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 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.
The select board is scheduled to reevaluate its plan to move up last call for alcohol establishments. The earlier closing time is scheduled to go into effect next month.
The Vineyard House's annual Water Tasting By the Sea started as a small, grassroots event more than 25 years ago. It now attracts a crowd of 250 people and can bring in about 20 per cent of the annual donations for the sober home.
