Editing Chilmark, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==
On the national level, Chilmark is a part of [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], and is currently represented by [[Bill Keating (politician)|Bill Keating]].  The state's senior member of the [[United States Senate]] is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The state's junior Senator is [[Ed Markey]].

On the state level, Chilmark is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] as a part of the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district, which includes all of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as a portion of [[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]].  The town is represented in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] as a portion of the Cape and Islands district, which includes all of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and most of [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable County]] (with the exception of [[Bourne, Massachusetts|Bourne]], [[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]], [[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]] and [[Mashpee, Massachusetts|Mashpee]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |title=Index of Legislative Representatives by City and Town |access-date=March 19, 2007 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115141/http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>  All of Dukes County is patrolled by the Fifth (Oak Bluffs) Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]].<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+D&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_d_msp_field_troop_d_station_d5&csid=Eeops Station D-5, SP Oak Bluffs]</ref>

Chilmark is governed on the local level by the [[open town meeting]] form of government, and is led by a [[board of selectmen]].  All of the town's facilities are centered at a location known as Beetlebung Corner.  The Town Hall, Tri-Town Ambulance, and the Fire Department share a building in the northern quadrant of the crossroads, the police station is located next to the Chilmark Tavern, and the post office and the town's Free Public Library occupy the southern.  The current library opened in 2003, having outgrown the previous library just to the east of the current location at the corner.<ref>[http://www.ci.chilmark.ma.us/Pages/ChilmarkMA_Library/lib_history A History of the Chilmark Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929225020/http://www.ci.chilmark.ma.us/Pages/ChilmarkMA_Library/lib_history |date=September 29, 2006 }}</ref>