RIchard Beal (right), a former selectman, discussed today's town meeting with Hal Newall, a candidate for selectman, at the Cranberry General Store.

"You've got neighbor supervising neighbor, and that's not good," Beal said. "Some people say, 'It's our island, we can do what we like,' but we can't. Long ago, we decided to have rules to govern behavior, and it's the law that keeps society together."