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Herbert E. Weber Jr. and Jamie L. Nesbitt-Weber purchased 36 Catboat Lane in West Tisbury for $719,000 on June 17.
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Jarret F. Brissette, Mary Z. Brissette and Paul J. Brissette purchased 18 Summer Street in Vineyard Haven for $315,000 on June 19.
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The Chilmark planning board has the authority to regulate large houses through a special permitting process, but cannot simply place a cap on house size, the town attorney advised this week.

At the planning board meeting on Monday, town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport presented a legal framework for the planning board...

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And although money is coming in, executive director James Lengyel said the lank bank is not in the position to be acquiring new properties, with a still slumping real estate market. Last week, the land bank reported revenue of $0. Mr. Lengyel said a week without revenue is infrequent for the land bank, though it has happened before. The last time, he said, was within the last year.

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As the Chilmark planning board continues to grapple with the question of how to regulate very large houses, the board looked to the town of Wellfleet this week as a possible model. At the planning board meeting Tuesday, a former member of the Wellfleet planning board gave strong words of encouragement to his counterparts in Chilmark.
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