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The Edgartown police department has achieved accreditation status from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, police chief Bruce McNamee announced last week.
Three-hundred and twenty five years ago the town of Chilmark established itself as the first to separate from the two original Martha’s Vineyard towns of Tisbury and Edgartown.
The first fish to cross the scale was a 7.73-pound false albacore Sunday morning as the 74th Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby got under way. The derby is the Vineyard’s fall fishing classic.
Eric Voshell, 39, was the victim of a homicide after he and two other men were shot outside a bar. The alleged perpetrator has turned himself in, the Bristol County district attorney’s office confirmed.
Over 600 runners and 17 teams participated in the annual Vineyard Invitational, with some schools traveling from as far away as Worcester and Barrington, R.I.
English language learning students now make up 18 per cent of the public school population, the all-Island school committee learned last week.