Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association

August 20, 1869

The Illumination

The Vineyard Gazette
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Illumination Night
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association

2022

August 24, 2022

Tabernacle Suits Withdrawn Against Oak Bluffs

Aidan Pollard
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Tabernacle
The Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association has withdrawn both of the lawsuits it filed against Oak Bluffs this summer in response to town board decisions approving a planned roof replacement and 1,300 square-foot addition to the Tabernacle.
August 21, 2022

Camp Ground Residents Organize for Change

Louisa Hufstader
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Members of a newly formed leaseholders’ coalition want a change in Camp Meeting Association leadership and a vote in how the Camp Ground is managed. But the group is facing an uphill battle against more than a century and a half of past practice.
August 17, 2022

Camp Meeting Association Files Second Suit Over Tabernacle Regulation

Aidan Pollard
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
The Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association has sued the town of Oak Bluffs for the second time this summer, seeking to reverse conditions imposed in the approval of a special permit for the construction of an auxiliary structure at the Camp Ground Tabernacle.
August 4, 2022

Money Matters

Brian Hughes
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Tabernacle
On May 15, 2021 the citizens of Oak Bluffs gave the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association $315,000 to help fix the roof on the Tabernacle.
July 21, 2022

Camp Ground Residents Push Back Over Decision to Sue Planning Board

Louisa Hufstader
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association leaseholders have begun to question the direction of the community’s board members, including a recent decision to sue the Oak Bluffs Planning Board.
July 14, 2022

Camp Meeting Association Sues Oak Bluffs Planning Board

Aidan Pollard
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Oak Bluffs planning board
The Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association has sued the Oak Bluffs planning board, seeking to reverse a set of conditions the board attached to the recent approval of a building addition and roof replacement at the Tabernacle.

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