A U.S. Coast Guard plan to remove hundreds of navigation buoys in the northeast, including about 20 around the Vineyard, Woods Hole and Gosnold, has raised concerns with some Island mariners.
The Tarpaulin Cove Lighthouse is up for transfer, and the U.S. Coast Guard hopes to permanently sign care of the lighthouse to a government agency or nonprofit that will preserve the Naushon island landmark for generations to come.
The U.S. Coast Guard transported a patient to an off-Island hospital Thursday, touching down and taking off with a helicopter from Alley Waban Park in Oak Bluffs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
