Getting Involved

With annual town meeting season barely a month out, political season is quietly under way on Martha's Vineyard.

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West Tisbury Backs Big House Bylaw

An agreeable group of voters filled the West Tisbury School gymnasium for their annual town meeting Tuesday evening, passing all but one of 51 articles on the warrant.

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Super Tuesday: Four Town Meetings Convene Tonight

The Martha’s Vineyard political season kicks off tonight with four annual town meetings, marking a return to a schedule that has been disrupted by the pandemic for two straight years. Voters will gather in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury.

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Regional Spending Has Seat at Town Meeting Table

Regional expenses and human services make up more than a dozen articles on each of Tuesday’s annual town meeting warrants, continuing a trend toward cost-sharing across Island municipalities.

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Housing Bank Takes Center Stage at Town Meetings

Four of the six Island towns will take the first steps next week in deciding the pivotal question of whether to ask the state legislature to allow creation of a Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank.

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Town Meeting Season Returns To Familiar Rite of Spring

After two seasons of disruption caused by Covid-19, annual town meetings are beginning to return to their normal spring schedule in 2022.

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Town Meetings Will be Held Late This Year

Every Island town appears poised to reschedule its annual town meeting until May or later. Town elections will be held on the usual dates.

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Pandemic Recasts Annual Town Meetings as Outdoor Affairs

Island towns are busy preparing for an annual town meeting season unlike any other, putting up massive tents, paring down warrants and looking to pass historically austere budgets.

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Towns Slash Budgets, Give Up Pay Raises, as Belt Tightening Begins
Will Sennott

Faced with the prospect of declining revenues and tax shortfalls, Island towns are putting long-term capital projects on hold and giving up salary increases nearly across the board.

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Annual Town Meetings Postponed Islandwide
Will Sennott

All Martha’s Vineyard towns have postponed their annual town meetings and elections this year. Rescheduled dates are tentative, town administrators said, and subject to change.

Oak Bluffs, annual town meeting May 12, annual town election May 14.

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