Posts belonging to Category Martha's Vineyard

REP. MADDEN CONGRATULATES THOSE IN HIS DISTRICT WHO MADE THE MASSACHUSETTS 1,000 GREAT PLACES LIST

Boston, MA – Representative Timothy R. Madden congratulates the following places in his district which made the list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts:

Falmouth
 
Falmouth Museums on the Green      
Falmouth Shining Sea Bikeway          
Highfield Hall     
The Knob, Woods Hole   
Mass Audu bon Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary             
Nobska Point Lighthouse
Spohr Garden on Fells Road
Woods Hole Village                                                               

 

Gosnold
 
Cuttyhunk Island                   
Hadley’s Harbor                                                               
Tarpaulin Cove Light      

 

Martha’s [...]

DUKES COUNTY OPEB LEGISLATION SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS- An Act Authorizing the Government Employers in the County of Dukes To Establish A Pooled Other Post Employment Benefit Trust Fund (OPEB) sponsored by Representative Timothy R. Madden of Nantucket, was signed into law last week and is now Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2010.
In January of 2009, the Massachusetts General Court [...]

Rep. Madden congratulates the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah in receiving a $10,000 grant for the Greening Cleaning Project”

BOSTON- Earlier this month Representative Madden joined the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell to recognize Massachusetts companies and community organizations for reducing the use of toxic chemicals.  The Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah was chosen as a “Community Champion” for their “Greening Cleaning” Project. The Tribe’s initiative is to replace conventional cleaning products in [...]

Rep. Madden applauds the Eliakims Way Move-In on Martha’s Vineyard

“I always love it when agencies work together successfully” said Rep. Madden, “but I especially love it when things come together on time and on budget”.
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REP. MADDEN CONGRATULATES THE MV TIMES FOR BEINGRECONIZED AT THE ANNUAL CLUBHOUSE EMPLOYMENT CELEBRATION ON BEACON HILL

BOSTON- Representatives of the Daybreak Clubhouse, along with Representative Tim Madden, honored the Martha’s Vineyard Times at the annual Massachusetts Employment Celebration at the State House. 
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has been a long time supporter of Daybreak and has provided employment to a number of members. Every week and month members mail out the subscriptions [...]

Honored Nurse Marvels at New Hospital

By MIKE SECCOMBE for the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette
On to the finish: exterior is ready, move under way.
Among the little group which toured Martha’s Vineyard’s new hospital on Tuesday, Gladys Welch, recently retried after 59 years as a nurse in the old hospital, and the older hospital before it, was bound to have had the sharpest [...]

CAPE AND ISLANDS TO BENIFT FROM $32 MILLON FEDERAL BROADBAND GRANT

BOSTON- Governor Deval Patrick and State Representative Timothy R. Madden today joined state and local leaders on Cape Cod to celebrate a $32 million federal award received by the regional non-profit OpenCape Corporation through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).
This award will be combined with [...]

EDGARTOWN AWARDED OVER $10,000 FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT

BOSTON– State Representative Timothy R. Madden of Nantucket announced this week that that Edgartown has been awarded $10,835 towards installation of a 1.4 kW solar photovoltaic array on the Town maintenance garage from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust for a project that furthers the Commonwealth’s clean energy goals.
This project will help provide clean electricity to [...]

Oak Bluffs is Awarded Grant to Prevent Coastal Water Pollution

BOSTON — State Representative Timothy R. Madden of Nantucket announced that Oak Bluffs has received over a $102,000 grant to help address untreated storm water discharges into Oak Bluffs Harbor the installation of a rain garden/modified gravel wetland system.
The Coastal Pollution Remediation Grant Program, which is aimed at improving coastal water quality by reducing or [...]

GOVERNOR SIGNS DUKES COUNTY LAND BANK BILL

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – The Governor signed on Wednesday, An Act Relative to the Dukes County Land Bank, sponsored by State Representative Timothy R. Madden (D – Nantucket). Now, Chapter 78 of the Acts of 2009, it will amend the existing law affecting the payment of a transfer fee by first-time homebuyers.  Previously, the first-time homebuyers [...]