A Coast Guard air crew safely rescued four people from a sinking fishing vessel late Wednesday south of Martha’s Vineyard. The captain of the vessel Sea Star radioed for help at about 6:20 p.m.
Jo Ann Murphy, director of veteran’s services on the Island, has received a donation of winter coats and is is working hard to get them to Island veterans.
A crew from Coast Guard Station Menemsha Sunday came to the rescue of a leatherback sea turtle entangled in a lobster pot south of Cuttyhunk.
Crew from station Menemsha rescued the derby fisherman who fell into the channel during a ferocious northeast storm.
The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued five people 18 miles south of Noman’s Sunday after their boat caught on fire.
The Coast Guard came to the aid of a 30-foot recreational vessel that was taking on water Thursday afternoon off Squibnocket.