A Father and Teenage Son Taken into ICE Custody

In this week's 10-minute wrap-up from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, an Island worker and his teenage son who were out fishing off Menemsha this week were detained by the U.S. Coast Guard and transferred to an ICE detention facility on the mainland. And cash purchases are having a growing impact on the Island’s real estate market.

This article appears in May 21, 2026.