Government
Oak Bluffs town clerk Colleen E. Morris recently qualified for the Massachusetts Town Clerks' Association's (MTCA) prestigious Certified Massachusetts Municipal Clerk designation.
West Tisbury voters will weigh in on an initiative to promote private affordable housing in town at their fall special town meeting next week, along with deciding on a series of minor funding articles.
The Chilmark Potluck Jam, a series of community food and music events held at the town community center for the last 15 years, will proceed this year with a new zero-alcohol policy, after select board members raised concerns about underage drinking during the festivities.
Voters passed all 12 articles at special town meeting Tuesday in under 30 minutes.
The Up-Island Council on Aging board met to discuss planning and priorities Monday, the first in-person meeting since the body was reconstituted following a review of the board’s internal bylaws. High on the list will be to find a replacement for director Joyce Albertine.
Thomas Melone, who owns a home on the Vineyard and is the president of a solar energy company, filed a legal challenge to the offshore wind energy project's federal approvals in appeals court Monday.
