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In just two months, 16 homes in Edgartown have been broken into by thieves looking for prescription drugs. In four of those houses, the burglars got what they were looking for.
State officials have asked the federal government to reduce the size of the area open for wind power developments south of the Vineyard by almost 60 per cent, out of concern for the fishing industry.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission also has weighed in with objections to the federal plan to open up some 3,000 square miles of ocean south of the Vineyard, criticizing the haste with which the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) was proceeding, and calling for more study of the potential impacts of development.
As Farm Institute manager Julie Olson backed up her trailer full of pigs at Adams Farm in Athol, there was little indication she was outside of a slaughterhouse. The vista over the factory town is vast, animals patiently wait in their stalls in the large red barn and the smell of livestock is no different than on the plains of Katama.
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Dementia Care Training
An in-depth, eight-hour training designed to meet the state education criteria for dementia care professionals is being offered April 29 and 30 by the Alzheimer’s Services of Cape Cod and the Islands.
Topics covered in the Dementia Certificate Program for Professionals training include an overview of disease progression, empathic communication skills, managing challenging behaviors, medication management and others.