West Tisbury voters convened under the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs for the third time since the start of the pandemic and handily surpassed a 30 person quorum for 2021 annual town meeting. Town clerk Tara Whiting-Wells said the count topped off at 217 registered voters. By far the most time consuming and contentious item on […]
West Tisbury voters will head to the annual town meeting on Tuesday, May 18, at 5 pm. Once again, the meeting will be held at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs. A special town meeting will take place 10 minutes earlier at the same location. The select board has reduced the voter quorum for the 48-article […]
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
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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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Back to the Tabernacle for West Tisbury
Board punts on Tiah’s Cove culvert, approves affordable housing land article.
The outflow to Tisbury Great Pond from the culvert under Tiah s Cove Road in West Tisbury. Rich Saltzberg
West Tisbury selectmen voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to hold the 2021 annual town meeting at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs. The meeting would be the third held with the Camp Meeting Association and the town of Oak Bluffs as hosts. The town held a historic, first-ever meeting at the Tabernacle in June because dangers and impracticalities brought on by the pandemic made a meeting within the borders of West Tisbury risky.