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The West Tisbury select board unanimously approved warrant article requests from the town’s community preservation commission (CPC) and finance committee at their Wednesday night meeting. The CPC’s request was for an addition to the warrant article to get CPC funds to the Island Autism Group’s project to build affordable housing for adults with autism who […]

The Up-Island regional school committee approved and certified the school district’s $13.9 million budget for the fiscal year of 2023 during a Thursday night meeting. The vote was 4-1 with school committee member Skipper Manter as the only dissenting vote.  In past meetings, school committee members Manter and Robert Lionette were resistant to the usage […]

On Friday, the Up-Island school committee decided to delay the certification of the regional school district’s budget for the fiscal year of 2023.  Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools business administrator Mark Friedman presented the changes to the budget from the previous meeting on Tuesday. Friedman said there were two options. The first (6A) was the usage […]

A majority of the Up-Island Regional School Committee supported the district’s budget on Monday, but the 3-2 vote fell short of the four votes needed to certify the budget. The fiscal year 2023 assessment of $13.7 million, which was a part of the motion to certify the budget, will also be revisited. The two dissenting […]

The Up-Island School Committee voted 4-1 to commit up to $50,000 from its contingency fund toward an energy analysis for West Tisbury School. Committee member Skipper Manter was the only dissenting vote, saying the request was not an appropriate use of the funds, and seemed to him a violation of the formula that needs to […]

After progressing through three different iterations of the FY23 Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools shared services budget, school officials approved a $7.7 million budget — a 3.96 percent increase from FY22. At an All-Island School Committee meeting Thursday, superintendent Matt D’Andrea described areas of the budget where savings were found, and other areas where line items […]

On Monday, the West Tisbury planning board held a public hearing about an application from Island Autism Group for a special permit for development on 515 Lambert’s Cove Road. The development would create a community area run by Island Autism Group consisting of a hub house, two shared four-bedroom houses, a barn, three two-bedroom cottages, […]

The holidays are a time for giving — people give gifts to their families and friends, and many donate to their favorite charities. With hundreds of benevolent nonprofits on-Island all doing important work in various sectors of the community, there are plenty of opportunities for people to donate their time or make monetary contributions. Some […]

Sail Martha’s Vineyard, john@sailmv.org New floats for summer program (two), approximately $12,000. MVY Radio, karen@mvyradio.org Help us with fundraising to support our general operating budget. Our wish is $5,000 in support. Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard, harborhomesmv@gmail.com Holiday gift bags for homeless individuals: gloves, hats, Stop & Shop cards, socks — $40 per bag. Island […]

Substitute teachers who work at or plan to teach at an Up-Island school will be seeing a pay increase from $90 to $120 per day.  During the Up-Island school committee meeting Monday, superintendent Matthew D’Andrea introduced a proposal to increase the pay for substitutes as a way to attract and retain more candidates.  “We have […]