Police/Court
An early morning accident at the Steamship Authority terminal in Vineyard Haven sent two people to the hospital and damaged two trucks, public safety officials confirmed.
Edgartown police reported an active Thursday night rounding up revelers from the annual Taste of the Vineyard event for an array of minor incidents that ran late into the evening and early morning hours.
Edgartown has a new police sergeant, with selectmen pinning the hard-earned stripes on detective Michael Snowden on Monday.
The Wampanoag tribe and the town of Aquinnah met in federal court on Friday, grappling over whether the tribe can begin construction on a class II gaming facility without building permits.
Island police reported a busy Memorial Day weekend, including a two-car accident on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
The Edgartown courthouse has lost its only female, and only Portuguese-speaking trial court officer. Carla Damian-Gomes quit her position two weeks ago in order to care for her young son who was set to undergo surgery at a Boston hospital.