With 2024 Budget in Limbo, School Officials Consider Temporary Cuts

School administrators are looking for places to make cuts in a placeholder budget that would tide the regional high school over if the 2024 budget is not passed by the start of the new fiscal year.

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Initiative Seeks to Expand Island WIC Participation

Health Imperatives won a $374,000 grant to address hunger, health disparities and the Island’s severe under-enrollment in a nutrition program for women, infants and children.

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Oak Bluffs Hotel Evacuated After Small Fire

Fire crews determined the broken water heater at the Summercamp Hotel had caused some smoldering fire Saturday.

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County Allocates $1.4 Million for Septic Upgrades in Island Towns

The Dukes County commission voted this week to dedicate $1.4 million to help all seven towns in the county install septic systems designed to prevent nitrogen from seeping into fragile saltwater ponds.

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Early Indicators Point to Another Busy Summer

Harbor reservations are at an all-time high, ferries have robust bookings and the airport is bracing for its annual onslaught of private and commercial planes.

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Towns Set Meetings to Reconsider High School Budget

Two of the three up-Island towns that voted to reject their share of the regional high school budget last month have scheduled special town meetings to take a second vote on a budget that remains unchanged.

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Vineyard Wind Eyes New Milestones

With construction now thrumming on the Vineyard Haven waterfront, the CEO of Vineyard Wind said this week that he expects the company’s first turbine to be installed by late summer.

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Oak Bluffs Housing Project Would Benefit Island Veterans

Oak Bluffs is set to begin evaluating a proposal for a first-of-its-kind housing complex on the Island dedicated to Vineyard veterans.

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Plan to Rebuild Ocean View Restaurant Will Include Apartments

Early plans are in the works to rebuild the Ocean View Restaurant in Oak Bluffs, with the addition of apartments for working Islanders.

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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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