West Tisbury News

On the Cape and Islands, residents have a unique relationship with their town landfill, often boasting about them the way one might talk about a new car, pet or a sportive relative.

The West Tisbury Selectmen made a controversial decision this week by unanimously agreeing to euthanize two Akitas owned by Taggart Young of West Tisbury and Anna Bolotovsky of Newton, MA.

Berklee College of Music: The following students were named to the Dean's List for the fall semester of 2011 Lydia Fischer of Chilmark Evan Hall of Aquinnah Bryant University : Samuel Donegan Vineyard Haven was named to the Dean's List the fall 2011 semester.

Reversing a decision they made last week, West Tisbury selectmen Wednesday voted unanimously to euthanize two dogs that have gotten loose on three occasions and killed a neighbor's livestock.

Oak Bluffs selectmen agreed Tuesday to appoint Bob Whritenour as town administrator.

The West Tisbury police department would move from the small station on West Tisbury Road to larger more modern quarters on State Road.

Get a roll, chips, and beverage for $15, a hot dog for $3 and slice of pie for $4. There is a Super Bowl Special of four rolls for $50. 11:30 am - 1:30 pm.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 th Black History Month Breakfast Program The League of Women Voters is hosting a Black History Month Breakfast Program at the Howes House in West Tisbury.

The Martha's Vineyard Commission has issued a "last call" for public comments on a proposal to erect canopies topped with 12,200 square feet of solar panels in the parking lot at Cronig's Market on State Road in Vineyard Haven.

At an emotional public hearing marked by harsh words and tears, West Tisbury selectmen voted 2-1 Wednesday to ban two Akitas from town.

The Up-Island Regional School District school committee voted Monday, January 23 to certify a fiscal year 2013 total operational budget of $9,129,943. That is an increase of $777,049, or 9.3 percent, over FY12.

On Saturday afternoon, a roomful of people listened to Michael Hopper, president of the Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition, describe a vision of West Tisbury's Mill Pond quite different from the dredge-maintained impoundment the town's Mill Pond committee is currently exploring.

The West Tisbury Library Foundation, Inc. announced this week that it had surpassed an important milestone in its capital campaign: the state requirement of raising $902,000 in private matching funds by January 31, 2012.

A photo illustration shows the proposed solar panels that would be erected in the Cronig's parking lot off State Road in Vineyard Haven.

Islanders are refreshingly free of compunctions when it comes to debating public issues.

Olga Sidoruk of Espresso Love stands behind a wealth of baked goods that can help you start your day, or keep it going with a mid-day snack.

Edgartown and West Tisbury selectmen agreed Monday to end their lawsuit against the Martha's Vineyard Commission .

A young Coast Guardsman assigned to Station Menemsha was seriously injured after the car she was driving struck a patch of black ice on West Tisbury Road and collided with an oncoming vehicle.

West Tisbury selectmen agreed unanimously on Wednesday to place a non-binding question on the spring election ballot in April to gauge town voter support for the construction of a roundabout at the blinker intersection in Oak Bluffs.

Winter doesn't loom so cold and dismal now. The first musical evening took place last Saturday night at the newly opened venue known as the Pit Stop, across Dukes County Avenue from Tony's Market in Oak Bluffs.