Long-simmering resentments between two key elected bodies in Tisbury spilled over this week as members of the select board and the planning board accused one another of incivility and disrespect.
Planning board chair Casey Hayward lodged a formal complaint on Sept. 19 after the email, in which select board member Roy Cutrer objected to Ms. Hayward’s conduct during a public meeting two days earlier.
Amy Upton has been placed on administrative leave for what she claims is retaliation for speaking out against alleged improper permitting practices in the down-Island government.
The Tisbury planning board is short one member after Elaine Miller resigned last month. The board is advertising for Tisbury residents willing to serve the rest of Ms. Miller’s five-year term.
A planned Mexican restaurant on Union street in Vineyard Haven took a giant step toward opening this summer when the Tisbury planning board voted 4-1 Wednesday to allow a special permit for the operation.
A proposed zoning amendment to allow affordable housing projects on private roads in Tisbury with a special permit has split the town’s planning board.