Tisbury housing officials are looking at potentially bringing forward a bylaw to regulate short-term rentals before voters during a special town meeting this fall as a possible way to help ease housing struggles. During a forum hosted by the town’s affordable housing committee at Vineyard Haven Public Library on Tuesday, April 16, town officials and attendees noted a significant rise in the housing reserve for short-term rentals in Tisbury that prompted an effort to develop bylaws addressing short-term…
4:25 pm, April 18, 2024 It was a dream that inspired Island resident Peter Halperin to record his forthcoming album, Bring On The Storm.
The new treasurer for the Dukes County Commission was officially sworn in on Wednesday. County commissioner clerk George Davis swore in Juliet Mulinare during a ceremony at the commissioner’s regular meeting. Mulinare has a background in management; her previous work experience includes four years as purchasing manager and bookkeeper at general contracting firm Colonial Reproductions, based in Edgartown, and nine years working for the town of Edgartown as a procurement officer, dredge committee…
4:15 pm, April 18, 2024 A ban on the sale of single-use plastic drink bottles in Oak Bluffs has not been enforced in the almost two years that it has been in effect, causing concern among the bylaw’s backers and highlighting the uphill battle to reduce pollution across the Island.
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4:15 pm, April 18, 2024 I come from a long line of spring haters. My sister declares, “all that growth, rebirth, and renewal — I’m not into that. Give me fall. The death season.”
4:00 pm, April 18, 2024 Since 2022, Eversource has been telling customers on the Vineyard that the utility company cannot take on any solar projects larger than 15 kilowatts — and in some instances 25 kilowatts — while it plans to beef up a Falmouth substation that services the Island.
4:10 pm, April 18, 2024 As former summer chairs, former directors and former executive directors of the Chilmark Community Center (CCC), we are writing to express our strong support for the Chilmark Town Affairs Council (CTAC) and its many years of oversight of the CCC.
4:10 pm, April 18, 2024 Recent reports have highlighted select issues from the debate regarding the administration of tennis in Chilmark that is up for vote on April 23 at town meeting.
4:00 pm, April 18, 2024 A long-simmering controversy about the use and management of Chilmark’s town tennis courts will come before voters at annual town meeting next week, where residents will also weigh in on upping the short-term rental tax, a variety of funding articles and a nearly $14.5 million budget.
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