Oak Bluffs Woman Charged with Manslaughter After Child’s Death

Aimee Cotton is now facing a manslaughter charge after the young boy she was babysitting last week died at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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JetBlue Pushes Back Vineyard Schedule

The largest seasonal airline at Martha’s Vineyard Airport will not start its summer schedule until June, with flights to Washington, D.C. beginning on June 12 and flights to New York starting on June 26.

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Groups Urge Supreme Court to Reconsider Vineyard Wind Permits

The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) and the Texas Public Policy Foundation have both filed petitions with the country’s highest court, arguing that the Department of Interior did not follow the law when approving the project. 

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Oak Bluffs Woman Charged After Child Found Unresponsive

Aimee Cotton, 40, pleaded not guilty in Edgartown District Court on Friday to assault and battery on a child with injury and reckless child endangerment. 

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Harthaven Residents Take Issue With Music Levels at Nomans

A group of homeowners in Oak Bluffs is asking the town’s select board to turn the dial down on a popular bar’s music.

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Stonewall Beach Homeowners Look to Navigate Erosion’s Effects

Three homeowners on Stonewall Beach have proposed an ambitious plan to move their houses inland while also bolstering the steep, deteriorating cliff.

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Community Airs Concerns Over State Forest Restoration Plan

A plan to cut about 175 acres of white pine trees in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest that is backed by Vineyard ecologists and firefighters was met with stiff resistance from Islanders this week.

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CAI to Relocate from Captain Davis House

The Vineyard’s local National Public Radio station is leaving its headquarters just steps away from the Steamship Authority in Woods Hole after 25 years in the village.

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Incumbent, Newcomer Appointed to Airport Commission

The county commission voted to return longtime member Don Ogilvie to the airport commission, and picked Dona Flamme, a Chilmark resident and pilot, to take a second seat vacated by Kristin Zern.

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Local Marine Research Takes a Hit, Following Federal Firing Edict

The mass firing of probationary employees at federal agencies and other cuts by the Trump administration reached the epicenter of marine research for the Cape and Islands last week.

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