A proposal to allow a new hair salon in Airport Fitness has been tabled as the airport commission waits for answers on the planned sale of the West Tisbury gym.
Suite Six, a company managed by MV Propane owner John Rymes, is suing the airport commission and other entities, saying poor care of the airport’s asphalt resulted in a plane sustaining nearly $1.5 million in damages after falling into a sinkhole.
Six years after Airport Fuel Services, Inc. lost its lease to operate a Mobil service station at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, a convoluted dispute over how its 20-year tenure ended is headed back to court.
Donaroma’s Nursery will be allowed to keep their lot at the airport business park, reversing an airport commission decision last month to evict the company after a history of noncompliance with their lease.
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport commission awarded leases to three businesses for four new lots in the airport business park late last week, marking the first expansion at the business park in 20 years.
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport commission mulled a proposal for a food and drink vendor in the so-called tent area of the airport at a meeting Tuesday afternoon. But some members weren’t so keen on alcohol sales outside of the airport restaurant.
With a busy summer of air traffic at its peak, the Martha’s Vineyard Airport is taking steps to better manage congestion on surrounding roadways, airport director Geoffrey Freeman said this week.
