The annual town meeting season is upon the Vineyard, and there are three towns that will be congregating townspeople to cast their votes. Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and West Tisbury will all be holding their annual town meetings on Tuesday, April 9. Each town will be dealing with warrant articles that can bring changes to their […]
School officials are looking to purchase five new electric buses, and they’re looking for support from the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). On Thursday, The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Committee unanimously approved applying for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean School Bus Grant. The plan is to apply for the funding through […]
Select board members in West Tisbury are considering reducing the size of the quorum needed for town meetings. West Tisbury town administrator Jennifer Rand proposed a warrant article to change the current quorum from five percent of registered voters to simply 75 registered voters during a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 24. Rand said the annual town […]
Upgrades to the Chilmark School HVAC system are nearing completion. According to Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools business administrator Mark Friedman, the project is progressing on budget and ahead of schedule, with the expectation of finishing over winter break. On Tuesday, the Up-Island Regional School Committee unanimously approved the usage of up to $106,000 for a […]
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School administrators are proposing a $27.02 million budget for the next fiscal year, a $1.92 million increase from the current budget of $25.1 million. The increase would be a nearly 8 percent increase. Much of the increase is due to rising staffing costs. Contractual obligations are up $745,767.62. New positions, like […]