On Wednesday, Aquinnah voters went to the polls to decide a race for one seat on the three-member board of selectmen and reelected incumbent Jim Newman, who beat back a challenge from Barbara Bassett, making her first bid for the town leadership position, by a vote of 101 to 48.
Voters also decided four ballot questions.
Voters approved a Proposition 2.5 override of $120,000 to fund a portion of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) assessment by a vote of 89 to 56.
Voters agreed to chip in on the county-engineered purchase of the VNA building to house the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living and its Supportive Day Program by a vote of 95 to 45.
Voters turned down a request to help pay the costs of constructing a new school administration building on the grounds of the regional high school by a vote of 61 to 78. The measure needed approval by all six Island towns, and was moot, following no votes by West Tisbury, Chilmark and Tisbury voters.
Voters also agreed to approve an override for the cost of purchasing two lots at the Aquinnah Circle as part of the lighthouse relocation project by a vote of 97 to 40.
There were no other contests.
