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Sometime between the last glacier age 18,000 years ago and the beginning of recorded history, a huge meteor may have landed on Chappaquiddick. And Mike L. Jackson, 40, and his older brother, Dennis L. Jackson, 42, of Edgartown, believe they have evidence.
The two men believe they have recovered pieces of the fallen meteor from the shore of Cape Pogue Pond. They have shared the news of their collection with David A. Nellis, 74, a retired University of Massachusetts college professor of geology, mineralogy and petrology who lives in Scituate.
Oak Bluffs police last Wednesday arrested a naked and highly intoxicated man who reportedly stole a motor vehicle and a bicycle, broke into several parked cars and tried to break into a residence along Ocean Park, frightening the mother and young daughter who lived there.
Robert J. Robinson, 27, of Haverill, was charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, four counts of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, vandalism, larceny over $250, unarmed burglary and lewd and lascivious behavior.
As part of an ongoing effort to cut $500,000 from the current Oak Bluffs budget, two town employees were laid off this week and two other workers learned their hours will be cut in half. At least two more employees will be laid off or have their hours cut in the coming days as town leaders work to close the budget deficit for the fiscal year that began on July 1.
Town administrator Michael Dutton said assistant shellfish constable Peter Estrella and health department assistant Nathalie Woodruff received notices on Tuesday that they were being laid off.
The teenager who was behind the wheel in the June single-car accident that claimed the life of her passenger, 18-year-old Jena Pothier of Oak Bluffs, was arraigned Tuesday morning in Edgartown district court.
Kelly McCarron, 18, was arraigned on three counts of motor vehicle homicide, two counts of negligent operation and five counts of operating under the influence of alcohol, all criminal charges.
After being closed for renovations for nearly a year, the Aquinnah Public Library is set to reopen sometime next month, the town selectmen said at their regular meeting this week.
Selectmen announced on Tuesday that the library renovation project is nearly finished, although several months past the original projected completion date.