Maia Coleman
Two young boys were rescued after their inflatable raft drifted offshore near the big bridge on Beach Road Monday, prompting a flurry of response from public safety officials.
Oak Bluffs Fire Department
Big Bridge

2024

A fire last week at the JWL Transport junkyard remains is being considered suspicious, a fire official said Wednesday. 

2023

Oak Bluffs firefighters were called to the scene at 9:08 p.m. when a witness reported a large explosion and flames billowing from the property, located off County Road and Pennsylvania avenue.

A witness saw smoke coming from a work van parked at 79 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. The flames then spread to a second van and then to the building.

A 2021 Chevy truck went up in flames between the roundabout and Goodale Construction Company shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday.

Edgartown and Oak Bluffs fire rescue teams responded to an out-of-control boat off State Beach Friday after the operator, a shellfisherman, suffered a medical emergency.

About 40 people slept overnight on cots at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport this weekend after a pair of late flights were canceled. The makeshift shelter was coordinated by several Island officials.

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