Sparks flew during a graduation ceremony intended to celebrate the successful completion of an Islandwide firefighter training course this week, after an Island fire chief accused the county’s fire training council of inflicting undue bias on a Brazilian candidate. The event, which took place in the cafeteria at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on […]
Oak Bluffs EMT and fire captain Tad Medeiros has resigned from his full time position after being placed on paid administrative leave in April. Medeiros was arrested in April and was charged with assault and battery. He pleaded not guilty. The alleged assault was against a household or family member, with whom there exists a […]
Nelson Wirtz was sworn in as the Oak Bluffs’ new fire chief at a short ceremony Sunday, capping a year and a half long search for the town. The ceremony was held outside the Oak Bluffs Fire and EMS Building amid department members, town officials, Wirtz’s family, and Wirtz’s former colleagues at the Chatham Fire […]