West Tisbury News

The day trippers land at Vineyard Haven but visitors say the real charms of Martha's Vineyard - an island of 87.48 square miles off the north-east coast of the US - lie in places such as Edgartown, where Paul McCartney keeps a home, with its elegant whaling captains' houses and craggy inns.

Haying is taking place in fields all across town, a sign of mid-summer. Sunny dry days came just in time.

There have been no sightings of suited agents in sunglasses talking into their wrists, but residents say the Secret Service has reserved rooms at several hotels, and certain high-placed emissaries have contacted local caterers and asked to review restaurant menus.

Daniel A. Cohen, Nyack, NY; DOB 3/20/65, speeding in violation of special regulation: responsible, must pay $170 fine; a second charge of speeding in violation of special regulation: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: dismissed.

Against a backdrop of fiscal restraint in the three member up-Island towns, the Tri-Town Ambulance Committee voted, at a meeting on June 22, to distribute most of a $20,835 unused balance in the committee's incentive pay account to Emergency Medical Technicians who have served during the year.

By the time you are reading this, it will be Fourth of July weekend, although the cool temperatures have made it feel like it's still early May.

Commercial fishermen hope for better days at sea. Vineyard commercial fishermen scored a key win in the struggle keep them from being squeezed out of the groundfish industry yesterday when the New England Fishery Management Council voted to adopt the sector system, granting the Vineyard its own sector.

Adam Church, West Tisbury; DOB 10/31/83, OUI-liquor or .08%, 2nd offense: guilty 90 days in the house of correction suspended, placed on probation for two years, must pay $50 VW and $65 PSF; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible; speeding: not responsible.

Walk through The Granary Gallery courtyard on any sunny day and find antique wrought iron tables and chairs, flowers growing everywhere, and art lining the rustic wooden outdoor walls.

Just in case you missed it, we have been having another rainy week with more expected through this weekend.

Reverend Baker is the church's first female minister. It was standing room only Sunday afternoon for the installation of the Rev.

Family and friends remembered Jena Pothier as a funny and vivacious young woman at a memorial held at Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Oak Bluffs Wednesday morning.

An Oak Bluffs teenager faces a dozen charges in a car crash earlier this month that killed her 18-year-old passenger, police said yesterday.

The discussion and debate at recent public hearings on a tri-town proposal to create a distributed antenna system to support up-Island cell service has focused on the pros and cons of cell phone service, possible health risks, and the visual impact of towers.

Well, it's rained a lot but the sunny days, when they came, were perfect. My garden has never been so lush, the lawn so green, everything vigorous, resplendent.

Mourners gather at site of crash next day. Speed was a factor and charges are expected against the 17-year-old driver in the single-car accident on Edgartown-West Tisbury Road that claimed the life of 18-year-old Jena Pothier of Oak Bluffs Thursday evening, police said yesterday.

Underage drinking is a big problem on the Vineyard, public safety officials say.

One teen was killed and a second, due to graduate Sunday, is in stable condition after a crash last night, police said.

Police are reporting that one person was killed in a car accident last night on Martha's Vineyard.

Joanne K. Andrade, Oak Bluffs; DOB 10/9/76, possession of Class E drug : to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court cost.