Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois asked for the help from the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the migrant flights that landed on the Vineyard in September.

The new Cape and Islands district attorney is in the process of setting up a new office in downtown Edgartown, fulfilling a campaign promise to create more of a presence on Martha’s Vineyard.

A runner and all around active personality, Robert Galibois has no plans to sit behind a desk when his term begins in January.

Two candidates are facing off in the race for Cape and Islands District Attorney, the first time in two decades the election has not featured the incumbent.

A three-way race between attorneys Melissa Alden, John Carey and Daniel Higgins is on in the Republican primary for Cape and Islands district attorney. One Democrat, Robert Galibois, is running unopposed.

Laura Marshard will serve a one-month suspension for misconduct following a decision by a single justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court.