School Committee Votes to Return Untouched Budget to Up-Island Towns

The regional high school committee voted 7-2 Thursday to make no changes to the operating budget for the coming fiscal year.

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Aquinnah Raises Rental Tax, Passes Emergency Repair Funds

Aquinnah voters approved new environmental regulations, money for emergency repairs to town buildings and an increase in the short-term rental tax at Tuesday's town meeting.

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Aquinnah Veto Forces School to Develop New Budget

The 50-47 vote at annual town meeting underscored an ongoing division Islandwide over a plan to use artificial turf on one of the school’s playing fields.

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Aquinnah Town Meeting Rejects High School Budget

Aquinnah residents narrowly voted down the town’s share of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School operating budget at annual town meeting Tuesday, casting the third and deciding vote against the school financial plan.

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Aquinnah Town Meeting, Tisbury Election Today

The fate of the regional high school budget and an open seat on the Tisbury select board will be decided today as voters in Aquinnah head to their annual town meeting and Tisbury holds its annual town election.

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West Tisbury Schedules June Special Town Meeting

The West Tisbury select board this week scheduled a June 13 special town meeting to reconsider the regional high school operating budget.

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Aquinnah Town Meeting to Take Up Building Repairs, Rental Tax

When Aquinnah voters convene next week for the Island’s final annual town meeting, they will weigh funding for town building repairs, proposals to make the town more energy efficient and a plan to raise the town’s short-term rental tax.

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Voters Head to the Polls in Chilmark, Aquinnah Holds Special Town Meeting Tonight

Chilmark voters will pick a new select board member today in the town’s annual election and Aquinnah residents will weigh in on a $2 million regional high school building feasibility study tonight at a special town meeting.

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Chilmark Town Meeting Rejects High School Budget

Following in West Tisbury’s footsteps, Chilmark amended its share of the regional high school budget from $1.06 million to zero.

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Tisbury Town Meeting to Consider 14 Per Cent Budget Increase

Tisbury’s town meetings begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs.

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