A proposal to hold a Day of the Dead-themed fundraiser for the West Tisbury Cemetery caused grave concern for the select board last week. 

The select board sought to ditch portions of the fence to solve the burden of maintenance costs, but the idea faced pushback from the town’s historic district commission.

The white picket fence bordering State Road and the West Tisbury cemetery will remain standing for now after the town historic district commission, in a split vote Monday, denied a plan from the select board to remove most of the fence.

The picket fence around the West Tisbury Cemetery will remain wooden for now, after the historic district commission asked the town select board not to replace rotten pickets with new ones made of plastic.

We buried my dear friend Bob Eisendrath last weekend and on Monday I woke up feeling more peaceful than I had in months.

Two bids came in over the amount appropriated by voters last spring. The town selectmen said this week they will now take steps to replace only part of the fence.