Fairhaven, Nantucket look to contentious votes ahead
Nantucket
Nantucket’s Annual Town Meeting is Saturday March 31 beginning at 8:30 am. Lunch will be provided. It is highly likely that Article 13 will be debated and decided that day. The Finance Committee voted to urge rejection of the Madaket Wind Turbine Warrant Article. Read the Inquirer and Mirror article FinCom recommends against turbine by Jason Graziadei.
The Annual Town Election is held on Tuesday April 10. The hours are 7 am to 8 pm. The High School is the polling place (absentee ballots are now available and in person absentee voting is also available now by visiting the Town Clerk’s office at the Town Hall).
Fairhaven
The town election is Monday, April 2, 2012 with the polls open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Polling places for the following precincts are:
- Town Hall
- High School
- Hastings Middle School
- Hastings Middle School
- Leroy Wood School
- East Fairhaven School
Windwise-Fairhaven is planning a victory party for Monday night.
A hearing before the Planning Board on Tuesday April 3, 2012 will ask the town to consider changes to the by law on height and setbacks for industrial wind turbines. The meeting at town hall begins at 6:30 pm.
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