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Attention, Verizon customers: Would you like to get better cell reception in Chilmark and Aquinnah? If so, Chilmark executive secretary Tim Carroll is urging you to write to Verizon Wireless representatives, asking why the company won't join the newly operational Distributed Antenna System (DAS), which will greatly improve wireless service for certain carriers in the area. AT&T has elected to participate; Verizon has not.

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Chilmark voters  go to the polls today for the annual town election. The ballot features four questions, including three spending items related to repairs at the West Tisbury School and funding for the Massachusetts Estuary Project pond study. Voters will also be asked to weigh in on a non-binding referendum on the proposed Oak Bluffs roundabout. Chilmark Store owner Bill Rossi is running unopposed for an open seat on the board of selectmen. Polls are open from noon to 8 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center.

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Longtime town finance committee member Jon Snyder narrowly edged out town health agent and former selectman Tom Pachico in Tuesday’s town election for a spot on the board of selectmen. Mr. Snyder garnered 473 votes, while Mr. Pachico earned 426.

A total of 926 out of 2,930 residents, or just over 31 per cent of eligible voters, cast ballots in the election.

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Tisbury voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the annual town election. The ballot features a heated race between Tom Pachico and Jon Synder for an open seat on the board of selectmen. Polls are open from noon to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall.

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Island resident and rock photographer Jim Shive takes the microphone today, April 23, as guest deejay on Sirius XM’s E Street Radio broadcast. The show airs at 4 p.m. and again tomorrow at 8 a.m.

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