If a group of West Tisbury restaurateurs are successful the town may join Tisbury and Aquinnah in the ranks of the Island’s formerly dry towns.

It’s been a long time since West Tisbury residents have been able to imbibe at a local establishment. In the mid-19th century, proprietor Sanderson Manter Mayhew held a license for the sale of rum at what is now Alley’s General Store, but for a century and a half West Tisbury has been dry.

Three Adult and Community Education (ACE MV) professional development opportunities begin Jan. 29. The three courses are either for college credit, or certification, or work towards certification: English Composition 102-49 taught by Peg Regan through Cape Cod Community College, EKG and CPR training towards a medical certificate taught by Nancy Phillips, M.S.N., A.P.R.N. through Health Training Center, ServSafe Food Sanitation Training taught by Alice Robinson.

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Library Expansion

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the West Tisbury Public Library expansion: How much bigger? How much better? How on earth will they pay for it? Preliminary drawings and floorplans, possible new features, and a state grant that could pay up to 50 per cent of the cost all will be revealed, as will a guide to the steps leading to final vote at town meeting, 2012, at a public forum on Monday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. at the library. And they’re providing refreshments.