Aquinnah Voters Face Town Meeting Vote On $2 Million Budget

By JOSHUA SABATINI

The last town meeting of the Island's political season takes place in Aquinnah on Tuesday, when residents will gather in the town hall at 7 p.m. to vote on a $2,056,058 operating budget and 14 warrant articles.

Although predicting the need for a Proposition 2 1/2 override, selectmen are in the dark as to the exact status of the town's free cash.

Tisbury Prepares for Key Election in Board of Selectmen Contest

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Facing plans for big changes in Tisbury, town voters will decide next week whether experience or a fresh look will have a contested seat on the board of selectmen.

Denys Wortman said a number of people asked him to run and he decided to do just that. "The town should have a choice," said Mr. Wortman, who is running against incumbent Thomas Pachico.

In Tisbury: Tisbury Voters Back Main Street Renovation

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Tisbury residents this week green-lighted major structural improvements in town by approving both the initial phases of the ambitious Main street project and the construction of a harbor master's facility at the foot of Owen Park.

Season of Annual Town Meetings Continues in Two Island Forums

In Tisbury

If Tisbury residents approve more than $2.2 million in proposed expenditures on top of the town's $14.5 million operating budget, taxes for the average homeowner will increase by $160. But the possibility of higher taxes is just one of the issues voters will confront at Tuesday's annual town meeting, at the Tisbury School gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.

Inn Demolition Stirs Complaint

Fiberglass Particles and Debris Floating in Air Bring Worries from Downtown Businesses; No Notification to DEP

By JOSHUA SABATINI

As demolition of the Tisbury Inn began earlier this week, unexpected high winds caused bright pink shreds of fiberglass insulation and other debris from the project to swirl through Main street, prompting complaints from downtown businesses and beyond.

Lieutenant Now Runs Police Force

Theodore Saulnier Takes Leadership Role in Tisbury

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Just seven months into his tenure at the Tisbury police department, Lieut. Theodore A. (Ted) Saulnier is the man in charge. After the resignation of John McCarthy as police chief a week ago, the board of selectmen instructed Lieutenant Saulnier to perform the duties of the former chief.

Lieutenant Saulnier, 40, spoke with the Gazette Wednesday in the chief's office at the station on the harbor in Tisbury.