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A proposed change in the guidelines for the state Community Development Block Grant program could spell a doubly whammy for the Vineyard, which has already lost out on $2 million in block grant money this year due to a clerical error.
The guideline change, which is still proposed and has not been adopted, would restrict communities who receive grant funding from applying for the program the following federal fiscal year.
Kenneth Feinberg is a busy man. You wouldn’t know it, though, as he sits on a porch that cranes far above Lambert’s Cove, providing a glimpse to the Vineyard Sound. It’s a calming view for a man plagued by the problems of nations and people alike.
“It certainly is very important that I manage to escape occasionally to Martha’s Vineyard to recharge my batteries,” he says with a laugh.
The old Massachusetts State Lobster Hatchery found new life last Friday, with the formal announcement that the Oak Bluffs facility will be used for raising shellfish for the Vineyard once again.
State and local dignitaries came together to officiate an agreement to share the facility, which had not operated for many years. There were speeches and a public tour of the hatchery, which will be used by the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group to augment its other hatchery, on the Tisbury side of Lagoon Pond, and the shellfish nursery on Chappaquiddick.
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is close to selling the West Tisbury land once envisioned as its future home to the neighbors, the Polly Hill Arboretu
On Saturday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick strolled through the newly-minted, solar-paneled Eliakim’s Way affordable housing community in West Tisbury — which by midday had become a virtual power plant in the boiling summer heat — on the Island leg of his summer conversation tour through the commonwealth.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The tall ship Eagle, the flagship of the United States and the United States Coast Guard, will be sailing down Vineyard Sound on Wednesday afternoon, if weather cooperates. The 295-foot barque is en route from Boston to New Bedford. The ship has not been seen in these waters for many years. Her home port is New London, Conn.
The ship is observing its 75th year. She has been to Europe and back as part of her summer training cruise, which began in May. The ship spent last weekend in Boston.