Shuttered for nearly 15 months, Island town halls are once again swinging their doors open to the public and mulling a return to in-person public meetings.

A divided West Tisbury select board voted last week to display the Progress flag over town hall and outside the library during June, which is celebrated internationally as Pride Month.

A divided Chilmark conservation commission voted last week to approve a project to install a new culvert in Mill Brook headwaters off North Road. Proposed by the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, the project has kicked up a cloud of controversy.

Public funding for a project to repaint and restore the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown is on hold after the discovery that a work estimate from the Vineyard Trust had been altered.

Chilmark selectmen looked to next steps on the town fire station and EMS construction project Tuesday, reviewing architectural plans, added costs and project timelines. They also voted to extend the project architect’s contract.

After a virtual season last year due to the pandemic, Vineyard Haven’s First Friday celebrations will resume this summer on Main street, with live music and for the first time, food trucks.