The fall session of Dukes County Superior Court opened Monday in the Edgartown courthouse with a grand jury indicting two men, including a Vineyard Haven man on charges of aggravated rape of child.

A Manchester man was charged with operating a motor boat under the influence after the boat he was operating went over a dock and crashed into the beach on Chappaquiddick, according to Edgartown police. The incident took place on Saturday evening.

A new law that keeps police logs sealed in domestic violence cases has the strong backing of Island police and social service leaders who work as victim advocates. But free speech advocates worry that the law poses a threat to the public’s right to know.

The fall sitting of Dukes County superior court is scheduled to begin Monday.

When Zachary Townes becomes a full-time police officer in Edgartown next year, pending completion of the police academy, it won’t be his first paycheck from the town. Far from it. Mr. Townes, 29, has worked for the town for 13 years.

Edgartown fire personnel quickly extinguished an early afternoon house fire on Dunes Road in Katama that was likely caused by mulch, according to the fire chief. There was nobody at the home at the time of the fire.