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At a rare Friday afternoon meeting, held exclusively in-person, the Tisbury select board reopened the warrant article regarding the Tisbury School’s renovation and addition project that will be taken up by voters at a special town meeting on Sept. 20. Tisbury residents will be asked to vote for or against the borrowing of an additional […]

On a pristine summer day, the Edgartown Fourth of July Parade kept up Vineyard tradition with a string of Islander-centered floats that were greeted by enthusiastic spectators. The parade and fireworks were back after a two-year hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic. With chairs and towels lining Main street hours beforehand, Edgartown emanated a breezy […]

On June 22, Tisbury’s select board voted unanimously to write a letter of endorsement for a Beach Street and Beach Street Extension Drainage project headed up by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The board learned MassDOT plans to execute the project in two parts and one of those parts remains in a study phase.  […]

Tisbury’s select board learned Thursday morning that final bids on the Tisbury School project would be ready on July 8.  “We don’t have real prices yet,” town administrator Jay Grande said. “We have informed estimates.”  Grande broached the subject of a special town meeting and special town election to address unbudgeted cost increases in the […]

A Tisbury select board meeting Wednesday night was interrupted midway through by graphic video of male genitalia and a man with a British accent yelling an obscenity. The board managed to get some business done before the attack came, including welcoming new member John Cahill and voting him onto the Dukes County advisory board pending […]

To the Editor: For 43 years beginning in 1979, Tisbury has sponsored a Memorial Day picnic at the Tashmoo Spring Building. In 2008 the Tisbury picnic committee issued an open invitation to all Island residents to join with us in honoring this very special occasion. And this past Monday, after a two-year hiatus because of […]

Following an April 20 hearing, Tisbury’s select board voted unanimously to raise mooring and dockage fees.  Harbormaster John Crocker said the increase was 10 percent, and has been endorsed by the waterways committee. “The rates depend on the length of the vessel, so if you have a larger vessel, you pay a higher mooring permit […]

Tisbury’s select board had no qualms with a preliminary proposal from real estate broker and developer Robert Sawyer to erect a dock behind a house of his on Beach Street Extension.  “I had a brief conversation with Mr. Sawyer this morning,” Tisbury harbormaster John Crocker  said. “He sent me a very simple drawing. He’s looking […]

Voters will go to town meeting on April 12 for the last time in the Tisbury School’s gym, but they’ll have to wait until May 24 to vote in the town election. The select board unanimously set those dates at a meeting Tuesday afternoon. “This is the last time the town meeting can be held […]

Tisbury’s select board voted unanimously on Feb. 16 to abolish a single sewer rate system in exchange for a 10-tier rate system based on usage. The minimum payment to use the system will be $400 per quarter. Above that the rate paid is tied to the number of gallons used. The highest rate, tier 9, […]