Edgartown voters head to the polls Tuesday for an unusual annual town election that has two ballot questions and a wide-open, write-in contest for town moderator. Polls are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted final approval last week on changes to its development of regional impact checklist that include separate definitions for historic demolitions and alterations.
In a ceremony held Sunday, seven members of the Edgartown fire department officially graduated from a two-part intensive state training course, bulking up the Island’s growing firefighting cohort.
Bucking state and national trends, Dukes County has both the highest Covid-19 positive rate and the highest Covid-19 vaccination rate in the commonwealth.
Voters easily approved a $3 million project to overhaul Memorial Wharf and agreed to move forward with a controversial project to install electric bus chargers on Church street.
Capping a nearly year-long saga, the Edgartown conservation commission voted unanimously Wednesday to grant separate leases for the historic Katama Farm.
Three hundred and fifty years after the town’s incorporation in 1671, Edgartown voters are set to convene for a historic outdoor town meeting Saturday to match the occasion.
Even as Martha’s Vineyard vaccination rates continue to climb, Island Covid-19 case rates refuse to relent, pushing hospital and public health officials to urge vaccinations.
The state ethics commission has issued a show cause order alleging Aquinnah selectman Gary Haley violated conflict of interest laws during electrical work at the Aquinnah Circle.
