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.

2017

Edgartown’s new $600,000 dredge has arrived and is ready for action, dredge committee members told the town selectmen.

Following a summer of tension at the airfield, the Edgartown selectmen and members of the airport commission agreed to open a new chapter.

Bay scalloping begins Oct. 1 in Edgartown with the opening of the recreational season. Selectmen voted to set dates at their meeting Monday.

Edgartown selectmen backed off an idea to send a letter of concern to Eversource after the conservation agent shared information about plans to use herbicides under power lines.

Edgartown is moving ahead with a plan to reclassify town employees and adjust salary levels.

Three residents won the right to buy half-acre lots on 6th street North for $75,000. The lottery was part of the town’s affordable housing program.

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