Sarah Mello Trudel of Oak Bluffs has been named superintendent of the Chappaquiddick properties of The Trustees of Reservations.
Mrs. Trudel will succeed David F. Belcher, who leaves the job after 19 years on May 11.
The announcement was made Monday by Chris Kennedy, Islands regional director for The Trustees of Reservations.
The Trustees own some 784 acres on Chappaquiddick, including Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge, Wasque Reservation and Mytoi, a Japanese garden founded many years ago by the late Mary Wakeman.
Incumbent West Tisbury selectman Glenn Hearn is an Islander with a no-frills, taciturn personal style.
He is a retired college professor with additional background in journalism and environmental advocacy.
West Tisbury voters will confront their third — and what many hope will be the final — decision on renovation of their old town hall when they convene for the annual town meeting on Tuesday night.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the West Tisbury elementary school. Town moderator Pat Gregory will call the meeting to order, as he has since 1991.
The annual town election will be held on Thursday, April 10 from noon to 8 p.m. at the public safety building.
The gradual two-year decline of residential home sales now resembles a bobsled run: it’s picking up speed but has some interesting twists and turns
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is ready to pour the foundation for construction of its 90,000-square-foot expansion.
