
• MV Marathon After Party 2026
  Harbor View Hotel , 131 N Water St , Edgartown
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Story Circle with Aria at the MV Family Center!
  MV Family Center , 35 Greenwood Ave. , Tisbury
  10:45 am
• The Wild World of Animals Show
  Tisbury School , 40 W William St , Vineyard Haven
  3:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Pancakes & Cartoons
  West Tisbury Library , 1042 State Rd , West Tisbury
  9:30 am
• Pancakes and Cartoons
  West Tisbury Library , 1042 State Rd , West Tisbury
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Unifi posted a job opening for Airport Ramp Agent (JetBlue) - MVY in Vineyard Haven. Apply here.
• MBL posted a job opening for Staff Accountant, Revenues and Reporting in Woods Hole. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Bluffs here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Vineyard Haven

• Vineyard Author's New Memoir Breaks Down a Marriage (vineyardgazette.com)

Woods Hole

• Sea Change Coming For Woods Hole Marine Science Institution: Report (patch.com)
• First-Year Seminar Program launches post-seminar experiences (harvard.edu)
• April Sounds (capeandislands.org)

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Ok Oak Bluffs! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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