Oak Bluffs Calls Summer Town Meeting

The select board Tuesday voted to hold a special town meeting on June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs Elementary School to reauthorize two borrowing articles that were approved at the 2022 annual town meeting. 

Maida Takes Chilmark Select Board Race

Chilmark landscaper, caretaker and former fishmonger Jeffrey Maida won a race for town select board on Wednesday night, narrowly beating out William Meegan by a vote of 267 to 222.

Netflix to Host Casting Call

An open casting call for the Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume’s book Forever will take place April 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Loft Night Club in Oak Bluffs.

Unexpected Sightings

Birders love migration! Birds are arriving that we have not seen since last year.

Four O'Clock Flower

Take this advice, label your seeds.

Way Behind

For a couple of nights this week, the forecasters are warning of a possible frost.

West Tisbury Envisions Its Future

West Tisbury residents will get a chance this week to weigh in on what path their town should take in the coming decades at a series of public visioning sessions put on as part of the town’s Master Plan development process. 

Override Scare Ends in Tisbury After Budget Spreadsheet Reveals Hidden Funds

A hidden spreadsheet entry contained $1.8 million in long-forgotten funds — more than enough to balance the town’s $40 million budget, according to Tisbury finance director Jon Snyder.

Chilmark Votes for Review Committee After Tennis Bylaw Withdrawn

Town meeting-floor modifications to the warrant led to a compromise solution, with a seven-member committee to be appointed by town moderator Janet Wiedner.

Oak Bluffs Board of Health Bans Turf Fields

The board, which had pondered issuing a moratorium on artificial playing surfaces for nearly two years, said its decision was done to protect water quality from harmful and long-lasting chemicals known as PFAS.

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