It was in 1995, when new storm water drains were being put in along the Beach street extension in Vineyard Haven, that Eric Anderson first learned of the serious contamination of the groundwater under his property.

He and several other landholders in the area were required by state environmental authorities to begin an extensive program of sampling to find out the source of the pollution, with a view to remediation.

A woman in her early 40s was hospitalized for two nights last week with a confirmed case of H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, Martha’s Vineyard Hospital chief executive officer Timothy Walsh confirmed late yesterday.

This is the first confirmed incidence of the virus in Dukes County. The case means that every Massachusetts county has now had at least one confirmed case, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported yesterday.

Wheelock Graduate

Kaitlyn L. Maciel of West Tisbury graduated from Wheelock College in Boston on May 15 with a bachelor of arts degree.

It was a labor of love that lacked passion at the Aquinnah special town meeting Wednesday night ­— a bare quorum of 42 voters turned out to dispose of a 15-article warrant, offering scant discussion, and it was all over within half an hour.

Incoming Chilmark police chief Brian Coffi created several staffing issues when he accepted the position a fortnight ago.

The town is looking for a replacement patrolman and they’ll also need a superintendent of cemeteries.

Mr. Coffi has been patrolman since 2001 and has been tending the town cemetery since Basil Welch retired from the position in January after 23 years.

Selectmen launched searches for both jobs Wednesday. Time is of the essence, since Mr. Coffi begins his new job July 1.