The Martha's Vineyard Times
So you want to be a leader?
Nomination periods open up for spring town elections across the Island.
Longtime Aquinnah selectman Jim Newman won’t seek re-election when his term expires this spring. But while Newman is stepping away, four Island candidates — Arthur Smadbeck of Edgartown, William Rossi of Chilmark, Jim Rogers of Tisbury, and Skipper Manter of West Tisbury — all told The Times they plan to seek re-election. Two Oak Bluffs incumbents — Jason Balboni and Greg Coogan — remain undecided.
“I’ve been doing this for 18 years,” Newman said, “and I want to go in a different direction with how I spend my time going forward.”