Chilmark Voters Gather For Town Meeting, Election

By MAX HART

Annual Meeting

When Chilmark voters convene for their annual town meeting on Monday night, they will take up a slim 22-article warrant, a lean operating budget for the coming fiscal year and a short spending list consisting of mostly housekeeping items.

In other words, nothing shocking in this town that prides itself on old Yankee thrift.

Denys Wortman Wins Handily In Race for Tisbury Selectman

By MAX HART

Easily beating out a crowded field in the race for selectman, Denys Wortman won the seat by a four-to-one margin in the Tisbury annual town election Tuesday. Mr. Wortman received 399 votes, while the four other candidates trailed far behind. Jamie Douglas finished with 104 votes, George Balco had 89, Nancy Hall captured 88 and Jared Meader had 46.

Denys Wortman Wins Handily In Race for Tisbury Selectman

By MAX HART

Easily beating out a crowded field in the race for selectman, Denys Wortman won the seat by a four-to-one margin in the Tisbury annual town election Tuesday. Mr. Wortman received 399 votes, while the four other candidates trailed far behind. Jamie Douglas finished with 104 votes, George Balco had 89, Nancy Hall captured 88 and Jared Meader had 46.

While debate continues over the Cape Wind project from the Vineyard and Nantucket all the way to the halls of the United States Congress, several onshore wind turbine projects are now quietly under way with considerably less fanfare.

Commission Votes to Approve Kennedy Family Property Plan

By IAN FEIN

Ensuring that Kennedy family members will remain stewards of their rare Aquinnah estate into the next generation, the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week approved a subdivision plan for the 366-acre property between Moshup Trail and Squibnocket Pond.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Predictably, the conversation begins with a string of jokes and the trademark grin that starts as a tiny twinkle in the corner of the eye and then suddenly and uproariously occupies his whole face.