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Dukes County Commissioners were officially sworn in Wednesday, kicking off the next two-year term for the seven members of the county’s legislative body. Replacing former commissioners Keith Chatinover, Leon Brathwaite, and John Cahill are newly elected members Doug Ruskin, James Klingensmith and Juli Vanderhoop, who now join Christine Todd, Tristan Israel, Peter Wharton and Don […] ....
With The Trustees of Reservations stepping away from their role as stewards and managers of Norton Point Beach, Dukes County Commissioners must work to assist in handing off that responsibility to the Town of Edgartown currently the only entity to step forward. Norton Point, a vital barrier beach stretching over two miles, connects Edgartown […] ....
Barely making quorum at their Wednesday meeting, Dukes County Commissioners discussed the next steps in their search for a new county treasurer. The full-time elected position, which touts a $100,000 capped annual salary plus benefits, has been vacant following the departure of former treasurer Ann Metcalf in July. “We have interviewed a couple of candidates,” […] ....
Despite casting a wide net for maritime haulers to establish an off-Cape to Martha’s Vineyard freight route, the Steamship Authority has been unable to bring any prospect aboard. Sought in large part to ameliorate the volume of heavy vehicles transiting through Woods Hole en route to the Vineyard, the alternate freight route idea has been […] ....
Dukes County commissioners expressed their support for fellow commissioner Keith Chatinover at their meeting Wednesday afternoon, after Chatinover was the Twitter target of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in the social media discourse over the 50 Venezuelan migrants shipped to the Vineyard last week. Chatinover responded to comments made by Cruz last year coinciding with […] ....