Chilmark voters will be taking up a $13.5 million budget and a 27-article warrant at the annual town meeting on April 24. Residents will also be considering a change to the town’s alcohol regulations that, if approved, would allow for the sale of alcohol at restaurants. Chilmark is the last remaining “dry town” on Martha’s […]
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Hospital not offering companion appointments
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is not offering companion appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine.
An email sent out by Dukes County Social Services Thursday was corrected Friday to say caregiver and companion vaccine appointments are only available at mass vaccination sites such as Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium — not Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
The hospital is not a mass vaccination site because it does not have enough vaccine doses to do the companion program.
Eligible individuals must schedule their vaccine appointments through the hospital’s website, mvhospital.org.
Island Councils on Aging and libraries are offering assistance with appointment sign-ups.
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Marthaâs Vineyard Community Foundation
COVID-19 Relief Utility Assistance
M.V. Center for Living is providing COVID-19 relief assistance for household utilities. â Isabel Gitten
Marthaâs Vineyard Center for Living will administer the funding that is now available to assist Island households experiencing severe economic hardship due to COVID-19 with heat and electric utility payments. For information and an application, contact one of the following:
 Edgartown Council on Aging â 508-627-4368
 Oak Bluffs Council on Aging â 508-693-4509
 Tisbury Council on Aging â 508-696-4205
 Up Island Council on Aging â 508-693-2896
 Dukes County Social Services â 508-696-3844