In response to a letter from Francine Agnolie (“Review of emergency transportation needed,” June 29) where she pushed for a review of emergency transportation off-Island. To the Editor: I came back to the Island in 1974, and joined the nursing staff in ICU in the then new hospital. Back then, our patients who needed to […]
Someone dared utter the word “regionalize” on the Vineyard, and fires did not ignite spontaneously, massive waves did not crash over the Island, and locusts did not emerge to terrorize us. At a recent meeting between the Tisbury select board and the finance committee, finance committee chair Nancy Gilfoy told those assembled that Tracey Jones, […]
At a joint meeting of Tisbury’s select board and finance committee, finance committee chair Nancy Gilfoy announced that ambulance director Tracey Jones is retiring. In conversation with Jones, Gilfoy told those at the meeting that “the dreaded regionalization word came up” as a way to address the challenges the EMS department faces. “While the emergency […]
To the Editor: My apologies to all the gentlemen who came to my rescue two weeks ago. First, the knight in shining armor who caught me as I was falling backward off the step into the UPS Store. If he hadn’t caught me, I would have had a very negative outcome. I was so flustered […]
To the Editor: There are services available to area senior residents of Tisbury. The day before the blizzard, I received a call from the Council on Aging to see if there was anything I needed before the storm, i.e. food, medications; would I have any problems if we lost our power? I assured her I […]