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The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter is organizing a number of CPR, AED and first aid classes in November for residents of the Vineyard. All classes will be held at the YMCA at Cottager’s Corner, 57 Pequot avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Registration is available online via capecodandislandsredcross.org or by calling toll-free 1-508-775-1540.
An adult CPR/AED class will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $50.
The the fuel assistance program is open for applications from now through April 30, 2009, the South Shore Community Action Council Inc. has advised.
Applicants under 60 years of age may fill out applications by scheduling an appointment with Susan Von Steiger, Monday through Thursday at the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging at 508-693-4509. Alternatively, phone calls to the main office in Plymouth via a live operator are accepted between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 508-746-6707. Senior citizens may also call their local councils on aging to apply.
Yesterday Robert W. Kelley celebrated his 90th birthday with friends and relatives at his home in Edgartown. Mr. Kelley’s grip when he shakes hands is just as firm as it was when years ago he headed the Edgartown National Bank. For 30 years Mr. Kelley worked as executive vice president of the bank. Many will remember visiting Mr. Kelley to apply for a mortgage and concluding the deal with his firm handshake.
An Oak Bluffs petition that aims to rescind $400,000 in Community Preservation Act funding for the Bradley Square renovation project has netted the required number of signatures and the question will go on the warrant for the next special town meeting.
Town clerk Deborah deBettencourt Ratcliff said this week that she confirmed 106 signatures on the petition circulated by Donald Muckerheide.
Two Island men accused of robbing a 79-year-old employee of the Capawock theatre in Vineyard Haven while he was dropping off receipts for the evening in a nearby overnight bank deposit box were indicted by a Dukes County grand jury last week and were arraigned in Dukes County Superior Court.
Michael Ellis, 20, of Edgartown, and Brett Geddis, 18, of Tisbury, both entered pleas of not guilty before the Hon. John C. Cratsley, an associate justice of the superior court. Both are charged with unarmed robbery of a person age 60 or older as well as assault and battery.
When Dukes County veterans agent Jo Ann Murphy steps onto the pavement in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday morning as a participant in the annual Island Veterans Day parade, she will be thinking about Vineyarders serving in the armed forces and wondering whether she knows them all.