Two Island men were arraigned Thursday morning in Dukes County superior court on charges of distributing drugs on Martha’s Vineyard.

The spring sitting of the Dukes County Superior Court begins next Monday, with few criminal cases on the agenda.

John P. Hathaway Jr. was sentenced to two years in state prison after pleading guilty last week to trafficking in fentanyl.

A former longtime Vineyard Haven family won a substantial judgment in superior court last week in a case that dates to 2013 when the state took and demolished their home in order to build the new Lagoon Pond drawbridge.

Assistant district attorney Laura Marshard violated the rules when she met with a witness without having his attorney present, a Board of Bar Overseers panel said.

The Hon. Gary Nickerson’s journey has taken him to the district attorney’s office, the U.S. attorney’s office, private practice and personal injury lawyer, and finally a judgeship.

A superior court judge has denied a request for a preliminary injunction to block the Squibnocket causeway project.

A California man was found not guilty by a Dukes County superior court jury Friday on charges of rape, indecent assault and battery and intimidation of a witness.

Closing arguments were scheduled for Friday morning in Dukes County superior court in the case of a California man charged with rape.

The fall sitting of Dukes County superior court begins this week, with two fresh indictments and two criminal cases slated for trial.