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As Covid-19 cases climb sharply, some 4,000 free rapid home test kits will be distributed on the Vineyard beginning Tuesday. Distribution will take place from 9:30 a.m. to noon in all six towns, according to a statement from Island Health Care late Monday afternoon.
Aimed at protecting West Tisbury’s country-village character, a draft bylaw limiting the size and scale of new residential construction will have its first public review Jan. 10.
Nomination papers for West Tisbury town offices are now available at town hall.
A major dune restoration project is well under way at Norton Point and South Beach in Edgartown, with tons of trucked-in sand being used to rebuild the badly eroded beachfront.
Tisbury voters are one step closer to deciding whether or not to lift meal requirements for alcoholic beverage service.
The West Tisbury town hall is closed Thursday due to a staff member testing positive for Covid, the town said in a statement.