As August makes way to September and the Vineyard readies its goodbye to summer, businesses are reporting mixed results even though preliminary data show more traffic on roads, runways and ferries.
Green Villa, a proposed 100-apartment affordable housing complex in Oak Bluffs, needs to bring more details to Island planners before it can start a full public review.
Suite Six, a company managed by MV Propane owner John Rymes, is suing the airport commission and other entities, saying poor care of the airport’s asphalt resulted in a plane sustaining nearly $1.5 million in damages after falling into a sinkhole.
Arielle Faria and Thomas Moakley talked about their top issues, the Steamship Authority and the dysfunctional state legislature at a voter forum this week.
On Tuesday, the Steamship board of governors voted to run the same scaled back summer schedule next year in light of crew shortages, but some members wondered if that was even possible as cancellations due to lack of staff pile up.
Greg Leland, who took over the fire department’s top job in 2020, went out on leave for an undisclosed reason on July 11 and is still not back to work, according to town officials.
Democrats and Republicans will be able to weigh in on several races starting on Saturday, when all six towns open for early voting for the Sept. 3 primary. Early voting will then be open through August 30.
