Tisbury’s outgoing town administrator John (Jay) Grande is facing an ethics complaint filed by a town employee who claims he was improperly working with an engineering firm that has several projects in the local permitting process.

Mary Bernadette Budginer-Cormie, along with her husband Leigh Paul Cormie, filed a lawsuit with the state Land Court earlier this month, seeking a reevaluation of the zoning’s board denial of her previous appeal on 97 Spring street. 

A controversial redevelopment in Vineyard Haven is headed to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which voted 10-4 Thursday night to accept 97 Spring street as a development of regional impact.

Amy Upton has been placed on administrative leave for what she claims is retaliation for speaking out against alleged improper permitting practices in the down-Island government.

The continuing clash over redevelopment of a demolished house in Vineyard Haven reached the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week, in a public hearing that ran well over three hours and remains to be deliberated.

 The Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s executive director turned away requests from the Tisbury planning board for the commission to take up two controversial building projects, saying they don’t meet the MVC’s threshold for developments of regional impact.

Properties on Spring street and Beach Road in Tisbury are drawing fire from residents and the planning board, who say the town has not followed proper regulatory procedures in permitting the work.