Government
As 2018 comes to a close, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is on pace to outperform its revenue projections for the current fiscal year.
A independent review of the SSA describes an organization so focused on saving money and reacting to emergencies that it has failed to follow basic business practices.
The New Bedford-based company already developing one wind farm south of the Vineyard was one of three that won the right to develop additional wind farms in a highly competitive auction.
With only about a third of the requisite 37-person quorum present at the Aquinnah town hall for the special town meeting Thursday night, selectmen decided to reschedule the gathering for Jan. 23.
At a packed meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission Thursday, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection gave an update on the discovery of chemical contamination in groundwater near the airport.
Facing a budget shortfall, county leaders agreed this week to seek additional funding from Island voters to help balance a $1.74 million budget.
