Chilmark library trustees approved a film screening and advanced summer program planning. Director Ruth Konigsberg and Assistant Director Drew Dubno met with Community Center head Susan Andrien to discuss concert collaborations and camper visits.
Schools presented FY27 budgets to Chilmark boards, with education accounting for 80 percent of town spending growth.
The Chilmark Planning Board advanced three zoning bylaw amendment proposals toward public hearings at the Select Board.
School boards presented FY27 budgets Tuesday with Superintendent Richie Smith announcing his retirement after 24 years in the island school system.
Cemetery Commission voted unanimously to grant a variance for a trust-held burial plot.
Select Board and Finance Committee heard FY27 proposals from Tri-Town Ambulance, housing, and facilities services. TTA Chief Ben Retmier requested two additional full-time EMTs for succession planning, citing paramedic retirements expected in three to four years.
Finance Committee and Select Board reviewed three FY27 budget proposals at a joint hearing.
Chilmark Select Board and Finance Committee reviewed FY27 departmental budgets in their fifth joint hearing.
Finance Advisory Committee and Select Board held joint FY27 Budget Hearing Number 5 on February 4, 2026. The Select Board voted to set the cost-of-living adjustment at 3 percent, within policy limits but below the Human Resources Board recommendation of 3.31 percent.
Chilmark appointed six residents to new Climate and Energy Committee. The Select Board voted unanimously to name Stephan Laux, Tom Kuh, Marsha Feinberg, Stephen Lewenberg, Rob Hannemann, and Susan Parks to the committee, tasked with advancing climate resilience and reducing fossil fuel reliance.