Steve Myrick
The 12th annual Vineyard Cup may go down as the most adventurous in the history of the event, with day one of racing scrapped because of violent weather and three boats dismasted in the second and third days.
Steve Ewing, dock builder, conservationist and Edgartown poet laureate is this year’s recipient of the Walter Cronkite award.
Edgartown officials are investigating a boat grounding on Cape Pogue overnight. The 32-foot power vessel appears to be owned by Earnest A. Boch, harbor master Charlie Blair said.
Oak Bluffs and Tisbury fire departments deployed firefighting boats to battle a blaze that consumed two sailboats on the Oak Bluffs side of Lagoon Pond Wednesday afternoon.
Quick action by Edgartown launch operator Eli Bonnell saved a man who fell into the harbor in the early morning hours of the Fourth of July holiday.
State budget cuts have resulted in the elimination of a part-time housing counselor for the coming year. Advocates for the homeless say the position has been critical in addressing the unique problems around housing security on the Island.