Monday, May 20, 2013
The people whose steady voices you hear when you call 911 on Martha's Vineyard are now working out of a brand-new communications center at the airport. A ribbon-cutting Sunday celebrated dispatchers with a family cook-out and a cake like no other.
"Dispatchers: The Unsung Heroes," read the tribute in icing atop a sheet cake that also bore a frosting version of the Dukes County Sheriff's Department badge. The cake was just one part of Sunday's ribbon-cutting ceremony at the county's new communications center at the airport, where county officials, Boy Scouts and families mingled with first responders and dispatchers celebrating their expanded new workplace. Formerly crammed into a small office, the dispatchers now have roomier digs with high-tech desktops surmounted by large monitors for heads-up displays of critical information. Sheriff Michael McCormack gave a keynote address before inviting county Major Susan Schofield, who supervises the dispatchers, to cut the ribbon across the …
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Vineyard families, Boy Scouts, first responders and 911 dispatchers mingled with county officials Sunday afternoon at the ribbon-cutting party for the new Dukes County communications center. A video report is coming at noon Monday.
Patch loves parties, especially when the guests are as lively and diverse as the folks who turned out for Sunday's ribbon-cutting at the new Dukes County Communications Center at the airport. Click "Keep me posted" below or check back with Patch Monday at noon for a video report from the celebration. And if you were there and took any photos or videos you'd like to share: Just click the camera-icon upload button on this page to post on Patch. Stay Patched in! Follow Martha's Vineyard Patch on Twitter | Like Martha's Vineyard Patch on Facebook | Sign up for the daily email with links to the latest news | Got something to say? Start a blog and share your views.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The average cost of colonoscopies, MRIs and CT scans in Dukes County is $3,260 to $4,960 higher than on the Cape; mammograms cost an average of $520 more here than on Barnstable County, according to data.
It costs nearly $5,000 more, on average, to get a colonoscopy on Martha's Vineyard than in Barnstable County on the mainland. That's according to data from New Choice Health, a private company that encourages people to become smarter healthcare consumers. A CT scan on the Vineyard averages $4,400 more than on the Cape, a mammogram $520 more and an MRI $3,260 more, according to the New Choice Health data. These big regional differences have been in the news lately: As the Washington Post wrote on Wednesday, "One hospital charges $8,000 - another $38,000." Using the same data as the Post, The New York Times listed out the prices of a series of procedures in hospitals across the country. The Times and the Post used data from Centers for …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A round-up of events at the Dukes County District Court. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction unless otherwise stated.
The following is a selection of cases from the Dukes County District Court: ___________ Riley P. Flanagan Edgartown, date of birth, 12/13/1989 Offense date: 1/1/2013 Appeared in court on: 1/3/13 -Disorderly Conduct, to be dismissed with 20 hours of Community service completed by 3/6/13 Darren Dockery Edgartown, date of birth, 5/31/1989 Offense date: 1/6/2013 Appeared in court on: 1/10/13 -Assault & Battery, dismissed upon request of the Commonwealth -Unarmed Burglary, dismissed upon request of the Commonwealth -Assault & Batter with a dangerous weapon, dismissed upon request of the Commonwealth -Assault to Murder, dismissed upon request of the victim -Resisting Arrest, plead guilty and found guilty, placed on probation until 1/8/14 -…
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Here's a list of the candidates on the ballot tomorrow. Check the attached PDFs to see a sample ballot.
Candidates are listed in the order that they will appear in the ballot. Note that each individual ward will have its own slate of candidates for ward committee. Sample ballots can be seen in the PDFs attached to this article (to the right). For President and Vice President Johnson and Gray Obama and Biden Romney and Ryan Stein and Honkala Senator in Congress Scott Brown Elizabeth Warren Representative in Congress William Richard Keating Christopher Sheldon Daniel Botelho Councilor Charles Cipollini Oliver Cipollini, Jr. Senator in General Court Daniel Wolf Representative in General Court Timothy Madden Clerk of Courts Joseph Sollitto, Jr. Register of Deeds Dianne Poers County Commissioner (No more than seven) John Alley Thomas Hallahan …
Monday, August 20, 2012
The Chronicle of Philanthropy has released detailed information on philanthropy by state, county, town and zip code.
The percentage of their income Dukes County residents give to charity is less than the county, state and country averages, according to a study released today. Dukes County residents give just a bit less then the average American, but a considerable amount more then the rest of Massachusetts residents. The Chronicle of Philanthropy's "How America Gives" study reported that Dukes County residents, with a median discretionary income of $46,640, had a median contribution of 4.2 percent, or $1,941, of their income to charity in 2008, the tax year for which data was collected. By way of comparison the state, and country's median contribution was 2.8 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively. (See chart below.) The study is based on exact dollar …
Monday, July 30, 2012
A round-up of recent activity at the Dukes County Courthouse.
July 23, 2012 William J. Roberts, Oak Bluffs, 05-10-81 Sarah E. Smiley, Oak Bluffs, 04-23-86 Stephen J. Brown, Edgartown, 12-08-87 Christian Chapman, Oak Bluffs, 02-12-90
Friday, July 27, 2012
A round-up of recent activity at the Dukes County Courthouse.
July 20, 2012 Shannon M. Reed, Oak Bluffs, 10-20-80 Jaime D. Ryan, Oak Bluffs, 04-08-90 Kenn Karakul, Edgartown, 02-14-53
Thursday, July 26, 2012
A round-up of recent activity at the Dukes County Courthouse.
July 19, 2012 Morgan L. Beams, Edgartown, 06-27-92 Joseph Lacaprucia, Oak Bluffs, 03-15-88 Jacqueline M. Balaschak, Tisbury, 01-31-65 Kaz D. Bodell, Oak Bluffs, 02-06-91
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
A round-up of recent activity at the Dukes County Courthouse
July 19, 2012 Scott Dyer, Edgartown, 02-08-85 Sarah E. Moreis, Oak Bluffs, 07-28-83 Rodrigo L. Pereira, Oak Bluffs, 02-16-75 Joseph Amaral, West Tisbury, 04-08-77
Louisa Hufstader
10:04 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
Thank you, Sarah Townes, for adding so many great photos from yesterday's event! It was great to meet you. more ›