The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 10-6 to approve the regional high school athletic field project at a dramatic meeting Thursday night, capping a long-running and often acrimonious debate over synthetic turf fields.
After hearing arguments Friday, a state Land Court judge is weighing whether the long-running legal battle over plans for an artificial turf field at the Martha’s Vineyard High School should head to a full trial.
Umbrage, an apology and a threatened sit-in marked Wednesday’s special meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee, after members learned of new invoices from the attorney who is handling the committee’s litigation against the town of Oak Bluffs.
After narrowly rejecting the budget last month, Aquinnah voters easily passed the town’s $432,432 portion of the budget 39-2.
Voters overwhelmingly passed the town’s $3.3 million share of the budget, but only after a false start to the meeting
The regional high school committee is asking for a public meeting with the Oak Bluffs select board and planning board to talk about the ongoing turf litigation.
After following recent events regarding the regional high school fields controversy and the budget votes, it seems as if the general public is still left confused and in the dark.
