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The residential exemption would lower the tax burden of West Tisbury town residents, but could result in higher bills for people who own second homes or rental properties in the town.
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst say they have come up with a more accurate way to test deer ticks for Powassan, a rare virus that has been found in pockets around the Island.
The Donnelly house on South Beach, the last of several old fishing shacks, was demolished Thursday, another victim of the ceaseless march of the sea.
The purchase of an Edgartown dredge in the mid-1990s has proved to be a major money-saver for the town. This year, the Edgartown parks department estimated it saved around $18 million by using locally dredged sand to restore the dunes at South Beach.
Clemente Hernandez, 41, of Vineyard Haven, was arraigned on March 11 charges in Tisbury of malicious destruction of property, assault, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.
Midnight Taco, which previously operated next to the Sand Bar in downtown Oak Bluffs, will reopen as a 49-seat restaurant with a patio this year across the street in the former Juice By the Sea location.