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Worker falls to his death in Edgartown

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A worker in Edgartown died yesterday after falling between 20 and 30 feet from a residential construction site located on Trapps Pond Road.  On Tuesday...

Terminal bomb scare suspect pleads not guilty

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At the Edgartown District Court on Wednesday, David Capato, a 56-year-old Edgartown man who allegedly made a bomb threat at the Vineyard Haven Steamship...

Edgartown honors longtime harbormaster, town retirees 

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At the Wharf Pub on Main Street on Wednesday night, the back bar was shoulder to shoulder and buzzing with Edgartown community pride as...

State setting new albie, bonito restrictions

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Island fishermen will likely need to pay close attention to their false albacore and Atlantic bonito catches this summer, as Massachusetts regulators, for the...

Edgartown swears in new police officer

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Nikolaj Wojtkielo was sworn in as the new full-time Edgartown patrol officer during Monday’s selectboard meeting in Edgartown.  Wojtkielo, who had been with the West...

Charges dropped against Sheriff’s Office sergeant

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Charges that included rape and domestic assault and battery brought against Craig Daley, a sergeant placed on leave from the Dukes County Sheriff’s Office,...

High expectations for Vineyard track and field season 

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After a strong indoor season highlighted by several Cape and Island Championship placements, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School track and field team is...

Morrison elected over longtime Edgartown incumbent 

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In Thursday's election in Edgartown, 42-year-old lifelong Edgartown resident Alex Morrison beat out incumbent Michael Donaroma in a landslide. The final tally showed Morrison securing...

Island man facing felony larceny charge

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A 43-year-old Island man, Edward H. Vargas is facing multiple charges following a series of events last month, including that he allegedly stole a...

Mincone hangs up coaching skates 

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For 27 years, Matt Mincone has coached the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School varsity hockey team where he worked to instill lessons of discipline,...

Convicted felon facing new assault charge

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After spending more than a decade in prison after being convicted of raping a babysitter in Tisbury in 2011, David Thrift is back in...

A call for help

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When thrust into a traumatic situation, the human brain shifts gears — raw emotion and sensory-driven details take over, while mundane information is distorted...

Edgartown basement fire contained to one room

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No one was injured during a structure fire that broke out at a home on Donalbain Close in Edgartown on Monday afternoon, prompting a...

Sunset Lake driver pleads not guilty

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Kaylee Harnen, a 31-year-old from Pennsylvania, and the driver of a car that first responders found flipped on its hood in Sunset Lake in...

Boys tennis dominates in season opener

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The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School spring sports season is underway, and the boys tennis team kicked things off right under the sun on...

Three finalists announced for Edgartown principal

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The Edgartown School is closing in on its search for a new principal, narrowing the initial 12 applicants down to three finalists, two of...

Island youth teams claim tournament wins at Cape’s Lobster Pot

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At a hockey tournament on the Cape earlier this month called the Lobster Pot, two under-eight Martha’s Vineyard Mariner hockey teams brought home first...

Fun on the ice for annual first responder head-to-head

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  The Martha's Vineyard Ice Arena was buzzing with community competition and appreciation on Saturday as the annual Bravest vs. Finest hockey game kicked off,...

‘Jalapeño’ for the win at Island spelling bee 

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The winner of the 32nd annual Martha's Vineyard All School Spelling Bee is fifth-grader Juliet Merrill from the Edgartown School and the winning word...

Charges against baby sitter elevated to manslaughter after child dies

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The Oak Bluffs woman who is charged with leaving a child unattended in a car for multiple hours is now facing manslaughter after the...