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More Islanders are expected to seek fuel assistance this winter than last year, but a spokesman for the South Shore agency that administers the government funds said this week that there is much less money to go around.
Lisa Spencer, energy director for the South Shore Community Action Council in Plymouth, said that federal funding for fuel assistance for low-income people is down 57 per cent from last year.
As part of the town’s application for a Green Community designation, Tisbury selectmen signed off Tuesday on a policy to purchase only fuel-efficient vehicles in the future. Emergency vehicles are exempt from the policy.
Selectmen also approved a post-closure use permit application for the town landfill. The application will go to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and, if approved, will allow the town to install photovoltaic panels at the landfill site.
p> The first phase of research is complete for the Edgartown tidal energy project in Muskeget Channel, project developer Steve Barrett told the selectmen at their weekly meeting Monday.
Farm Institute Board
Chuck Hughes has joined the board of the directors at the Farm Institute, the Katama teaching farm recently announced. Mr. Hughes moved to the Island in 2001 and serves on many nonprofit boards, including the YMCA, Sail MV and the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School senior Madison Hughes thought she knew what to expect as she walked to the hallway in front of the athletic director’s office on Monday morning. Her parents, Alleyne and Phil. Her grandparents, Jan and Larry. High school principal Steve Nixon and athletic director Mark McCarthy. Three copies of a letter of intent to play Division 1 lacrosse for Central Connecticut State University, each one waiting for her signature.
The Vineyarders took home their third win in four weeks last Friday night against visiting Medford, rolling over their opponents 21-0 in last week’s homecoming game and the final home match of the season.