Tisbury Board News Today

The Edgartown Board of Health solidified its support for a potential three-year moratorium on turf athletic fields in Oak Bluffs. During a meeting Monday, the board unanimously approved sending a letter of support to the Oak Bluffs Board of Health.  The proposed moratorium stems from concerns over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — a group […]

The Tisbury Board of Health has declined a request from a local realtors association to reconsider its new nitrogen regulations, sticking with their intentions of improving water quality in Lake Tashmoo and Lagoon Pond by upgrading backyard septic systems. The Cape Cod and Islands Realtors Association sent a letter to the board earlier this month […]

Masking protocols remain vague amid rising cases of COVID as the busy tourist season starts on Cape Cod.

Cape Cod Times FALMOUTH — Two Steamship Authority employees have tested positive for COVID-19, the ferry line said Wednesday. One employee was working on the Marthas Vineyard route, while the other is an employee assigned to the authoritys Vineyard Haven terminal. Neither employee has been identified by the authority. The first employees last shift on the M/V Marthas Vineyard began with the noon trip on Sunday and ended with the ferrys arrival in Woods Hole at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. Subsequent...