Tisbury is supporting an effort to diminish the impact of the invasive Southern pine beetles on woodlands within its borders, possibly employing a tool that hasn’t been used within Massachusetts yet. On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the Tisbury Select Board unanimously approved supporting an application with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to permit a […]
Sparks flew during a graduation ceremony intended to celebrate the successful completion of an Islandwide firefighter training course this week, after an Island fire chief accused the county’s fire training council of inflicting undue bias on a Brazilian candidate. The event, which took place in the cafeteria at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on […]
Tisbury is working to prevent the commercial use of timeshare ownership in town, but how to actually implement it is a challenge. The town is proposing a zoning change as a way to protect the limited housing stock, potentially as an article for the spring town meeting. “We’re noticing the proliferation of companies that are […]
State Rep. Dylan Fernandes, D-Falmouth, announced in a press release that legislation he sponsored titled “An Act authorizing Tisbury to modify fire department employment,” otherwise known as H.4622, passed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. According to the release, this bill will “aid the Tisbury Fire Department’s crucial work” by changing the mandatory retirement age […]
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