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Oak Bluffs voters face a choice at the ballot box next week, with three candidates — none new to the town, or to Oak Bluffs voters — vying for two seats on the board of selectmen. Incumbents Gregory A. Coogan and Kathleen A. Burton are running for re-election, while former selectman Roger Wey has thrown his hat back into the ring for a seat on the board. There are no other contests or questions on the ballot. The annual town election is Thursday, April 12; polling hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the meeting room in the public library.
By SARA BROWN
Oak Bluffs voters face a choice at the ballot box next week, with three candidates — none new to the town, or to Oak Bluffs voters — vying for two seats on the board of selectmen. Incumbents Gregory A. Coogan and Kathleen A. Burton are running for re-election, while former selectman Roger Wey has thrown his hat back into the ring for a seat on the board. There are no other contests or questions on the ballot. The annual town election is Thursday, April 12; polling hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the meeting room in the public library.
West Tisbury voters will go to the polls next Thursday to decide whether to allow the sale of beer and wine at restaurants in town and at special events.
The annual town election is April 12; polling hours are from noon to 8 p.m. at the town public safety building. There are no contests for elected office this year; selectman Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter 3rd is running unopposed for a fourth three-year term.
While there are few contested races on the ballot for Edgartown’s annual election next Thursday, voters will be asked to weigh in on the contested roundabout and some expensive town projects.
The first of three ballot questions asks for a Proposition 2 1/2 exemption for $4.9 million for the town’s share of a new library at the site of the old Edgartown School. A second override question asks voters to assess an additional $272,000 in taxes to pay for the town’s portion of a Massachusetts Estuaries study for four towns.
Dean’s List
Trey Rasmussen of Vineyard Haven has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester at Salve Regina University. Trey is a sophomore majoring in business administration.
Salve Regina, a Catholic, co-educational university founded by the Sisters of Mercy, enrolls more than 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students.
Navigation Course
Sail Martha’s Vineyard is offering a coastal navigation course Monday and Wednesday evenings, April 9, 11, 16 and 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. The course will focus on introducing students to basic chart work, including determining a vessel’s position, course plotting, coastal piloting, familiarization with navigation aids and allowing for tides and currents.
Each student will be assigned an individual navigation station as well as provided with all of the necessary charts and tools.
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