Green-Beach, Balboni win O.B. seats
Only contested race is for two open seats on select board in O.B.; West Tisbury has no contested races.
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There s plenty of room for social distance at the West Tisbury polls where there is no contested race on the ballot. -Rich Saltzberg
Challenger Rich Michelson, right, is a former airport commissioner. Brian Dowd
Incumbent Jason Balboni seeks a second term to the board. Brian Dowd
Challenger Emma Green-Beach won the most votes and is a newcomer to local office. Brian Dowd
Updated 7:30 pm
Newcomer Emma Green-Beach and incumbent Jason Balboni won the two open seats on the Oak Bluffs select board, edging out Rich Michelson at the polls Thursday in the Island’s only contested race.
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Oak Bluffs candidates address the issues
Three candidates are vying for two seats on the Oak Bluffs select board.
From left, Rich Michelson, Jason Balboni, and Emma Green-Beach vie for two open seats on the Oak Bluffs select board.
Incumbent Jason Balboni and newcomers Emma Green-Beach and Rich Michelson are the three candidates vying for two open seats on the Oak Bluffs select board, in the town’s only contested race.
Balboni, the current chair of the town’s executive board, is seeking a second term, having first been elected in 2018. Balboni ran Balboni Appliance Service in Oak Bluffs, and has served on the town’s finance and advisory committee and personnel board.
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Three vie for two selectmen seats in O.B.
Longtime Oak Bluffs selectman Greg Coogan is not seeking a seventh term.
Three candidates are seeking two seats open on the Oak Bluffs board of selectmen, as longtime selectman Greg Coogan will not seek re-election. Nominations closed earlier this week.
Coogan, who has served on the board since 2003, is a retired Tisbury School math teacher of 30 years.
Incumbent Jason Balboni is seeking his second term on the board. Balboni is the board’s current chairman. Two other candidates are seeking election to the town’s executive board Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group executive director Emma Green-Beach, and retired Oak Bluffs fire lieutenant and EMT Rich Michelson.
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Shellfish Group poised to govern shellfish hatchery
A bill that will give greater control of the Hughs Hatchery to the Martha s Vineyard Shellfish Group awaits Gov. Baker s signature. Rich Saltzberg
A bill sponsored by state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, D-Falmouth, to provide greater autonomy to the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group with a 15-year lease at the John T. Hughes Hatchery and Research Station in Oak Bluffs has passed the Massachusetts House and Senate. The bill is on Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk, awaiting a signature.
The Shellfish Group has long used the hatchery as a facility to conduct research and to propagate oysters, scallops and other shellfish.
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Hospital staff thanked with oyster giveaway
Shellfish group and farmers provide 5,000 oysters for nurses, doctors, staff.
Pam Harwood, right, receives a bag of 24 oysters from Jeremy Scheffer, left. Brian Dowd
In classic Martha’s Vineyard style, a group of oyster farmers and the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group organized an oyster giveaway for Martha’s Vineyard Hospital employees Friday afternoon to give thanks for the hospital’s workers during the pandemic.
5,000 oysters were provided by Jeremy Scheffer of Spearpoint Oysters, Ryan Smith of Signature Oyster Farm, Roy Scheffer of Roysters, Scott Castro of Blue Moon Oysters, and Noah Scheffer of Little Minnow Oyster Co. all donated oysters for the hospital employees. Each employee got a bag of 24.