Commercial property owners in Tisbury will be getting bigger tax bills, after the select board voted Tuesday to shift 5 per cent of the town’s $40 million tax levy from residential to commercial real estate.
Worried about environmental damage, Tisbury officials are scheduled to talk about a potential moratorium on March 8.
The Tisbury select board formally approved new language for liquor licenses, removing the longstanding requirement that alcohol must only be served with food.
The town board of health advised Thursday that people wait 24 hours after heavy rain to swim at Owen Little Beach, due to bacterial increases.
Tisbury will celebrate its 350th birthday on Sept. 19 with music, dancing and a community barbecue in downtown Vineyard Haven.last week.
The towns of Edgartown and Tisbury were born as part of New York Colony, fraternal twins that on Thursday this week celebrated their sesquarcentennial anniversaries.