Select Board keeps Somerset beach‑preservation article on warrant while appeals remain unresolved

Jan 15, 2026

Representatives of the Somerset/Vineyard Beach Preservation Fund asked the Select Board to reintroduce a previously tabled license/MOU for dune‑restoration and sand mitigation; town staff said one appeal remains pending and MassDEP has referred the matter to MEPA review; the board agreed to keep the article on the warrant but urged timely resolution and outreach.

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Meredith Moldenhauer, representing the Somerset/Vineyard Beach Preservation Fund, asked the Select Board Jan. 14 to reinstate a previously tabled beach‑preservation warrant article that would authorize a license or MOU for coastal erosion work.

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