“To be or not to be” - stock or no stock - railroad or no railroad - was the principal question before the community last Saturday, and the town and its “dependencies” (?) turned out en masse to me
Residents of Oak Bluffs swiftly worked their way through their annual and special town meetings Tuesday at the regional high school’s performing arts center, approving all articles with little deliberation in under two hours.
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.
The West Tisbury town meeting started on a fiery note Tuesday evening, as voters opted not to approve its portion of the regional high school annual budget to protest the school board's lawsuit against the Oak Bluffs planning board over the turf field.
Miniature liquor bottles sales could be banned on Martha’s Vineyard, Edgartown could get a new fire station, and the process of revamping the regional high school could gain some steam tonight as town meeting season gets underway.
Town meetings across the Island will consider funding a feasibility study for the replacement or reconstruction of the regional high school.
West Tisbury residents will be asked Tuesday to vote on a variety of spending measures, including urgent repairs to the West Tisbury Public Library heating and ventilation system, and $415,000 in pay raises for town staff.
