A Grammy-nominated recording artist and producer, John Forté died suddenly Monday at his home in Chilmark.
The Chilmark select board gave the green light for police chief Sean Slavin to begin talks with the police union to aid the Aquinnah police department, which currently has only one officer in its department.
With only one full-time officer left on the force, Aquinnah officials this week turned to their neighbors with calls for aid.
Bruce Gray, 47, pleaded not guilty in Edgartown District Court Wednesday to possession of a hoax incendiary device and trespassing.
A trio of men are facing charges after police investigated an alleged unlicensed tattoo parlor in Chilmark being run by a teenager.
John Carbon, 18, pleaded not guilty to charges in Edgartown District Court Monday after he allegedly crashed a car into a utility pole, knocking out power to about 200 people.