Summer Event Requests Pile Up in Oak Bluffs

With summer fast approaching, the Oak Bluffs select board Tuesday fielded a slew of proposals from businesses, residents and event planners.

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Oak Bluffs Adopts Flag Policy

The progress pride flag will fly from the Oak Bluffs town hall as planned next month, but a new policy will set strict rules for the future about non-governmental flags being flown from town properties.

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Emily deBettencourt Named Acting Oak Bluffs Harbor Master

At the first in-person regular select board meeting in two years Tuesday night, Oak Bluffs christened the newly renovated town hall’s meeting room with the appointment of a new acting harbor master.

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Progress Pride Flag to Fly in Oak Bluffs

The LGBTQ+ progress pride flag will fly over Oak Bluffs for two weeks in June to coincide with pride month, following a select board discussion Tuesday.

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Recount Confirms Gail Barmakian Winner in Oak Bluffs Select Board Race

Gail Barmakian’s close win on election night for Oak Bluffs select board stands after Monday morning’s recount confirmed her victory over Dion Alley with a recount vote of 505-503.

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Waban Park Events Win Approval

The Oak Bluffs select board gave approvals for three summer events at a brief meeting Friday, two of them in Waban Park.

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Oak Bluffs Balks at Funding Proposal for High School

Chilmark’s proposed alternative funding formula for the regional high school, while endorsed by Edgartown, has found no traction with Oak Bluffs officials.

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Oak Bluffs Police Chief Will Retire

Ending a 35-year career in law enforcement with the town, Oak Bluffs police chief Erik Blake will retire at the end of June, the select board announced Tuesday night.

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Oak Bluffs Appoints New Police Officers

The Oak Bluffs select board hired two new police officers Tuesday, pending their successful graduation from the state police academy.

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Oak Bluffs Refuses to Join Islandwide Letter to MSBA

The select board threw a monkey wrench into the latest effort to jump start a feasibility study for a new high school, declining to sign a joint letter to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

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