Transit System Prepares for New Season; Authority Plans Adjustment to Routes

By JONATHAN BURKE

Vineyard Transit Authority is on the verge of a new summer season, and still sorting out problems associated with its new fare boxes.

Now is always a good time to market a quality product, say a number of Island entrepreneurs opening new businesses this summer.

Tisbury Approves $15.9 Million Budget; School Funds Win Town Meeting Vote

By JONATHAN BURKE

Tisbury residents kicked off the Island's season of annual town meetings Tuesday with a bow to education and an endorsement of the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority.

The police department had the roughest time during the two-night annual town meeting. Following a narrowly approved request to upgrade from 45-calibre sidearms to Glocks, voters defeated the department's $58,000 request for two new cruisers.

Affordable Housing Bylaw Passes at Tisbury Meeting

By JONATHAN BURKE

Tisbury voters approved an affordable housing bylaw at a special town meeting Tuesday night.

Questions surrounding overall administration of the housing plan, and an amnesty program within it, almost defeated the motion. In an hour-long debate proceeding the vote, speakers suggested again and again that the proposal - encouraging the creation of accessory apartments - needed more work.

Headlining this year's 22-article annual town meeting warrant in Tisbury is a total budget of $15,856,073, an increase of nearly a nine and a half