The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee will use donated money to pay the attorney who has been handling its ongoing artificial turf litigation against the town of Oak Bluffs.

Ongoing deliberation over a possible ethics violation on the West Tisbury affordable housing committee flared up once again at a town select board meeting Wednesday.

The Steamship Authority board voted 3-1 Tuesday to approve the 2024 schedule, which included the controversial 5:30 a.m. freight boat from Woods Hole.

After hearing arguments Friday, a state Land Court judge is weighing whether the long-running legal battle over plans for an artificial turf field at the Martha’s Vineyard High School should head to a full trial.

Plans to renovate and expand the Howes House in West Tisbury have run up against repeated roadblocks in recent weeks.