Edgartown voters reelected longtime selectman Michael Donaroma and gave final approval for the restoration of the Katama Airfield hangar in the annual town election April 11.

As a three-night annual town meeting ground to a close, voters in Tisbury rejected the housing bank initiative by a vote of 115 to 75. It was the third town to defeat the measure.

West Tisbury agreed to back the controversial housing bank proposal and establish a first-time rooms tax during a two-night annual town meeting that saw debate, procedural tangles and a final twist.

In a long and often emotional evening, Edgartown voters powered through a 95-article town meeting that saw the defeat of two housing bank measures and the approval of a new hangar at Katama.

Oak Bluffs voters were in a rebellious mood at their annual town meeting Tuesday, defeating the housing bank and rejecting a request for money to study repairs at the regional high school.

Midway through an especially fractious town meeting season, voters may reasonably wonder why anyone would want to preside over these raucous affairs. Everett Poole, who has served as Chilmark town moderator for more than four decades, has his reasons and will share them next Tuesday evening when he takes center stage at this month's Tuesdays in the Newsroom event at the Gazette.