Peter Neilly News Today

On Monday night, Chilmark voters at a special town meeting unanimously approved $44,000 to help fund commercial wharf replacement in Menemsha. The money is intended to be the town’s portion of a grant — specifically a 20 percent/80 percent split with the state — for a $220,000 Seaport Economic Council grant. The state will contribute $176,000. […]

A lease agreement between the owners of Grey Barn and The Trustees of Reservations caught the attention of the Chilmark select board Tuesday night. Taken up as a matter not anticipated by the chair, the select board expressed concern that the farm, known for its award-winning cheese products and farmstand, might be in jeopardy of […]

Chilmark’s select board voted unanimously Tuesday night to hold a special town meeting on Sept. 26 at 7 pm. The sole business of the meeting will be to secure $44,000 in funding for Phase II of the town’s commercial wharf project in Menemsha. That project is geared toward replacing about 700 feet of dock and […]

A limited sunset shuttle for Menemsha that was put back into service on Saturdays after intervention by Chilmark Town Hall and the VTA isn’t seeing much ridership. As The Times previously reported, the VTA took the shuttle offline on Saturdays and on foul weather days because, among other things, drivers were hard to come by. […]