An ode to town meetings - The Martha's Vineyard Times

An ode to town meetings - The Martha's Vineyard Times

In one of the rites of spring, Islanders will be heading into their respective halls to attend a great pageant of New England: the annual town meeting. On Tuesday, three communities on the Island — Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and West Tisbury — held their town meetings, and voters made important decisions that will impact their communities.The other three towns will soon follow with their own meetings. From sky-high overrides utilized to fill major g…