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United Way Grants
The Cape and Islands United Way has announced its 2010 request for funding proposals for community investment grants. All nonprofit organizations, municipalities or schools providing services in the following three key investment areas are eligible: Nurturing and protecting children and youth; supporting and sustaining families; and support for aging and vulnerable populations.
Women Empowered Grant
Women Empowered, an Island nonprofit providing life skills coaching services for women, men and families struggling with financial challenges, presented its first monetary grant to another Island nonprofit. Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary was one of four grant applicants and was chosen to receive $3,000 to provide on-the-job training and a small salary for a visitor service assistant at Felix Neck.
The grant is made possible as a result of a donation to Women Empowered from Malcolm Jones, a West Tisbury resident.
State efforts to enable quick growth in wind power with two draft bills which together would strip local zoning powers and focus all Massachusetts offshore wind projects in waters off two Dukes County towns has left Chilmark town leaders fuming.
The Ocean Management Plan Act released in draft form last month identifies waters near the towns of Chilmark and Gosnold (collectively the Elizabeth Islands) as the primary sites for as many as 166 turbines to generate enough electricity to power 200,000 homes.
Dan Sharkovitz, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School English department chairman, was selected to participate in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) English language and composition examination. The AP program allows high students to take college level classes while they are still in high school.
Some might imagine it an unwanted burden on the police force of a rural community to have the First Family and its legion of attendants descend on your town at the height of summer, but West Tisbury police chief Beth Toomey couldn’t be happier about the President coming Sunday.
“I’m actually looking forward to this,” she said. “It’s always an honor to have the President visit. I’m looking forward to doing what we’re supposed to do and getting it done.”
Prices for regular unleaded gas as of Aug. 19:
Edgartown
Airport Mobil 3.469
Depot Corner 3.499
Edgartown Mobil 3.459
Oak Bluffs
deBettencourt’s 3.459
Jim’s 3.479
Vineyard Haven
Citgo 3.459
Tisbury Shell 3.459
West Tisbury
Up-Island Automotive 3.279
Menemsha
Menemsha Texaco 3.239