Environmental-study scholarships available
The Friends of Chatham Waterways is offering scholarships of $2,500 to undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental fields.
Applicants must be residents of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket, or graduates of a high school or college on the Cape or Islands.
Undergraduate applicants must be in or entering their junior or senior year of college and majoring in environmental studies, environmental management or a related subject. The scholarships are also available for graduate students specializing in these fields.
Applications may be requested from Dick Evans, 16 Old Saltworks Road, Chatham, MA 02633 or by e-mail torhecc@comcast.net Applications must be received by March 31, 2012.
Environmental-study scholarships available
Categories: District News, Falmouth, Gosnold, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket
FREE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY AUDITS ON NANTUCKET
As part of the Mass Save Initiative (www.masssave.com), several Energy Specialists will be on Nantucket from Monday 1/16/2012 thru Friday 1/20/2012 to perform 30-40 FREE residential energy audits. This is a service offered to Nantucket by National Grid and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to promote energy efficiency programs and to help residents and businesses better manage energy use.
Any of you may sign up for an energy audit, and we encourage your friends and family to take advantage of this initiative, as well.
To sign up for a no-cost Home Energy Assessment:
1) Please call (866) 527-7283
2) OR, email Lauren Sinatra <lsinatra@nantucket-ma.gov> with the name on your electric account (with account number), property address and phone number, year and style of home with heating fuel.
For more information, please visit: www.MassSave.com.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Lauren M. Sinatra
Energy Project & Outreach Coordinator
Town of Nantucket
12 Federal Street
Nantucket, MA 02554
lsinatra@nantucket-ma.gov <mailto:lsinatra@nantucket-ma.gov>
office: (508) 325-5379
www.ACKenergy.org <http://www.ACKenergy.org>
Categories: District News, Nantucket, Press Releases
LAND BANK “BLAIR HOUSE” LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW
BOSTON- An Act Approving the Conveyance by the Nantucket Islands Land Bank of Certain Land Situated in the Town of Nantucket sponsored by State Representative Tim Madden was signed into law this week and is now Chapter 182 of Acts of 2011. This home rule petition allows for the Nantucket Islands Land Bank to convey the land encompassing property known as the “Blair House” which is located in historic downtown. In 2001, it was necessary for the Land Bank to purchase the property as the land surrounding the house encompasses the main access point to its nearby Lily Pond property.
Upon news of the legislation’s signing, Executive Director of the Land Bank, Eric Savetsky, commented that “this is a win-win for the Land Bank in that we won’t have to spend a large sum of money renovating the house, and we get to sell the house which is worth quite a bit due to its desirable location.”
“I want to thank Eric Savetsky, Senator Dan Wolf’s and both their staffs, for all of their assistance getting this legislation passed”.
Categories: District News, From Beacon Hill, Nantucket, Press Releases
Wentworth Way groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday. Left to right: Wayne Johnson, Tim Williams, Laura Barbara, Abbe Burt, Andrew Berry, Philippe Jordi, Richard Leonard, Jeff Kristal, Tristan Israel, Fielding Moore, Rob Doyle, Geoghan Coogan, Nell Coogan.
Categories: District News, Martha's Vineyard, Press Releases
Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Receive Mass in Motion/Community Transformation Grants
Mass in Motion/Community Transformation Grant announcement at the State House October 2011. Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket will both be receiving funds. (L to R) MA DPH Commissioner John Auerbach, Preventative Health Caucus Co-Chair Senator Harriette Chandler, Public Health Co-Chair Senator Susan Fargo, Senator Katherine Clark, Representative Timothy Madden, and United State Assistant Secretary for U.S. Health, Health and Human Services, Howard Koh.
BOSTON- State Representative Tim Madden is pleased to announce that Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket will receive a federal grant of $75,000 to expand efforts of active healthy living and quality clinical preventive services as part of the Mass in Motion program. The funds will also be used to promote tobacco-free living by providing resources to community prevention programs. Both Islands hope to transform the places where their citizens live, learn, work, and play in order to lead healthier, more active lives.
For more information about the Grants please click on Mass in Motion and Community Transformation.
Categories: District News, From Beacon Hill, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Press Releases
Contract award for Cape Cod Canal bridge repair; Work to start mid-November
Release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
Contract award for Cape Cod Canal bridge repair work
Corps of Engineers awards $8.5 million contract for work on the Cape Cod Canal highway bridges
Work scheduled to start in mid-November
CONCORD, Mass. (Oct. 17, 2011) – Work on the Cape Cod Canal highway bridges in Buzzards Bay, Mass., will be completed under the terms of a $8,549,000 contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District.
The work on the Sagamore and Bourne bridges will be accomplished by Aetna Bridge Company, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The project will take about 12 months to complete and is scheduled to start in mid-November 2011.
The project involves the removal and replacement of structural steel secondary members, the strengthening of existing structural steel members, the replacement of structural fasteners, the removal of selected existing welds, and the strengthening of selected gusset plates.
The work will be located above the deck, and below the deck of the two bridges that cross the Cape Cod Canal. Work can proceed while traffic uses the bridges, but traffic control during selected times will be needed. Any changes or impacts to traffic using the bridges will be published by the Corps when a schedule is developed and the information will be available on the Corps’ Cape Cod Canal webpage under Bridge Alerts at:
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/ccc/news/bridgealerts.htm.
Categories: District News, Falmouth, From Beacon Hill, Uncategorized