West Tisbury Launches New Zone Change Advisory Committee

To define how West Tisbury responds to increased calls for commercial use, the select board appointed a zoning change advisory committee with a mandate to advise the planning board on zoning regulation changes regarding food trucks and commercial sales in the town's rural and village districts.

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West Tisbury Grapples With Grange Permitting Dispute, Administrative Confusion

A West Tisbury woman's quest to auction off her late husband's fishing gear became tangled in an ongoing dispute between the town and the Vineyard Preservation Trust.

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West Tisbury Plans Zoning Bylaw Update

West Tisbury’s three principal governing boards agreed Wednesday that the town needs a zoning bylaw update that clearly states the rules for food trucks and retail sales at special events on private property.

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West Tisbury Considers Community Center at Howes House

Howes House in West Tisbury, home base for the Up-Island Council on Aging, would be a better place for old folks if it also served younger people, West Tisbury resident Susan Silk told the town select board on August 17.

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West Tisbury Select Board Opts Out of Noise Bylaw

Marc Rosenbaum's appeal for a Sunday and holiday ban on industrial construction and landscaping noise met with empathy, but no action from the town select board last Wednesday.

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West Tisbury Greenlights New Food Truck Rules

Food trucks have emerged from regulatory limbo in West Tisbury, where select board members this week approved new rules governing how the mobile take-out eateries may operate in the town.

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Uncertainty Continues Over Food Trucks in West Tisbury

The future of food trucks remains up for debate, with a joint meeting of the select board and planning board scheduled to discuss the matter May 18.

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Building Inspections Rise Steeply in West Tisbury

West Tisbury is seeing a sharp increase in requests for building inspections, town inspector Joe Tierney told the select board Wednesday.

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Concept Plan Is Aired to Widen North Tisbury Bridge

The North Tisbury bridge, West Tisbury’s narrow pass over the Mill Brook, could soon be widened. Planning board administrator Jane Rossi presented a new concept for the bridge to the select board Wednesday afternoon.

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Energy Committee Members Named

The West Tisbury select board named a slew of members of the energy committee and climate advisory committee as special municipal employees.

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