Aquinnah selectmen were unhappy to hear this week about an NStar project that began with no apparent notification to the town to replace the utility poles on scenic Moshup Trail with much taller poles.

Edgartown fire chief Peter Shemeth told the town selectmen this week that the Edgartown emergency medical service is upgrading to a full-time paramedic unit. The switch comes on the heels of changed state regulations requiring full-time emergency personnel to be at a paramedic level in order to keep their certification.

“Starting way back when, it [paramedic service] was almost nonexistent,” Mr. Shemeth said. “We’ve progressed a lot . . . we’re always trying to ramp it up another step to give a better quality of service.”

At a standing-room-only public hearing, the Edgartown planning board this week heard arguments for and against the proposed Edgartown Meat and Fish Market at the Triangle. Applicant John Ready faced questions about competition, traffic and trash, some of them from neighboring business owners.

The owners of the Wave Lengths salon said they will go back to the drawing board after the Edgartown planning board made it clear this week they were unlikely to approve a plan to tear down the Upper Main street building and replace it with two large buildings on the property. At a public hearing on Tuesday night that saw heated argument among planning board members, the board said the new plan fails to meet town zoning requirements for parking in the Upper Main street business district.

The owners of the Old Parsonage house in West Tisbury have requested permission from the town historic district commission to demolish the 17th century home that sits on State Road overlooking Parsonage Pond.