Noah Asimow
Wastewater concerns continue to hover over the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital’s proposed new nursing home facility off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, with selectmen voting Monday to commission an independent analysis.
Noah Asimow
The Edgartown police department has promoted officer Ryan Ruley to sergeant, after the longtime law enforcement official and Oak Bluffs selectman came out tops in a lengthy hiring process.

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Edgartown is weighing a tax exemption that would give year-round homeowners a break on their property tax bills by shifting some of the burden onto seasonal property owners. 

The Edgartown select board voted unanimously Monday to appoint Matthew Rossi as the town’s new building inspector.

Long-simmering tensions over the future of retail shopping in downtown Edgartown boiled over this week after an Amazon subsidiary applied to host a pop-up event later this month. 

A request to push the weekly summer Dock Dance concerts at Memorial Wharf to a later time received a poor reception from the town’s select board this week. 

A new bus route will begin operations later this month to serve vacationers and Island residents living along Meeting House Way and Meshacket Road. 

The Chappy Ferry will be changing hands after the Edgartown select board unanimously approved the transfer of the license to Brian Scall Tuesday.

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