Dave Belcher has a rock steady demeanor for a man who constantly seeks change.
Residents at West Tisbury town meeting next year will be asked if they want to use paper ballots for some votes at town meeting.
Responding to resident requests earlier this year for secret ballots, selectmen last week prepared a bylaw amendment which says a written or paper ballot “shall be taken on any town meeting article if a motion is made, seconded and approved by 20 voters (whether required to be a counted vote or not.)”
Vote totals on any paper ballot in terms of ayes, nays and abstentions will be announced by the moderator.
As community preservation committees across the Island prepare their recommendations for the coming fiscal year, they report growing interest by Vineyarders in the possibilities offered by Community Preservation Act funding.
More than $3 million in requests are under consideration by preservation committees on the Island.
Town officials who oversee CPA funds have seen a surge in activity and applications.
BOSTON — A daylong hearing on casino gambling at the Massachusetts State House this week drew a huge crowd of red-shirted union workers and some of the world’s wealthiest casino executives who flew in for the occasion.
But missing from the scene were the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and its sister tribe in Mashpee.
Shel Silverstein was not an easy man, but he was a passionate and spectacular man and artist.
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais believes she has been elected to run a troubled nation.
