Olivia Hull
The three down-Island towns have been awarded a joint grant to hire a full-time energy coordinator.
The $50,000 grant will be given to Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Tisbury by the state department of energy resources, and will fund a one-year salary beginning in fiscal year 2015.
The Oak Bluffs Council on Aging is facing possible reorganization of personnel following a months-long investigation that found mismanagement of a fund operated in connection with the senior center.
Crews are working to remove water encountered at the site more than one month ago during the excavation of an elevator pit. Previous explorations into the ground had not shown the true height of the water table.
In many ways the 10-month review of the grocery chain's expansion plan followed a normal course for a development project in front of the MVC. But emails obtained by the Gazette show the process was unusual in other respects.
Although there was no personal gain, director Roger Wey may have violated more than one state law in his handling of the Quilting Fund, a special report released this week found. Mr. Wey remains on paid leave.
Following an outpouring of criticism, selectmen announced Tuesday that the dredge spoils deposited at Inkwell this spring will come off before summer. A small group of protesters had picketed at the site one day earlier.
