Officials with the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard are reporting that a plaque commemorating an enslaved woman has been stolen from Great Rock Bight Preserve in Chilmark. Trail co-founder Elaine Weintraub notified Chilmark police of the incident on Wednesday, April 3. Weintraub says that the group is still deciding how to respond, though […]
A package police believe could be carrying illegal drugs washed up on a beach in Chilmark. The details of what type of drugs were in the package haven’t been released. But the Chilmark Police Department responded to a report on Thursday evening of a “suspicious object” that washed ashore on Lucy Vincent Beach, according to […]
The Oak Bluffs Police Department has welcomed two new full-time police officers to its ranks. Officer Jared Andrews served as a special officer for the town’s police department since 2010, before joining the state police as a trooper with the special victim’s unit. Andrews holds a master’s degree in addition to having extensive police training, […]
West Tisbury may be facing some steep costs to deal with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). West Tisbury town administrator Jennifer Rand said during the Wednesday, May 3, meeting that a contract with Wilcox & Barton estimated fee of $170,000 will be for the next phase of meeting PFAS remediation requirements. The final […]