Police/Court
Island police are issuing warnings, as a new state law takes effect that strictly prohibits the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.
A West Tisbury man is facing drunk driving charges after a two-car accident on Pilgrim Road in Edgartown early Sunday.
Minor motor vehicle accidents related to drunken driving and deer occupied West Tisbury police over the weekend. Three people were transported to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following a two-car collision in West Tisbury Friday afternoon.
The town has settled sexual harassment and discrimination claims against its fire chief John Rose, agreeing to pay former fire department administrator Cynthia Hatt $97,500.
The Cape and Islands district attorney has dropped a manslaughter charge in a fatal opioid-related overdose, citing a recent state Supreme Judicial Court decision.
A stretch of Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs has reopened after a one-vehicle accident snapped a utility pole late Saturday afternoon.