Revised Yellow House Plan Attracts Lone Bid
A sole applicant is in the running in Edgartown’s second search for someone to lease and renovate the Yellow House.
Sara Brown
Gizmar DeSouza, 28, was arraigned Feb. 20 in Edgartown district court on charges on trafficking in a class B substance (cocaine) and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Police said he allegedly had 28 grams of cocaine in his possession.
Russell Ventura, 39, submitted a letter of resignation to West Tisbury police chief Daniel Rossi on Feb. 13. This week the West Tisbury selectmen accepted Mr. Ventura’s resignation without discussion by a vote of 2-0.
Marcelo F. Barbosa, 27, was arraigned Feb. 10 in Edgartown district court on charges of attempted murder, intimidating a witness, and domestic assault and battery.
Richard D. Roy was arraigned on one count of assault and battery Feb. 7 in connection with a December incident that sent police on a manhunt in Chilmark.
The Edgartown police department now has a school resource officer at the school all day, every day, and as part of a pilot program fire personnel are on hand one day a week. Besides filling in wherever they are needed, the program aims to provide school safety, educate students and build community relationships with the police department.
The state Department of Public Health Friday released the list of the first applicants approved for a registered medical marijuana dispensary — with none in Dukes County, at least yet.
The state has given 20 applicants provisional approval for dispensary licenses. Two are in Barnstable County, one in Mashpee and one in Dennis, two in Plymouth County, one in Plymouth and one in Brockton.