Sam Bungey
Voter confusion at the Nantucket ballot box changed the result of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Cape and Islands state representative, according to the town clerk who managed vote counting where write-in candidate Tim Madden secured 52 per cent of the vote.
Mr. Madden ultimately lost to Vineyard candidate Daniel Larkosh, the West Tisbury attorney who won the nomination for the district that spans the Vineyard, Nantucket and Falmouth.
Several Island school employees have been punished for improper use of a school vehicle, using an off-Island school van to drive to a wedding on the Cape.
They were caught red-handed by Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter, a frugally-minded Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee member and West Tisbury police officer.
More binds the five candidates running in next Tuesday’s Democratic primary for state representative than separates them. They are unanimous in their support of Barack Obama for President. Gay marriage gets a thumbs-up across the board. They all wear suits. On the issues that will face the incoming state representative, there is a lot of common ground too. Each candidate supports better pay for teachers, local farming initiatives and development of alternative energy.
Next to the Obama posters, Save Senge placards and anti-moped bumper stickers, the names of candidates running for Cape and Islands state representative appeared in force last week, ahead of a highly contested Democratic primary on Sept. 16.
Candidates in the first open ticket race for the seat since Eric T. Turkington took the seat in 1989 soon after the district was established, are entering the final phase of their campaign, clamoring for the most effective way to reach potential voters and plotting a new electoral map as they go.
While the vestiges of hurricane Hanna whipped rain onto the Aquinnah Circle and sucked at the canvas tent covering Saturday’s annual youth powwow,
With a town vote looming on whether to purchase the Home Port restaurant in Menemsha and turn it into municipal land, the long-running seafood restaurant closed its doors for the summer last Sunday, possibly never to reopen for business.
Meanwhile, two Chilmark innkeepers and restaurant owners have signed a new agreement with Home Port owners Will and Madeline Holtham to buy the property and keep the restaurant as a going concern if the town vote fails.