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The three down-Island towns have been awarded a joint grant to hire a full-time energy coordinator.
The $50,000 grant will be given to Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Tisbury by the state department of energy resources, and will fund a one-year salary beginning in fiscal year 2015.
The Oak Bluffs Council on Aging is facing possible reorganization of personnel following a months-long investigation that found mismanagement of a fund operated in connection with the senior center.
As a working task force on the Vineyard begins to prepare for a graying population in the decades ahead, the state Secretary of Elder Services paid a visit to the Island last week to hear about their work in tackling the issue of healthy aging.
Secretary Ann Hartstein said there are unique challenges involved in creating supportive services for the elderly on the Vineyard.
Four Island students were named to dean's list at Northeastern University for spring 2014 semester.
Shaelah Huntington of West Tisbury graduated with a bachelor's degree from Connecticut College on May 18.
Jenny Mullin of Edgartown graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans on May 17.