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Three years after the codification of a landmark police reform law aimed at increasing accountability in Massachusetts law enforcement agencies, the Edgartown Police Department is looking to modernize its approach to ensuring public safety. The department is looking for funding for a five-year program that will outfit officers with body cameras. If approved and executed, […]
Despite pleas from a number of Oak Bluffs business owners, the town’s select board will be moving forward with the implementation of a new alcohol policy, requiring that bars move up last call and close half an hour earlier. The policy, which mirrors that of Edgartown establishments, will be going into effect on Sunday. Both […]
A request to film areas of Oak Bluffs for the second season of “Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard,” a reality television show broadcast on the Bravo network, has raised concern among town residents. At an Oak Bluffs Select Board meeting Tuesday afternoon, Angel Johnson, line producer for production company Truly Original’s “Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard” series, […]
The Oak Bluffs Police Department has welcomed two new full-time police officers to its ranks. Officer Jared Andrews served as a special officer for the town’s police department since 2010, before joining the state police as a trooper with the special victim’s unit. Andrews holds a master’s degree in addition to having extensive police training, […]
A discussion about closing bars earlier in Oak Bluffs pitted local business owners against town officials at Tuesday’s select board meeting. Stemming from former talks on how to update the town’s alcohol policy, the Oak Bluffs select board took up the agenda item Tuesday at a well attended meeting at town hall. Select board chair […]