Oak Bluffs emergency crews rescued a kayaker whose boat had flipped in frigid waters and who had stopped breathing Friday morning, Oak Bluffs Fire Chief Nelson Wirtz told The Times that emergency responders were dispatched for a call about an overturned vessel. “We had very little information right at the initial call,” Wirtz said. The […]
The Oak Bluffs Fire Department conducted a fire and emergency services drill and simulation Saturday at the Summercamp hotel. The simulation was conducted as a response to above-ground-floor emergency calls. “We have, in the past number of years, been called to various properties that require extrications above ground floor,” Oak Bluffs Fire Chief Nelson Wirtz […]
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Travelers trying to leave the Island this weekend had to spend a night in cots at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport. On Saturday, dozens of passengers traveling to Washington, DC and New York found themselves stranded when JetBlue canceled two flights. According to Martha’s Vineyard Airport director Geoff Freeman, the cancellations occurred because of poor weather […]
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