Government
Island boards of health reported another new positive Covid-19 test Thursday from TestMV, the high school coronavirus testing site, marking the second positive test in as many days.
A level-funded budget and money for the continued restoration of the Gay Head Light are on the agenda when Aquinnah convenes its annual town meeting Tuesday.
This year’s historic town meeting season winds up next week with annual town elections in Tisbury on Tuesday, Aquinnah Wednesday and West Tisbury Thursday.
Long lines, sunny skies and hand sanitizer greeted a steady stream of masked voters in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown on Thursday, as Islanders headed to the polls to decide heated selectmen’s races and controversial ballot questions. Polls are set to close at 7 p.m. Masks are required to vote.
As protests against racism and police brutality continue to spread, Chilmark police chief Jonathan Klaren offered the town selectmen a moment of self-reflection.
On a sun-splashed day with calm seas, the M/V Nantucket sailed into the newly-repaired wharf, the first SSA vessel of the summer season in Oak Bluffs waters Wednesday. It was also a day for delays.
