A legal dispute between an Island couple and a one-time resident who held herself out as a public relations expert that spanned courtrooms from Edgartown to Texas came to an end last week.
Budget overflow and simmering tensions in town hall are expected to thread the agenda next week when Aquinnah voters gather for their annual town meeting and election.
Town administrator Adam Wilson will resign his post to take another job. Announced at the selectmen’s meeting Monday night, the resignation comes during a time of internal turmoil and tension at town hall.
Lyme disease, sustainable food systems, and new models for elder care will be subjects for study thanks to the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship which announced its 2017 fellows this week.
The Steamship Authority will continue to explore possible new routes between the Vineyard and New Bedford — one for barging trash and another for freight ferry service, both using private contractors.
At annual town meetings Edgartown agreed to buy the Yellow House, Oak Bluffs refused to spend money to fix the Island Theatre, and West Tisbury played spoiler on roof replacement at the marine hospital.
James Anthony, a Maryland banker, will take the helm as president and chief executive officer of the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank, community bank leaders said in an announcement Monday.
All work and no play is the prevailing theme in West Tisbury when voters gather for their annual town meeting next week to tackle a tidy lineup of business-like spending requests. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school gymnasium.
The pioneering Vineyard art dealer who cofounded the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury, died Feb. 26. He traced his roots to some of the Island’s oldest families.
