The Chilmark select board is asking the town’s planning board to consider options that would allow the installation of a large cell tower as the community struggles with poor cell service. 

Worried about poor cellphone reception in parts of town, Chilmark town officials are calling on cellular companies to beef up their infrastructure.

Chilmark town officials are hoping they can get through to cellular providers about the lack of signal in the up-Island community. 

An 18-month public hearing came to an end last week on a plan by Verizon to increase the height of its Vineyard Haven cell by 50 feet.

Marking the end of six years of deliberations and debate, the Edgartown planning board voted 4 to 1 to approve the installation of a permanent cell tower on Chappaquiddick at a packed meeting Tuesday night.