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.
With the housing bank question still undecided, Tisbury voters will go to a third night for their annual town meeting. Voters adjourned at 11 p.m.
While the school vote dominated the annual town election Tuesday, Tisbury voters also elected in a new selectman and decided a contested race for the finance and advisory committee.
In the third and final night of the annual town meeting, Tisbury voters agreed to buy property for a new town hall and fund improvements to the harbor wall on Beach Road.
After two nights of emotionally charged debate, Tisbury voters approved a plan to build a new town elementary school by a wide margin at their annual town meeting Wednesday.
