The Oak Bluffs select board unanimously approved police department policy changes requested by Chief Jon Searle during a lengthy meeting Tuesday evening. The policy changes are needed regarding the recruitment and retention of personnel, Searle told the board, “to reflect our housing crisis [and] employee shortage.” He recommended enacting an open enrollment, whether or not […]
After two years of no August fireworks in Oak Bluffs, town leaders put together a committee to spark the event back to life. Traditionally the Oak Bluffs Firemen’s Civic Association plans, fundraises, applies for permits, executes, and cleans up the popular end-of-summer event, all with volunteers. But the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with a lack of […]