Government
The embattled manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport has resigned, formally severing his contract and ending months of acrimony and legal tussles with the airport commission. A severance agreement has been approved.
Two new municipal funds in Aquinnah will support the burial of power lines at the Circle and a new boardwalk over the dunes at Philbin Beach. Voters at a special town meeting in November had approved funds for the projects.
A draft regional high school budget and upgrades to an aging facility that are expected to cost millions of dollars were topics for discussion Monday.
Edgartown selectmen said they will likely put the issue of a ban on single-use plastic bags before voters at the annual town meeting in April.
Island planning officials and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission have been taking advantage of a biennial opportunity to improve their relationship, which often swings between gratitude and irritation.
A long-simmering dispute over bay scallop fishing in Oak Bluffs has erupted in physical confrontation, theft, and vandalism over the past month.
