The Edgartown Police Department is encouraging pet owners to keep a watchful eye after a dog was bitten by a coyote last week.
It was standing room only at an Edgartown select board meeting Monday as family, friends and police officers gathered to celebrate the swearing-in of police chief Chris Dolby.
The Edgartown select board will promote Lieut. Chris Dolby to police chief next week, choosing the longtime Edgartown officer over two other finalists.
The Edgartown select board Monday appointed Lieut. Chris Dolby to be the acting police chief as the town searches for a replacement for Chief Bruce McNamee.
Fabiano Oliveira, 46, of Brooklyn, was injured after losing his control of a motorcycle on Herring Creek Road Tuesday.
After nearly four decades in the military and law enforcement, Edgartown police Chief Bruce McNamee plans to retire at the end of September.