Dukes County commissioners are partnering with Barnstable County officials and other entities on-Island to promote vaccination in the younger population. Commission chair Christine Todd said she has been working with Barnstable since the commission’s last meeting a month ago to determine a budget and a path forward for the campaign, along with looping Martha’s Vineyard […]
Dukes County is set to receive more than $3.3 million in federal coronavirus relief funding a hefty windfall nearly the double size of the county’s annual budget.
The money is part of the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, intended to combat the coronavirus pandemic, including public health and economic impacts.
Although much of the federal money will go directly to municipalities and states, more than $65 billion in aid has been allocated to county governments around the country. A total of $400 million has been allocated the six vestigial counties in Massachusetts: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, and Plymouth.
The other eight state counties were abolished long ago, with cities and towns set to receive larger allocations of federal aid in lieu of the county funds.
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County to launch âvery aggressiveâ vaccination campaign
Commissioners will collaborate with Cape and Islands communities to promote vaccination efforts.
County commissioners hope to use iconic Island locations like the Flying Horses carousel to promote vaccinations. -Gabrielle Mannino
Dukes County is working in conjunction with Cape and Island government and health officials to launch a vaccination campaign that will target the hundreds of thousands of seasonal visitors soon to arrive in our resort communities.
At a Dukes County Commission meeting Wednesday, commission chair Christine Todd said the campaign â which will include broadcast advertisements, posters, outreach to local businesses, and various incentives for getting vaccinated â will focus largely on the 20- to 30-year-old age group that comprises the majority of the Islandâs seasonal workforce (although the messaging will reach a broad swath of the sea
The recent eruptions of La Soufriere an active stratovolcano on the island of St. Vincent in the lesser Antilles has displaced thousands of the Caribbean island’s residents, leaving them without adequate water or shelter and clouding skies with ash as far away as Cape Verde.
But the impacts of the eruption which began April 12 and has continued daily since have also been felt on Martha’s Vineyard, as an ad hoc group of Islanders have rallied to raise money for their sister island thousands of miles to the south in a humanitarian relief effort.
Dukes County manager Martina Thornton said a GoFundMe has been created by the Sister Island Relief Committee made up of about a half dozen Islanders with close ties to St. Vincent. The GoFundMe also can be found by searching “Sister Islands” on the county website.
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