Coast Guard Changes Command at Station Menemsha

Coast Guard Station Menemsha said a teary goodbye to its leader Chief Warrant Officer Steven White Friday before welcoming a new hand at the helm.

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Unmanned Kayak off Aquinnah Prompts Coast Guard Search

The Coast Guard suspended the search for the owner of an unmanned kayak spotted near Gay Head Light Wednesday, believing the boat was adrift from a mooring.

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Coast Guard Plane Makes Emergency Landing

A U.S. Coast Guard aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Thursday, after one of the plane’s engines malfunctioned during a routine drill four miles off the coast of the Island.

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Coast Guard Happily Heads Back to Grammar School

It’s not every day uniformed members of the U.S. Coast Guard play volleyball with first-graders or shred string cheese with kindergartners at snack break. At the Tisbury School, however, things like this are happening every Thursday.

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Coast Guard Mounts Search Off Vineyard for Man Reported Overboard From Fishing Vessel

Coast Guard station Menemsha is currently involved in a search for a crewmember from the FV Susan Rose of Port Judith, R.I., who was reported overboard at 1:39 a.m. Friday.

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Coast Guard to Host Safe-Boating Course

The Martha’s Vineyard Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold a safe boating class on April 23, which will feature updated material and be tailored to boaters navigating Vineyard waters.

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At Station Menemsha, Commendations All Around

In a ceremony at the Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha Friday morning, senior chief Justin Logval moved up to master chief petty officer — the highest rank for an enlisted member in the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Coast Guard Tests for Lead Around East Chop Light

Oak Bluffs selectmen agreed this week to allow the U.S. Coast Guard to continue with lead testing on town property adjacent to the East Chop Light.

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Coast Guard Rescue Team Medevacs Fisherman

A rescue team from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay medevaced a fisherman from a vessel 60 miles southeast of Martha’s Vineyard Friday evening

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Four Rescued After Boat Sinks West of Cuttyhunk
Maia Coleman

A family of four was safely rescued from their boat near Sow and Pigs reef west of Cuttyhunk on Sunday afternoon, after a Mayday call signaled the boat was sinking, the Coast Guard said.

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