Editing Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==

On the national level, Oak Bluffs is a part of [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], and is currently represented by Bill Keating.  Massachusetts is currently represented in the [[United States Senate]] by Senators [[Elizabeth Warren]] and [[Ed Markey]].

On the state level, Oak Bluffs 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>[http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm Index of Legislative Representatives by City and Town]</ref>  The town is home to the Fifth Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]], which serves all of Dukes County.<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>

Oak Bluffs is governed on the local level by the [[open town meeting]] form of government, and is led by a [[board of selectmen]].  The town has its own police and fire departments, with the police being located near Oak Bluffs Harbor and the fire department being more centrally located in the town.  The post office is located just east of the Vineyard Camp Meeting Association lands, as is Oak Bluffs Public Library, which is a member of the [[Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing]] library network.  Oak Bluffs is also home to Martha's Vineyard Hospital, just northeast of the Lagoon, which serves all of the island.