Government
Aquinnah voters approved all seven articles on the warrant at a special town meeting Tuesday, allocating nearly $352,000 for town projects.
Commercial property owners in Tisbury will be getting bigger tax bills, after the select board voted Tuesday to shift 5 per cent of the town’s $40 million tax levy from residential to commercial real estate.
Ben Robinson and Bernadette Budinger-Cormie won the two contested Tisbury seats, while longtime members Doug Sederholm and Linda Sibley fended off a challenge for their West Tisbury seats.
The nation voted to return Donald Trump to the White House while Vineyard voters overwhelmingly backed Vice President Kamala Harris.
Though too young to cast their own ballots, parents and school teachers brought youngsters out to the polls Tuesday to give them a firsthand view of democracy.
Throughout the day, voters cited women’s reproductive health, the economy and the lack of better options as some of the deciding factors in their votes.
