Select Board allows earlier Oysterfest set‑up days on town property

The Select Board amended the festival's town‑property permission to include Tuesday and Wednesday tent set‑up days, bringing the permit into alignment with long‑standing festival practices.

Carly Bertrand said tents and staging activity typically begin before Thursday and requested the permit reflect actual operations. Town administrator Tom Garrino and DPW director Jay Norton told the board they had no operational objections to Tuesday and Wednesday set‑up; Norton confirmed the DPW could accommodate requests for dumpster support if needed. The board voted to include the additional days in the use‑of‑town‑property approval.

Board members emphasized the change was a logistical correction rather than a substantive expansion of the event footprint, and staff will follow up with permit paperwork and any DPW coordination.