Landry Harlan
Chilmark voters will decide a range of issues at their annual town meeting next week, including whether to back the widely-debated Islandwide housing bank.
Amid internal turmoil, the Martha’s Vineyard Airport commission took steps to hire a new airport director this week.
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport commission will interview four finalists for a new airport director Monday. The interviews will be in public at a meeting that begins at 9 a.m.
West Tisbury agreed to back the controversial housing bank proposal and establish a first-time rooms tax during a two-night annual town meeting that saw debate, procedural tangles and a final twist.
No planes will be able to land or take off from the Martha’s Vineyard Airport beginning Tuesday and running through Thursday due to runway repaving, airport officials confirmed on Monday.
A first-time rooms tax and increased protection for the Mill Brook watershed are set to come before West Tisbury voters at their annual town meeting next week.
