Noah Asimow
When Andrew Marantz, a New Yorker staff writer, attended the “DeploraBall” on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2016, he didn’t expect there to be good company.
A large private party planned for President Obama’s 60th birthday on the Vineyard this weekend has been canceled amid fierce public backlash and rising Covid cases, as the Delta variant spreads on the Island. The party will be scaled back to family and friends, according to a statement.
The Edgartown police department has promoted officer Ryan Ruley to sergeant, after the longtime law enforcement official and Oak Bluffs selectman came out tops in a lengthy hiring process.
A beach on the Lagoon Pond side of Eastville in Oak Bluffs has been reopened after it was closed due to high bacteria counts, the town health agent confirmed Wednesday.
State police are investigating a broadside, two-vehicle collision that occurred on the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road involving an Edgartown paramedic vehicle that was responding to an emergency service call Sunday.
Island health agents reported 24 positive Covid-19 tests last week — the largest number since late May, with a significant percentage coming among fully vaccinated residents.