Government
A revised version of a draft article to create an Island housing bank came before the Edgartown select board Monday, but the board delayed a vote again.
Vineyard boards of health reported 82 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the week ending Christmas Day, a decline from weeks prior. The count still ranks among the highest on Island in 2021.
The $4 million reconstruction project at Memorial Wharf in Edgartown is nearly halfway finished and on track for completion by spring. The project will raise the wharf about a foot and a half.
The Chilmark select board is considering three finalists for town treasurer to replace longtime treasurer Melanie Becker, who will retire next month.
With the Omicron variant creating an explosion of cases nationally, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported Wednesday that four people were hospitalized — the most since the pandemic began.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee failed Monday to muster the two thirds majority needed to certify the school’s $24.6 million budget for the coming year.
