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West Tisbury officials plan to post openings for up to three positions on a rules and regulations short-term rental committee. This follows voters approving the town’s short-term rental bylaw in April. The town select board on Wednesday tasked the committee with drafting rules and regulations for the short-term rental bylaw, including recommending a fee structure […]
On Thursday, the Nantucket and Vineyard select boards met to discuss several issues that affect both islands, the most pressing issues being housing, short-term rentals and municipal staffing. The boards also covered Title 5 septic regulations and sharks. Chilmark select board chair James Malkin called housing “the biggest issue that both of our islands face.” […]
West Tisbury officials are solidifying a document they hope to put to voters that would create a pilot program incentivizing homeowners to build attached apartments — known as ADUs. The program would offer residents $25,000 grants to cover upfront costs of building the apartments. In exchange, the owner would lease the unit at a monthly […]
The West Tisbury Task Force Against Discrimination hosts an informal discussion about town government in an effort to build more diversity among the policymakers on Feb. 11, at 2 pm, at the West Tisbury library. How do boards and committees actually work, and how can you join? How can you make a difference? Participants answering […]
West Tisbury health agent Omar Johnson will be retiring, select board chair Cynthia Mitchell revealed during a Wednesday, Jan. 11 select board meeting. Johnson has been with the town for, as he describes it, “six wonderful years.” Three of those years were during the height of the COVID pandemic when health agents and health institutions […]