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May 20, 2024
Gabriella Parker, an Orleans firefighter and paramedic, talks about the difficulty first responders face trying to find housing on the Cape and Islands. And local fire chiefs say the cost of housing makes staffing a challenge. Part 1 of a two-part series.
May 7, 2024
(May 6, 2024) Nantucket Firefighters responded to the second island wildfire in less than a week Sunday afternoon. The fire was contained to an approximately 100-by-100-foot short grassy area just …
April 4, 2024
(April 4, 2024) The Nantucket Fire Department has hired two new deputy chiefs, Timothy Vamosi, a former captain in the Easton Fire Department; and Nick Esposito, former assistant chief in the …
December 28, 2023
The year began with the birth of the first baby of the year. Christian Stockigt was born at 7:13 a.m. Jan. 2 at Nantucket Cottage Hospital to Teodora and Steven Stockigt. He weighed 7 pounds, 7.1 ounces and measured 20 inches.
December 6, 2023
(Dec. 5, 2023) A house being demolished on Polpis Road caught fire on Tuesday shortly before 1 p.m. Flames were roaring through a second-floor window and section of the roof when the Nantucket Fire …
October 30, 2023
(Oct. 30, 2023) Kevin Ramos is the Nantucket Fire Department’s new interim deputy chief. Chief Michael Cranson said Ramos was officially named to the position Monday, which had been vacant …
October 24, 2023
( Oct. 23, 2023 ) The Board of Health is urging the town to fund a cancer screening program for the fire department in the wake of a report this summer that said Nantucket’s firefighters are at …
September 14, 2023
(Sept. 14, 2023) The town is withholding payment while it conducts a compliance review of its contract with Jim Burneka Jr. of Firefighters Cancer Consultants. Burneka was hired in August to assess …
August 15, 2023
(Aug. 14, 2023) The Nantucket Fire Department is so critically undermanned that its firefighters’ lives are at risk, according to a consultant hired by the town and the firefighters’ …
July 20, 2023
( July 20, 2023 ) Nantucket fire chief Michael Cranson will speak at the next meeting of the Advisory Committee of Non-Voting Taxpayers at 10 a.m. Saturday in the temporary meeting trailer at 131 …