In a sometimes tense, sometimes emotional debate, Oak Bluffs selectmen heard arguments for and against a request to remove plaques from a Civil War monument.

Town conservation agent Liz Durkee reported on the town's application to join the state Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant program, which awards funds for projects to combat climate change.

Oak Bluffs selectmen discussed ongoing plans for a solar array at the capped landfill and heard a proposal for an Islandwide health collaborative at their meeting Tuesday night.

Tisbury and Oak Bluffs are nearing agreement on sharing a building commissioner who would cover both towns.

With a small audience of community nonprofit leaders and organizers, Oak Bluffs selectmen discussed the town’s role as host of the majority of the Island’s nonprofits and human services.

Tisbury and Oak Bluffs are beginning to talk across town lines about sharing some services, beginning with a building commissioner

Oak Bluffs voters will decide next month whether to approve additional funding for a new town hall project.

Oak Bluffs selectmen met in emergency session Tuesday to consider a special election to exclude the debt on the new town hall project.

Unable to arrive at a consensus, Oak Bluffs selectmen put off a decision this week on whether to ask voters for another $1.3 million to build a new town hall at an upcoming special town meeting.

For the second time in three months, bids to build a new town hall in Oak Bluffs have come in well above available funds, leaving town leaders scrambling for a solution.