A haulier fears customers will be hit by a hike in ferry costs when a more green-friendly fuel oil is brought in.

Also making the front page: The island is cleared of any wrongdoing over jet importation VAT by HM Treasury.

Also this week:

Pictures of every reception class in the island with our Little Starters supplement.

War hero Hector Duff turns 100 with a birthday party at Government House.

The Chief Minister defends the decision to give a £500 lump sum payment to victims of the Laxey floods.

Meanwhile, Howard Quayle refuses to rule out scrapping the Department of Home Affairs.

Scores of minutes and email exchanges relating to the controversial purchase of a run-down property by village commissioners have been released under Freedom of Information.

A total of 53 seal pups have been born so far on the Calf of Man, which appears higher than previous years.

Julie Blackburn talks to award-winning Manx food producers in two pages of Food and Farming.

The BBC has made improvements to its provision in the island but talks over actual outcomes will continue into the new year.

The sale of historic artefacts associated with the Manx health service has sparked a storm of protest.

A businessman has been charged with four counts of falsifying records and three of theft.

A warden has celebrated 30 years of commitment to sheltered accommodation in Ramsey.

A football fan who punched a woman after a local match between Ramsey and Pulrose United has been fine.

Manx cycling coach Dot Tilbury is shortlisted for the ’Local Hero’ award by the world’s leading cycling media brand.

A number of whiskered snouts were spotted at Millennium Oakwood in Braddan for this year’s Isle of Man Schnauzerfest.

The minister in charge of the National Sports Centre admits he doesn’t know when the leisure pool will re-open.

A period of ’bold change’ lies ahead for the Manx Government, according to Chief Minister Howard Quayle.

And there is an extended piece with the Chief Minister ahead of Brexit.

Kayakers from around the world enjoyed ’stunning coastlines teeming with wildlife’ and rapid waters for the island’s Sea Kayak Festival.

Expressions of interest are being sought for people or organisations to run a TT campsite on the government’s behalf .

Island-based companies Continent 8 Technologies and Iforium have announced the expansion of their partnership, to pursue opportunities in the emerging US online gaming market.

Our Island Life section leads with the story of how listening to his wife’s tales of growing up in Kirk Michael has led an Alaskan-born singer songwriter coming to the Isle of Man to perform.

He tells Mike Wade about his song ’The House About Kirk Michael’.

This week’s centre spread is ’creepy and cooky’, ’mysterious and spooky’ and ’altogether ooky’ with a review and pictures of The Addam’s Family, which is on at the Gaiety Theatre.

There are 13 sports pages with the back page leading on the opening weekend of the cross-country league.

There’s also your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of puzzles, a page of pictures from the past and a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

The Manx Independent is in the shops now.

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This week the team discussed Officer Snoopy, Laxey flooding, FC Isle of Man and all things to do with the D.