Vineyard
Man wanted for Texas armed robbery arrested on Martha’s Vineyard
Local News Brian Covington allegedly robbed a Texas apartment at gunpoint in February. He then traveled to multiple states before winding up on Martha’s Vineyard, police said. Police in Massachusetts arrested a man on Martha’s Vineyard this week who was wanted for an alleged armed robbery in Texas earlier this year. Brian Covington, 29, and […]
Drowning death of former President Obama’s personal chef Tafari Campbell on Martha’s Vineyard ruled an accident
National News Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia drowned while using a paddleboard in Edgartown Great Pond on July 24, police said. Tafari Campbell, then a White House sous chef, is seen in a screen shot from a video posted online by the Obama administration in 2012. White House (handout) By Associated Press August 23, 2023 […]
Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard and Rhode Island
Politics FILE – Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. Another planned offshore wind farm, by Revolution Wind, moved a step closer to construction on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved […]
About $1M of pure, uncut cocaine washed up on Martha’s Vineyard, feds say
Local News “In my 23-year career I’ve never seen or heard of anything washing up of this magnitude in New England.” Packages of cocaine that washed up on Martha’s Vineyard in July were branded with a toucan. Drug Enforcement Administration/Handout Martha’s Vineyard doesn’t typically see snow in the summer, but one beach in Chilmark got […]
American Airlines adding flights to Hyannis, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard in 2024
Flights The flights to Cape Cod and the islands begin in June. An American Airlines passenger jet takes off from Miami International Airport in Miami in 2016. The Associated Press American Airlines is landing at Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis for the first time ever in 2024, the carrier recently announced. Here’s every nonstop […]
Watch: ’60 Minutes’ goes deep on Martha’s Vineyard migrant incident
Media Florida paid more than $600,000 for a political stunt that sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard aboard private jets last year, “60 Minutes” reported. Two planes of migrants from Venezuela arrived suddenly on Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 14, 2022. Jonathan Wiggs/Boston Globe Staff, File Early on Sept. 14, 2022, dozens of newly arrived migrants lined […]