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The parents of Henry Bowman Backer issued a statement drawing attention to their son’s drowning death and pleading with the community not to forget their child. In a letter to the editor, Ellie and Stephen Backer say their son, who was 3 years old when he drowned in the Field Club’s pool due to negligence, […]
Judge Mark Gildea heard arguments from attorneys involved in the lawsuit filed by Courtway Trust on behalf of Benjamin Hall Sr. against the Edgartown Stop & Shop’s expansion project on Tuesday. Gildea took the case under advisement after a hearing at Dukes County Superior Court. Stop & Shop’s project started in July after lengthy delays […]
The Field Club pool where 3-year old Henry Bowman Backer drowned was twice found by the Edgartown Board of Health to be missing a required float line. The Field Club pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Friday in Dukes County Superior Court for what Judge Mark Gildea described as “wanton or reckless conduct” that led […]
On Friday afternoon, almost a year after 3–year old Henry Bowman Backer drowned in a Boathouse & Field Club pool, the club pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The plea was made in Dukes County Superior Court by general manager Scott Anderson on behalf of Boathouse Club, LLC, owner of the Field Club. The club avoided […]
The Boathouse & Field Club, an exclusive members-only recreational club in Edgartown, is being charged with corporate involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 drowning death of a 3-year-old boy, Henry Bowman Backer. The case was scheduled to go before a judge in Dukes County Superior Court on Friday morning, but thus far has not been called. […]