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Now in its third year at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, the alternative STAR Program (Students and Teachers Achieving Results) has received a clear confirmation of success: program coordinator Matt Malowski received an Excellence in Teaching award from the Harvard Club of Boston at an off-Island ceremony Wednesday morning.
A 77-year-old West Tisbury man was airlifted to a Boston hospital with serious injuries after the car he was driving struck a utility pole and a tree and flipped over on the West Tisbury Road on Sunday afternoon.
David A. Finley will be charged with drunk driving, third offense, on a suspended license, negligent operation, marked lane violation and speeding.
The Steamship Authority now believes upwards of $140,000 was embezzled by a bookkeeper over some eight years, and the boat line is investigating further back in the woman’s 20-year employment history.
Armine Sabatini, 45, of Mashpee was arraigned on Monday in Falmouth district court and pleaded not guilty to felony charges of larceny.
Police said they had identified 194 fraudulent transactions dating back to 2001, totaling $83,000. A further 176 suspect transactions still were under investigation.
This time, it was another dog, a tiny papillon called Baby, which Biggie, the pit bull crossbreed, nearly killed. It was the fear of what might happen next time which led Tisbury selectmen on Tuesday night to take unprecedented action.
They don’t just want Biggie muzzled, and his owners to pay $3,600 in restitution for veterinary bills. They want the dog impounded and then removed, not just from the town but from the Vineyard.
It sounds like a bad science fiction movie: a slime from outer space has reached the earth. It spreads underwater across the harbors and bays of a small Island community and eventually throughout the East Coast. The world’s top scientists gather to study and discuss the problem..
What it sounds like is nearly true in the waters along the eastern seaboard, only in this case the slime is believed to come from the Sea of Japan.
Against a backdrop of two drownings on Atlantic Ocean beaches over the summer, Chilmark selectmen and public safety officials have begun to tackle the complicated problem of improving safety and developing a more sophisticated emergency response and rescue system on beaches, especially remote, private beaches with limited vehicle access.
Town police chief Brian Cioffi led the discussion.