MVC Encourages Chilmark to Refer Big Projects

The chair of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission came to the Chilmark Select Board Tuesday to ask why some larger projects in the up-Island town never came before the regional planning agency.

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A Chilmark Campus of Safety Emerges at Beetlebung Corner

A wood-shingled new fire station has emerged across from Beetlebung Corner, and behind it, down a winding path, is another addition: the new Tri-Town Ambulance building.

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Chilmark Squares Away Finances With Tri-Town
Will Sennott

With a new emergency services headquarters on the horizon, selectmen have allowed the ambulance service to settle an old debt with the town.

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West Tisbury Backs Shared Funding for New Tri-Town Building
Will Sennott

West Tisbury selectmen agreed last week to back a shared funding concept for a new Tri-town ambulance headquarters in Chilmark.

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Chilmark Signs Agreement to Buy Property Next to Town Hall

A property abutting the town hall could become the new headquarters for Tri-Town ambulance, if voters agree at the annual town meeting next spring.

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Change in Command for Tri-Town Ambulance
Alex Elvin

The ambulance service which provides EMS to the three up-Island towns is undergoing a change in leadership. Tri-Town chief Paul (Zeke) Wilkins has stepped down following a period of medical leave, while deputy chief Ben Retmier has been named acting chief.

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Chilmark Considers Safety Building Site
Alex Elvin

Picking up on efforts that began more than a decade ago, a committee in Chilmark is taking another stab at finding a location for a new fire station.

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Aquinnah Public Safety Day Celebrates Rescuers
Ivy Ashe

Although blue lights flashed at the Aquinnah police and fire station Saturday afternoon, there was no emergency. At Aquinnah's first ever public safety day, the biggest concern was whether the hamburger supply was low.

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Pool of Island Paramedics is Small and Getting Smaller
Ivy Ashe

As the summer season gains momentum, Vineyard emergency medical crews are working overtime and drawing from off-Island resources in order to meet an increased demand for service. Fewer paramedics are available this summer for ambulance calls, leading to increased cross-town efforts.

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Tribe Buys, Blesses New Tri-Town Ambulance

Chief medicine man Luther T. Madison blessed the latest ambulance of the tri-town fleet in a ceremony held on the lawn of the tribal administration building on Sept. 17. Present were tribal members, members of tribal council, tribal staff, tri-town emergency medical technicians, Aquinnah selectmen, Aquinnah fire chief Walter Delaney and Aquinnah police chief Randhi Belain.

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