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.
The town of Oak Bluffs has settled a long-running labor dispute inside the fire department.
Call firefighters in Oak Bluffs spoke out last week following the recent informational picket by members of International Association of Fire Fighters.
About 20 members of the International Association of Fire Fighters came before Oak Bluffs selectmen following a day of informational picketing.
An early morning house fire in Oak Bluffs destroyed an accessory apartment but all the building occupants escaped without injury.
With temperatures hovering about one degree above zero and a wind chill of 18 degrees below, Oak Bluffs firefighters staged an ice rescue drill Sunday morning on a frozen pond off County Road.
The state Division of Labor Relations ordered a hearing to determine whether the Oak Bluffs fire and EMS department violated labor laws.
