Voting for Citizen of the Year 2022 is Open!

This award is made to...

a person of any age, who has made West Barnstable a better place through inspiration, dedication and community spirit.

The Trustees of Whelden Memorial Library in West Barnstable will announce and honor a

Citizen of the Year at the Village Festival on Saturday, August 21, 2021!

Ballot boxes can be found at the Whelden Library, Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod (West Barnstable), or the West Barnstable Post Office.

New this year:

You can submit your nominations online!

~Voting closes by August 1st~

Click here to submit your nomination!

Previous Winners:

1995 - Joanne Wallace
1996 - Betty Nilsson
1997 - Jim Jenkins
1998 – Audrey Loughnane
1999 - Martin Wiirtanen
2000 – Neil Atwood
2001 – Jim McCarthy
2002 - Sue Maki
2003 - Nancy Shoemaker

2004 - Kris Clark
2005 - Mary E. Burns
2006 - Helmi Viliesis 2007 – Lily Tu
2008 - Judith Desrochers
2009 - John P. Jenkins
2010 - Wolfgang Fattler
2011 - Lenny Clark
2012 - Hank Farnham
2013 - William Devine

2014 - Diane Ross
2015 - Lucille McCallum
2016 - Nancy Trafton
2017 - Judy Jacobson
2018 - Carolyn Ewing & Elaine Grace
2019 - Bob Stolte
2020 - Mary Howe
2021 - Nancy Meagher

Citizen of the Year: 2021

Nancy Meagher, President of the West Barnstable Civic Association, who does so much for the community.

Congratulations and thank you for everything that you do!

Photo from the Barnstable Patriot, August 11, 2021

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