A long-planned program meant to encourage private affordable housing efforts in West Tisbury failed to get off the ground at a special town meeting Tuesday, when residents voted 24 to 80 against a $250,000 funding request.
After three years at the helm, Jared Meader will depart from his role as Tisbury wastewater superintendent at the end of this week to take over the superintendent position in Mashpee.
Fishermen, fishmongers and Menemsha village mainstays gathered at the Chilmark Community Center on Monday evening to hear a progress report and give input on plans to repair or replace the town’s aging commercial fishing dock.
Most electrical components have roughly doubled in price since 2020. Those costs, along with equipment shortages, have led to an overall rise in the price of building and wiring a home.
Last spring a Chicken Alley Thrift Shop volunteer found an important work by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu among a large pile of donations. Last week the painting sold for $10,000 at a Sotheby's auction.
The Alison Boylston Piazza house has sat in its location on Upper Main street in Edgartown for 175 years and for much of its life has embraced a musical legacy that continues today.
The Chilmark Potluck Jam, a series of community food and music events held at the town community center for the last 15 years, will proceed this year with a new zero-alcohol policy, after select board members raised concerns about underage drinking during the festivities.
West Tisbury voters will weigh in on an initiative to promote private affordable housing in town at their fall special town meeting next week, along with deciding on a series of minor funding articles.
The Up-Island Council on Aging board met to discuss planning and priorities Monday, the first in-person meeting since the body was reconstituted following a review of the board’s internal bylaws. High on the list will be to find a replacement for director Joyce Albertine.
