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Edgartown Drug Arrest
Edgartown police arrested David Hermann last Friday for possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession with intent to distribute prescription pills.
Chilmark police are investigating the theft of 21 solar panels from the Grey Barn on South Road stolen sometime over Presidents Day weekend.
According to the police report, the crate containing the panels weighed over 1,000 pounds. The 270-watt panels are valued at $14,000. Farm owners Eric and Molly Glasgow are currently outfitting their four new barns with solar panels, about 300 of which have already been installed.
A project to improve cell phone coverage in the up-Island towns is moving forward after a meeting between service providers and NStar this week took place to measure poles for the distributive antenna system (DAS).
If all goes as planned, up-Island residents could see improved cell coverage by July 1. Chilmark executive secretary Timothy Carroll met with Verizon, Comcast and NStar Wednesday morning to evaluate what needed to be changed on the existing poles in order to incorporate the system.
Citing increased summer rental activity, the Aquinnah board of health decided this week to open the landfill an additional day during the summer season. The selectmen requested the landfill be open on Saturdays to accommodate the weekly turnover day for renters.
The other night, six men of a certain age walked into the restaurant Cook and Brown Public House at 959 Hope street in Providence, R.I. They all looked to be in their 50s, an assortment of working professionals, artists and academics. They had gathered for some drinks, a meal and to be together.
At the bar they caught up on one another’s lives. One man had just returned from Heidelberg, Germany. Another recently had surgery to remove some polyps. They raised their glasses and toasted the evening. It was all done as one might expect of men who had reached this point in their lives. Enjoyable but somewhat understated.
The Tri-town Ambulance Service is requesting a 41 per cent increase for its operating budget next year due to a new state mandate that requires full-time paramedics for the service.
The budget, now pegged at $641,735, up from $453,000 last year, allows for two new full-time positions. It has been trimmed from an earlier draft that called for a 60 per cent increase.
If all three towns approve, the total cost of the service will go up $188,000 and each town assessment will go from $104,268 to $160,278, a 53 per cent increase.