Edgartown voters approve new fire station
Edgartown voters cruised through a nearly 100-article warrant Tuesday night, approving funding for a new fire station, a nip ban, and several other capital costs.
Despite a half-hour delay caused by the lack of a...
Islandwide nip ban approved
Updated
At their respective annual town meetings Tuesday evening, voters in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown approved a new bylaw prohibiting the sale of nips — single-use containers of alcohol under 100mL.
Oak Bluffs and Edgartown are...
Chilmark: Don’t bank on us
Chilmark has low expectations for the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank heading into town meeting next week.
“As a town, we want to say we support affordable housing, we just don’t support the Housing Bank...
Chilmark to vote on fire station land buy, decide fate of Housing Bank
Chilmark voters will be asked on April 22 if they’re game to pony up $900,000 to buy land near town hall for a new fire station and a Tri-Town Ambulance building through a Proposition...
Tisbury voters headed to the polls
Tisbury voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, April 23, to decide on a two-way race for selectman between Seth Gambino and Jeff Kristal.
Polls are open between 12 noon and 8 pm at...
Kristal, Gambino seek Tisbury selectman’s seat
The departure of Tristan Israel from town government has left a void that Jeff Kristal and Seth Gambino are trying to fill.
Kristal, 53, is the owner of Crocker House Inn, and lives there with...
West Tisbury approves recreational cannabis zoning
Updated April 12
In back-to-back votes on night two of West Tisbury’s annual town meeting, voters said yes to the sale and propagation of recreational marijuana in certain districts, and yes to regulations for withdrawing...
Housing Bank defeated in Tisbury
Updated April 12
On the third night of town meeting, Tisbury voters debated for several more hours before rejecting the article to create an Islandwide Housing bank, 75 to 115.
It took three full nights and...
Edgartown indefinitely postpones Housing Bank
Updated April 18
After a lengthy discussion on the proposed Housing Bank article, which would take a percentage from the newly expanded room-occupancy tax, Edgartown voters approved a motion by board of selectmen chairman Michael...
West Tisbury approves Housing Bank
West Tisbury voters approved two major pieces of legislation Tuesday night in the first leg of annual town meeting. By a unanimous vote, the blue-shirted fifth and sixth graders of Plastic Free MV achieved...
Oak Bluffs strikes down Housing Bank
Oak Bluffs voters denied two controversial articles, one concerning the creation of a Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank and the other funding the town’s share of a feasibility study for the regional high school, at...
Town clerk will remain an elected post
Voters rejected the idea of appointing rather than electing the town clerk during Tuesday’s first night of town meeting inside the Tisbury School gymnasium.
Town Clerk Hillary Conklin spoke out against the article, which was...
Two-way race for Edgartown selectmen
The Edgartown selectmen’s race will pit longtime incumbent Mike Donaroma against newcomer Jack Krowski.
Donaroma is the current selectmen chair and owner and founder of Donaroma’s Nursery in Edgartown. He’s a fourth generation Islander....
Water body regulations punctuate West Tisbury warrant
West Tisbury voters will weigh in on the first regulation to emerge from the Mill Pond Study, the West Tisbury Water Resources Protection Bylaw.
Per the 2019 West Tisbury annual warrant, “The purpose of this...
Airport hangar, Housing Bank occupy Edgartown town meeting
It’s that time of year again. Towns around the Island are preparing for their annual town meetings.
Edgartown’s annual town meeting has no shortage of warrant articles with 85 in total. The special town meeting...
Preparing for Tisbury town meeting
The Tisbury Vision Forum is hosting a meeting at 6 pm Thursday, April 4 at the Katharine Cornell Theater to review the 2019 annual and special town meeting warrant articles.
The meeting is intended to...
Edgartown Land Bank seat is two-way race
The Edgartown Land Bank commissioner seat has opened up with two candidates vying for the position. Jack Krowski and Richard Knight are looking to take over commission duties from longtime Edgartown Land Bank commissioner...
Sylvia, Reimann vie for O.B. Land Bank seat
Two Oak Bluffs residents are vying for a spot as the town’s representative on the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission.
Incumbent Priscilla Sylvia, who has been the Oak Bluffs representative since 1986, is running against...
The buzz on Question 1
On Nov. 6, Massachusetts voters will decide whether they believe yes, patient-to-nurse ratios should be regulated by law, or no, patient-to-nurse ratios should remain in the hands of hospitals. The proposed law was written...
Race for state’s 9th District
Congressman Bill Keating, D-Bourne, faces a challenge from businessman Peter Tedeschi of Marshfield for the race to represent the 9th Congressional District.
Keating has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2010,...