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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Four fishermen were rescued by a Coast Guard aircrew early Wednesday morning after a Mayday call signaled the boat was sinking, Coast Guard officials confirmed.
