The Tri-Town Ambulance committee will recommend Timothy Morrissey for chief of the ambulance service, committee chairman and Aquinnah police chief Randhi Belain said this week.

Mr. Morrissey is not licensed as a paramedic in Massachusetts and is in the process of scheduling a test date to become licensed. Mr. Belain said he will take the recommendation to the Chilmark selectmen after Mr. Morrissey passes the test. The selectmen are the financial managers of the service.

Fourth graders at the Tisbury School and their teacher Pam Herman last week presented the American Red Cross with $4,730 to support the Japan Relief Efforts after the earthquake and tsunami disaster. The children organized an event called Jump for Japan, in which they jumped rope and asked friends and family to donate an amount of money for each jump, sometimes a dollar, sometimes more.

Senator Wolf Here Today

Cape and Islands Sen. Dan Wolf will hold office hours on the Vineyard today from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Oak Bluffs police station. To schedule an appointment call 617-722-1570. At 3:30 p.m. Mr. Wolf will meet with the all-Island selectmen, also at the police station.

Chilmark Energy Star

The first of the Middle Line Road affordable housing units, owned by Chip and Michele Leonardi and built by Squash Meadow Construction, Inc., has received certification as an Energy Star Version 2 qualified home. This means that after undergoing rigorous testing, the house meets or exceeds strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Harvard Degree

Harvard University will award a special posthumous degree to Joel Iacoomes, a member of the Wampanoag tribe who died in 1665, shortly after having completed four years of study in Harvard College but just before he was to participate in commencement.

The recognition will be part of the university’s 2011 commencement exercises on May 26.

Mr. Iacoomes was one of the two original Wampanoag students at Harvard. His classmate and fellow Wampanoag, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, graduated from Harvard in 1665.