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Oak Bluffs Police quell fire before it spreads
What could have been a devastating fire was quickly quelled by Oak Bluffs first responders early Friday morning. Oak Bluffs Police officers discovered a fire under the front porch of…
Nobody hurt after Chappaquiddick home lost in fire
Updated June 11 A fire on Chappaquiddick Island burned a house to the ground early Thursday morning. The Edgartown Fire Department wrote in a social media post Thursday that it received a 2 am call for a house fire on Chappaquiddick. Before first responders arrived, the resident and her dog were able to safely exit…
State deems hunter shooting to be accidental
The Massachusetts Environmental Police deemed the shooting of a hunter on the Island over the winter as an accident. State officials say the victim is still recovering at home. In December, a man was shot in the abdomen while hunting in Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, a day before shotgun season ended. According to a…
Court Cases
Edgartown man pleads guilty; bomb threat charges dropped
David M. Capato, 58, an Edgartown man charged in 2025 for making a bomb threat at the Vineyard Haven Steamship Authority terminal, pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 21, in Dukes County Superior Court, and was sentenced to five years of probation on multiple counts. At the change-of-plea hearing before Superior Court…
Vineyard Haven man arrested by ICE for homicide in Brazil
Federal immigration officers arrested a Vineyard Haven man facing homicide charges last month as part of a regional operation that targeted five foreign nationals wanted for murder charges in their home countries. The detained man is now held in Plymouth. Altieris Chaves Paiva, 38, a Brazilian national, was detained by…
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