A former town selectman and a newcomer to politics are vying for a single seat on the board of selectmen in the Tisbury annual town election Tuesday. The two candidates are running for the seat vacated by longtime selectman Tristan Israel.

The veteran selectman will not appear on the ballot next week after 25 years in office. Elected leaders say he takes with him a wealth of knowledge.

The Tisbury board of assessors has reversed a decision to tax several town nonprofits, board chairman Angela Cywinski confirmed.

It was opening day at the Flying Horses Carousel and Helena Penn, age 11, called her three rides “awesome.”

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.

Islanders live in a seasonal cycle, a golden ring, if you will, that carries us from the extremes of summer frenzy to the extremes of winter isolation and back again.