Government
An expert from the state Department of Environmental Protection will discuss the recent discovery of groundwater contamination near the airport at a meeting that begins at 2 p.m. Thursday in the West Tisbury public safety building.
A public hearing on a plan to increase the height of a Verizon communications tower in Vineyard Haven was closed Thursday after the MVC received written testimony from Island arborists.
Eight previously tax-exempt organizations have been added to Tisbury tax rolls prompting new expressions of concern and confusion from leaders at the nonprofits.
Funding for improvements to the Gay Head Cliffs lookout and other topics are slated to come before Aquinnah voters at a special town meeting tonight. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the old town hall.
Three more Island towns have set their tax rates for the current fiscal year that began July 1.
With the departure of two longtime town employees this fall, Edgartown is in the market for a new highway superintendent and town clerk.