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In the wake of a heroin bust in Vineyard Haven last Tuesday that led to the confiscation of nearly $70,000 in cash and illegal drugs and the arrest of six people — three from the same family — came warnings that heroin use is a serious problem on the Vineyard.
The Island community reacted to the arrests with shock, sadness and in some cases outrage in reader forums of both Island newspapers. Another reaction was surprise — not only about the amount of drugs seized and number of people arrested, but about the drug involved, heroin.
One evening at around this time last year Sandy Grant walked into Our Market in Oak Bluffs and came out a few minutes later scratching her head. She appeared to have won $10 million.
Ms. Grant went back inside to get a second opinion on the Billion Dollar Blockbuster ticket. The cashier confirmed it: she was officially the biggest winner in the history of scratch cards.
Tisbury town government lacks direction.
That’s not a political criticism, just a statement of fact. If you tried to set your bearings by the magnificent copper, brass, bronze and gold leaf weather vane on top of town hall, you would end up lost.
The vane itself shows which way the wind is blowing all right, but the attached compass, the bit which should point north, south, east and west, doesn’t point in those directions and has not for an indeterminate period of time.
The scene of justice for now 150 years — where Island chicanery, plunder and families torn asunder are presented equally before law — the Edgartown courthouse commands a certain grandeur.
So when Dukes County superior court begins its 150th year there, Sheriff Michael McCormack, like the 21 county sheriffs before him, will open the session wearing a tuxedo with tails.
NANTUCKET - - - The Vineyard high school football team defeated Nantucket 43-22 on a frigid, windswept field Saturday to bring home the Island cup for the sixth straight year. Senior quarterback Mike McCarthy threw for three touchdowns including a spectacular 40 yard pass in the second quarter to wide receiver Doug Asselin. Vineyard coach Donald Herman emptied his bench at the start of the first half. Whaler quarterback Chris Welch threw for two touchdowns late in the game but the outcome was never in doubt. The Vineyarders play next in the divisonal playoff on Dec. 2.
Six people — three from the same Vineyard Haven family — were arrested on felony drug charges earlier this week following one of the largest heroin busts in Island history.
Members of the Martha’s Vineyard Drug Task force executed a search warrant at the Garde home on Spring street in Vineyard Haven just after 6 p.m. Tuesday and seized nearly $70,000 in heroin, cash and other drugs. Officers arrested three members of the Garde family and three other suspects for alledgedly running a drug operation out of the home.