The Oak Bluffs Select Board unanimously approved Eversource’s installation of some 30 telephone poles on Barnes Road, but they were upset that the utility company started work before their approval. During a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 14, Eversource representatives came before the board to request to install 29 50-foot poles, two 35-foot poles, and […]
With the Nov. 8 state election right around the corner, early voting across the Island is well underway, nearly at its halfway mark. As of Oct. 31 Edgartown has seen 471 early voters, 176 of which casted ballots in person. This adds to the total of 467 voters in Oak Bluffs, 67 in-person and 118 […]
The state election will take place on Nov. 8, but voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots sooner than that. The last day to register to vote for the election is Saturday, Oct. 29, which can be done online at bit.ly/3S6web4. Vote-by-mail request deadlines are on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 5 pm. The application […]
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Updated 6:20 pm An Oak Bluffs Police Department investigation into a lost then found patrol rifle enmeshed many but blamed only one person, Michael Marchand, the department’s senior-most sergeant. Marchand has resigned, according to a press release from select board chair Brian Packish sent Wednesday evening. A “mutual separation and release agreement,” received by The […]