A divided West Tisbury select board voted last week to display the Progress flag over town hall and outside the library during June, which is celebrated internationally as Pride Month.
Greg Pachico formally accepted the job of West Tisbury’s first full-time fire chief, after the select board offered him a $120,000 salary during Wednesday night’s regular board meeting on Zoom.
Greg Pachico will be West Tisbury’s next fire chief, following a unanimous vote Wednesday by the town selectmen. “He both has a vision for the future and a respect for the traditions of the fire department, board chairman Cynthia Mitchell said.
West Tisbury selectmen will delay their vote on a new town fire chief for another week, after members of the fire department asked to weigh in on the matter.
If Eversource wants to add manholes in West Tisbury, it will have to resurface the entire roadway afterward, the town selectmen said at a public hearing Wednesday.
Facing a growing demand for services and nearly $500,000 in school spending requests, West Tisbury selectmen will ask voters for a Proposition 2 1/2 general override to ease pressure on the town budget this year.
Voters will be asked at town meeting to designate a three-acre town property for affordable housing, following a unanimous vote by selectmen Wednesday afternoon. The lot is at 401 State Road.
The owners of the Lambert’s Cove Inn told the West Tisbury selectmen this week that it’s unclear the virus was transmitted while the October wedding party was at the inn.
