It’s summer on the Vineyard and the afternoon sun casts shadows across Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark. Peter Simon is there in his beachfront office, Pentax in hand.
An internal investigation that resulted in the dismissal last week of a longtime Oak Bluffs detective reveals that kilograms of cocaine had been delivered to a tenant in his Falmouth home.
Oak Bluffs voters go to the polls today to give a final stamp of approval — or not — for the long-planned new town hall project. Polls are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the town library.
Turning out in large numbers Tuesday alongside their counterparts around the country, Vineyard voters elected a new clerk for the superior court and a fresh slate for the county commission.
The Vineyard Haven side of Lagoon Pond will be closed to all bay scalloping beginning Monday, Nov. 5., to protect a large crop of juvenile scallops, the town shellfish constable said Wednesday morning.