Aquinnah voters agreed to condemn the federal government’s handling of the Cape Wind project, explore the use of solar panels at the landfill and trim the Tri-Town Ambulance budget at the annual town meeting Tuesday night. And an article to banish the practice of tabling controversial issues? That was tabled.
Nearly all of the 30 articles on the warrant passed during the three-and-a- half-hour meeting that saw much debate over the ambulance budget, an amendment to the town affordable housing
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Aquinnah voters chose former Wampanoag Tribe chairman Beverly Wright to take a seat on the three-member board of selectmen. Voting yesterday, May 11, the decision went the challenger’s way, 124-95, to unseat incumbent selectman Camille Rose.
A total of 225 voters cast votes. Of the town’s 398 registered voters, a significant number cast absentee ballots, town clerk Carolyn Feltz said.
Ms. Wright joins a board that includes Jim Newman and Spencer Booker. Mr. Booker is also a member of the
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Aquinnah voters passed a $3 million budget and nearly all 30 articles at the annual town meeting Tuesday night, moving through a 10-article special town meeting session first.
Voters backed the selectmen’s recommendation to fund just $134,000 of the $160,000 requested by the Tri-Town ambulance service, questioning the number of full-time paramedics needed to staff the service and the purpose of a deputy chief. The reduced dollar amount would not include the deputy chief’s salary.
Voters also gave selectmen permission
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Aquinnah voters will choose between two veteran leaders next week for selectman, both women, one with an extensive record of public service in town, especially in planning, and the other with a long history of service with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Incumbent selectman and board chairman Camille Rose is seeking a third term; former tribal council chairman Beverly Wright is challenging her.
Beverly Wright
The annual town election is Wednesday; polls will be open from noon
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A bare-bones budget, bylaw changes to allow more affordable housing in town and a proclamation to “condemn” the Cape Wind project await Aquinnah voters at the annual town meeting on Tuesday night.
The meeting begins at 6:45 p.m. at the old Aquinnah town hall with a special town meeting preceding the annual session.
Town moderator Michael Hebert will preside over the sessions.
There are 10 articles on the special town meeting warrant, including a request for $17,500 to buy a
Continue reading Aquinnah voters to tackle housing bylaw…
Aquinnah selectmen agreed to take the first steps toward becoming a green community this week, putting the town in line to receive state grant money as well as becoming more environmentally sound.
“We’d be eligible for a good amount of money,” selectman and board chairman Camille Rose said at the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday. Among other things, the town is exploring a project to install solar panels at the landfill.
Tisbury voters approved a series of articles at their April annual
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Aquinnah voters and taxpayers have benefited from changes in town government in the last few years, including a change in professional management in town hall. But the key has been the ability of the three sitting selectmen to act with a clarifying determination that their decisions will be made, and will be seen as, in the interests of all Aquinnah residents — Indian and non-Indian, voter and non-voter, year-rounder and seasonal resident.
It’s a complicated constituency, and a successful selectman
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Aquinnah voters will meet at 7 pm, Tuesday, in the town hall meeting room, to take action on specialand annual town meeting warrants totaling 40 articles, and a $3,048,524 spending plan for the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
On Wednesday, voters go to the polls to elect town officers. Polls are open from noon to 7 pm in town hall.
The only contest is a battle for one seat on the three-member board of selectmen. Beverly Wright,
Continue reading Aquinnah voters take up $3 million budget, annual warrant…
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Come one, come all to Saturday Coffee Hour, from 10 a.m. to noon, every Saturday from January through March, we’ll have hot beverages (coffee, tea and hot chocolate) and snacks for the community. See your neighbors and join us for some fun.
Winter Programs for Adults:
Book Discussion Group every Third Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (February 17, March 17, April 14,
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