The public is invited and will have a chance to listen to candidates present their positions and ask questions. 

Chilmark select board member Bill Rossi and Oak Bluffs select board member Jason Balboni both are planning to step down after their terms are over, shaking up the Island political scene as boards face large infrastructure projects and sky high housing costs.

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring candidate forums prior to local elections this spring.

Three-way races for select board seats top the ballots in West Tisbury and Oak Bluffs as annual town elections begin to take shape in the three down-Island towns.

This year’s historic town meeting season winds up next week with annual town elections in Tisbury on Tuesday, Aquinnah Wednesday and West Tisbury Thursday.