Tuesday evening Tisbury’s select board voted unanimously to advertise for the continuance of the town’s short-term rental committee, also called a task force. Ahead of the vote, building commissioner Ross Seavey told the board Host Compliance, the company the town has contracted to identify short-term rental units and to distribute compliance letters, isn’t worth keeping. […]
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County to launch âvery aggressiveâ vaccination campaign
Commissioners will collaborate with Cape and Islands communities to promote vaccination efforts.
County commissioners hope to use iconic Island locations like the Flying Horses carousel to promote vaccinations. -Gabrielle Mannino
Dukes County is working in conjunction with Cape and Island government and health officials to launch a vaccination campaign that will target the hundreds of thousands of seasonal visitors soon to arrive in our resort communities.
At a Dukes County Commission meeting Wednesday, commission chair Christine Todd said the campaign â which will include broadcast advertisements, posters, outreach to local businesses, and various incentives for getting vaccinated â will focus largely on the 20- to 30-year-old age group that comprises the majority of the Islandâs seasonal workforce (although the messaging will reach a broad swath of the sea
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Wastewater line costs bedevil Beach Road project
Tisbury sends letter as select board chair accuses MassDOT of deficient planning.
The Town of Tisbury and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation have yet to agree on who should pay for $1 million to $2 million worth of unanticipated sewer line work the Beach Road project appears to require.
Tisbury town administrator Jay Grande told the select board Tuesday night the town and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) were at an impasse about who will cover costs associated with utility conflicts discovered after the Beach Road project broke ground on a shared-use path.
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It was a very merry weekend
St. Elizabeth s Church. Jeremy Driesen
Edgartown Town Hall. Jeremy Driesen
Finley Jeremy Driesen
Vera, 3-year-old yellow Labrador, first Christmas in Edgartown. Jeremy Driesen
Erin Ready, left, of Edgartown Meat & Fish Market with Diane Carr of Hob Knob. Both sit on the Edgartown Board of Trade. Jeremy Driesen
Jeremy Driesen
Santa waves from the back of Tisbury s vintage Legion Pumper. Rich Saltzberg
Santa likes a good fire truck. Here he is atop Tisbury s 1947 LaFrance pumper. Rich Saltzberg
Lilah York tongs a gift bag to a motorist on Main Street in Tisbury. Rich Saltzberg