Chilmark Fire News Today

Incumbent Abbe Burt, Christina Colarusso, and MacAleer Schilcher are the three candidates competing for the Tisbury Select Board seat in the upcoming town election.  The Times sent questions to each candidate to get their views on some of the issues the town is facing, and why they’d be the best choice for the job. The […]

The three candidates running for Tisbury select board had the opportunity to meet with and listen to constituents this week during a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard at the Tisbury Senior Center.  Incumbent Abbe Burt, Christina Colarusso, and MacAleer Schilcher are running for the open seat. Burt has served […]

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 […]

For the first time, an all-women firefighter lineup will be marching down the streets of Edgartown with the 1855 Lysander Button Company fire engine during the Fourth of July parade, which is coming back after a two-year hiatus.  According to Edgartown Deputy Fire Chief Andrew Kelly, the fire engine was a part of the Fourth […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times New fire station ‘a must,’ says chief Chilmark voters will decide on $11.1 million project in May. Chilmark Fire Chief Jeremy Bradshaw says replacing the fire station is a "must". —Rich Saltzberg And asbestos warning sign inside Chilmarks fire station. There is no real closet or locker space in Chilmarks fire station. Equipment and vehicles are in close proximity in the station. The restroom in the Chilmark Fire Station is low on the priv...