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Aimee Cotton is now facing a manslaughter charge after the young boy she was babysitting last week died at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Henry A. Carney 3rd, 46, of Oak Bluffs, was arraigned on a Feb. 23 charge in Oak Bluffs of trafficking cocaine. His bail was set at $500 and he has a pretrial hearing on May 15.
The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) and the Texas Public Policy Foundation have both filed petitions with the country’s highest court, arguing that the Department of Interior did not follow the law when approving the project.
Aimee Cotton, 40, pleaded not guilty in Edgartown District Court on Friday to assault and battery on a child with injury and reckless child endangerment.
The following cases were heard in Edgartown district court.
In a trio of bills filed earlier this year, State Rep. Thomas Moakley requested more staff for the Edgartown District Court, a year-long study into the staffing levels and the condition of the 1858 courthouse, and better access to the state’s housing court for the Vineyard and Nantucket.