The Edgartown select board approved the 2023 annual town meeting warrant on Monday night, which will include an article proposing the ban on the sale of plastic nip bottles bottles of alcohol under 100mL. If approved, the ban would go into effect May 2024. This follows a year’s long discussion among both down-Island towns […]
Edgartown voters could be asked to vote on whether or not to end the town’s relationship with the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. No article has been submitted for the upcoming town meeting warrant yet, but members of both the finance committee and select board have raised concerns about rising costs associated with the Commission. At the […]
Two weeks after the Edgartown select board expressed their interest in proposing a townwide ban on the sale of nip bottles (alcohol containers bottles under 100mL), a request from a local retailer to support increasing deposits on bottle redemptions was also considered. Brion McGroarty, owner of MV Wine and Spirits, asked the select board to […]
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) committee voted 6-1 to ask for the full $2 million from the Island towns for the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) feasibility study. This request would appear on the towns’ annual spring town meeting warrants. Committee member Skipper Manter, who is also a West Tisbury select board member, was […]
At Monday’s Edgartown select board meeting, Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee announced the retirement of longtime Officer Stephanie Immelt. Immelt has served with the department for 22 years, McNamee said, making her the most senior female officer on the Island. “We’re really sorry to see her go,” he said. Immelt has served as a school […]