Landry Harlan
At a packed meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission Thursday, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection gave an update on the discovery of chemical contamination in groundwater near the airport.
Facing a budget shortfall, county leaders agreed this week to seek additional funding from Island voters to help balance a $1.74 million budget.
The Yard is on a mission to help Vineyarders beat the winter doldrums with dance.
A record quahaug spawn at the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group comes as a boon to Island towns this year where saltwater ponds are seeded annually as part of shellfish management programs.
An expert from the state Department of Environmental Protection will discuss the recent discovery of groundwater contamination near the airport at a meeting that begins at 2 p.m. Thursday in the West Tisbury public safety building.
Leaders at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport said immediate steps are being taken to address hazardous chemicals that have turned up in groundwater monitoring wells and some residential wells near the airport.