Oak Bluffs selectmen agreed this week to allow the U.S. Coast Guard to continue with lead testing on town property adjacent to the East Chop Light.

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.

Coast Guard first class petty officer Nathan Dlabaj was promoted to the rank of chief in a ceremony Friday morning.

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.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Menemsha fell into rank Monday to recognize the advancement of one officer and the departure of two others.

The fishing vessel Miss Jenna and her captain have had their docking privileges revoked in Menemsha harbor following the grounding of the vessel Thursday night off Lobsterville Beach in an apparent alcohol-related incident.

A Coast Guard helicopter departing from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Sunday morning was conducting general training exercises, a spokesman from station sector Southeastern New England confirmed.

The 56-foot sea scalloping vessel that sank with four aboard on Nov. 24 has been located, according to Massachusetts Environmental Police. Maj. Patrick Moran confirmed that the F/V Leonardo was located on Sunday.

When a powerful northeast storm barreled through the Atlantic seaboard and most everyone else complained or hid inside, Coast Guard Station Menemsha embraced it.