The West Tisbury select board found itself in a pickle during its Wednesday, August 31, meeting over a botched permission process for an auction. According to West Tisbury town administrator Jennifer Rand, resident Sue Whiting requested a special permit to hold an auction at Grange Hall on Friday. Rand said West Tisbury building inspector Joseph […]
While not exactly “a song of praise or triumph,” as my Oxford English Dictionary defines it, I begin this column with a paean to rain. Specifically, a paean to the long, soaking, much-needed rain we had last Friday night. It was accompanied by thunder and lightning, giving local dogs a scare, and hitting a house […]
Congratulations to our new select board member, Jessica Miller. Congratulations, too, to everyone who ran and was elected or reelected to positions in town. The candidates running for office and supporters of ballot questions had lovely weather on election day to be outside in front of the Public Safety Building with smiles and signs. They […]
The West Tisbury select board unanimously approved holding the annual town meeting on Tuesday, April 12, at 6 pm. According to West Tisbury town clerk Tara Whiting-Wells, the town meeting will be held at the West Tisbury School gymnasium. Due to the COVID “state of emergency” West Tisbury was under, the annual town meetings were […]
New England Lament No, we do not have fifty names for snow, but something widens and stretches the word we use to describe all forms of it: flakes, beginning flurries, cumbrous clouds to an- nounce the arrival, snow piles, cover of white on fields, meadows, cities, bridges. Today, we check the radar again, promises of […]