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The chief of police in Aquinnah will soon be driving a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, thanks to the Edgartown police department. The Aquinnah selectmen agreed to accept the donated cruiser — which was deemed defunct and in need of replacement by the town of Edgartown — at their meeting Tuesday night.
Locked in the Trunk
A former Aquinnah man was arrested in Fall River last Tuesday for allegedly locking his two young sons in the trunk of his car while he went inside a local store. Michael B. Monahan, 35, was arraigned in Fall River Court on Wednesday on charges of domestic assault and wanton reckless endangerment of a child.
Vineyard bay scallops, the Island’s biggest export this time of year, are at a premium.
Even though fishermen are coming ashore on the mainland with product, Roy Scheffer of Edgartown, a longtime commercial fisherman, said: “We have the nicest scallops. It looks like it is going to be a good Christmas.”
The price fell early in November, but it is back up now. At the market, fishermen can expect to get paid as much as $13 a pound for their shucked product. Consumers can expect to pay close to $17 a pound retail.
A Cape Cod man was accidentally shot in the neck on the first day of shotgun deer season on Monday in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest. Dr. Joseph Asiaf, 73, of Centerville, caught a single piece of buckshot in the neck; police believe he was shot by a member of his own hunting party.
His injuries are not life-threatening.
Although the Massachusetts state police continue to investigate, the incident is being called a hunting accident and no criminal charges are expected.
Four days into the deer shotgun season and already 196 deer have been taken. The two-week hunting season began Monday morning with foul weather. John Scanlon, a state wildlife biologist assigned to the Vineyard this week, said that the hunters didn’t start bringing deer to the check-in station at the state forest until later in the afternoon.
By Wednesday afternoon the number was 79. By yesterday afternoon the number had grown to 95, even though Thursday morning was windy and stormy.
Well Done, Mrs. LaPiana
Bishop George Coleman awarded a Marian Medal to Vineyarder Jill LaPiana, on Sunday, Nov. 22 in Fall River.
Mrs. LaPiana was one of 87 laypersons from throughout the diocese to receive the annual award, in recognition of services to the church. She was nominated by Fr. Michael Nagle, of Good Shepherd parish.