Three Annual Town Meetings Held on Super Tuesday

Tuesday was annual town meeting day for Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and West Tisbury. Voters came to The Old Whaling Church, The Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center, and The West Tisbury School gym to vote.

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Recreation Area Tops Edgartown Warrant

Funding for a new recreation center, a potential ban on gas-powered leaf blowers and planning for a sewage system in the Ocean Heights neighborhood will all be put before Edgartown voters at town meeting next week.

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Federal Cuts Jeopardize Veterans Counseling Program

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently chose not to renew a contract with Martha’s Vineyard Community Services for veterans counseling. But newly-appointed community services chief executive officer Dean Teague said on Thursday that the program will continue.

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Edgartown Puts Off Party Bylaw

Voters pushed back on the proposed bylaw, which would have limited people to having no more than two parties a month with more than 50 people.

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Edgartown Seeks South Beach Funding at Town Meeting

Efforts to ease the Island’s housing crunch, funding for repairs to South Beach and potential borrowing to shore up aging septic pipes will all be put before Edgartown voters at town meeting next week.

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Party Bylaw Heads to Edgartown Town Meeting

Under the proposal, the owner of a private residence in town could not hold more than two events per month with 50 or more people, nor host more than five large events a year.

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Edgartown Continues to Consider Residential Party Bylaw

When Edgartown residents head to town meeting this April, they will vote on proposals ranging from emergency South Beach restoration to a controversial party bylaw.

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Edgartown Approves New Fire Station, Nip Ban

Meeting in the newly-restored halls of the Old Whaling Church, voters drilled through a 79-article annual town meeting warrant, with only one article not passing.

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Edgartown Voters to Decide on New Fire Station, North Wharf Repairs

When Edgartown voters gather at the recently-restored Old Whaling Church Tuesday for town meeting, they will weigh in on issues ranging from a new fire station to a proposed ban on miniature liquor bottles.

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Candidates Meet the Voters in Edgartown Forum

There was only one contested race to discuss at Tuesday’s Edgartown candidate forum in a ballot otherwise full of uncontested incumbents.

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