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Municipalities Committee to Hold Listening Session on Cape Cod

Residents encouraged to discuss bills currently before committee and issues facing Cape towns BOSTON—The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government announced today they will be hosting a “Listening Session” on Cape Cod.  The Committee members hope to hear from Cape Cod residents on any of the bills currently pending before the Committee, or any [...]

Falmouth Receives Innovation Schools Implementation Grant

BOSTON – Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) today announced that Falmouth Public Schools has been awarded a $50,000 Innovation Schools Implementation Grant to support the application of new education tools at Lawrence School. This funding is part of $660,000 that has been awarded to support the operation of 15 Innovation School across the Commonwealth. “Providing [...]

STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY RECEIVES $1,270,000 GRANT

Boston- State Representative Timothy Madden and State Senator Dan Wolf are happy to announce that the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority was awarded a $1,270,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration.  The grant is intended to help states maintain their roads and bridges, improve highway safety and make communities more livable. The [...]

The Department of Energy Resources will launch a rebate program on 7/28 for homeowners & renters interested in replacing older refrigerators & AC’s w/ more energy efficient models

For more information check out www.MassEnergyRebates.com.

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Special Joint Committee on Redistricting to hold a Public Hearing at the Tilden Arts Center at Cape Cod Community College 2240 Iyannough Road, West Barnstable, MA 02668. (BOSTON) – State Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg and State Representative Michael J. Moran announced that the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting will hold a public hearing at the [...]

Vineyard Health Care Access Program Wins 1st Place in Statewide Enrollment Challenge

BOSTON- Earlier this week Representative Tim Madden and Martha’s Vineyard Legislative Liaison, Nell Coogan, were proud to accept the first place award on behalf of the Vineyard’s own Vineyard Health Care Access Program at the Statewide Enrollment Challenge Award Ceremony at the State House in Boston. The Vineyard Health Care Access Program participated in the “got [...]

FALMOUTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW

BOSTON- An Act Relative to the Falmouth Affordable Housing Fund which was approved as Article 31 at the November Town Meeting, and sponsored in the Legislature by Senate President Therese Murray, Representative Timothy R. Madden, and Representative David T. Vieira has been signed into law. This home rule legislation was developed collaboratively by Falmouth’s Community [...]

HOUSE APPROVES BUDGET AMENDMENT INCREASING FUNDING FOR REGIONAL TOURISM COUNCILS BOSTON

Representative Timothy Madden, who spoke passionately in favor of this funding during the House 2012 budget debate, is pleased to announce that the House approved a budget amendment increasing support for Regional Tourism Councils (“RTCs”) from $1,000,000 to $6,000,000 in the Final House Budget. This funding will be shared by the 13 councils across the [...]

THE STATE SEAPORT ADVISORY COUNCIL APPROVES REIMBURSTMENT TO TOWN FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE F/V MISS CHINA IN NANTUCKET

State Representative Tim Madden and State Senator Dan Wolf announced today approval for reimbursement funding of $24,000 by the Seaport Advisory Council to the Town of Nantucket to support finances used for the removal of F/V Miss China in Nantucket. In January, the F/V Miss China was towed to the Port of New Bedford, a [...]

One day travel restriction for Bourne Bridge repair work rescheduled for Tuesday, March 29th

CONCORD, Mass. (March 21, 2011) – Due to weather concerns and predicted high winds, the maintenance work scheduled for this week on the Bourne Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., has been postponed and rescheduled for Tuesday, March 29, 2011, according to officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England [...]