The Oak Bluffs select board this week vowed to take up liquor establishment complaints in a more timely fashion after dealing with a three-month old dispute Tuesday.
Oak Bluffs businesses say they are suffering because of the town's new earlier last call, losing both money and the town's status as the epicenter of the Island late-night revelry.
Miniature liquor bottles will no longer be sold on Martha’s Vineyard starting next week, with a ban on the so-called “nips” set to go into effect starting May 1.
The Oak Bluffs select board voted Tuesday to adjust last call for town bars on four holidays or holiday weekends.
The Chilmark Potluck Jam, a series of community food and music events held at the town community center for the last 15 years, will proceed this year with a new zero-alcohol policy, after select board members raised concerns about underage drinking during the festivities.
Businesses will be required to stop serving drinks by 12:30 a.m. and close by 1 a.m. — a 30-minute reduction from what was previously allotted in the town’s alcohol policy.