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Dave Watkins

Town Hall Opens Sunday for Sticker Sales Ahead of June 24 Special Town Meeting

Yarmouth's summer civic season is underway, with Town Hall open Sunday, June 14 for 2026 beach and disposal sticker sales and a citizen-petition Special Town Meeting locked in for June 24. The Select Board executed the Special Town Meeting warrant at its May 20 session after residents f…

Truro Wins $320,000 State Grant for Solar Canopy at Central School

Truro secured $320,000 in state funds to build a solar canopy carport at Truro Central School. The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded the grant through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's Green School Works program, marking the town's most consequential announcement of the week.…

Sandwich Town Charter Signed Into Law, Now Posted Online

Sandwich's updated Town Charter is now law, completing a civic overhaul that residents can read at sandwichmass.org. The Massachusetts Legislature and Governor approved the document, giving the town a modernized governing framework. Closer deadlines also press: Transfer Station permits …

West Dennis Beach Closes Western Lot as Piping Plovers Nest for Summer

Piping plover nests are shrinking the parking footprint at West Dennis Beach this summer. The town announced June 11 that the western section of the West Dennis Beach parking lot is closed due to nesting activity by the federally protected shorebird, a seasonal restriction that will aff…

Bourne Splash Pad Opens June 19; Senior Survey Deadline Approaches July 1

Bourne's splash pad returns and a senior-services survey nears its deadline. The Bourne Community Splash Pad at Buzzards Bay Park opens Thursday, June 19, marking the unofficial start of summer programming for families; simultaneously, a partnership between the town and UMass Boston is …

Yarmouth Schedules June 24 Special Town Meeting on Citizen Petition Warrant

Yarmouth's June 24 Special Town Meeting is now formally on the calendar, driven by a citizen petition. The Select Board voted May 20 to execute the warrant, which is posted at yarmouth.ma.us for review; residents have until June 24 to study the articles before they vote. Sticker sales a…

Truro Awarded $320,000 Solar Grant for Central School Carport

Truro secured a $320,000 state solar grant for Truro Central School from the Healey-Driscoll Administration this week. The Mass Clean Energy Center's Green School Works program will fund a solar canopy carport above the upper parking lot at the school, the town's most significant announ…

Sandwich Announces Eight-Day America 250 Celebration Starting June 27

Sandwich is gearing up for a weeklong America 250 celebration running June 27 through July 4, anchored by a Moonlighters Concert and fireworks on opening night, a "Voices of 1776" program at Hoxie House and the Grist Mill on June 28, and a public art unveiling on June 30. The town annou…

Brick Kiln Road Closes for Sewer Work Starting June 22, Running Through July

Falmouth's sewer project moves to Brick Kiln Road on June 22, closing a stretch between Sandwich Road and a point west of Oxbow Road on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 27, the town announced Friday via News Flash. The town is also co-sponsoring two Juneteenth events on June …

Town Unveils Phase 2 Shoreline Grant as Plovers Close West Dennis Beach Lot

Dennis moves on two environmental fronts Friday as the town invites residents to a Phase 2 shoreline-management grant presentation for southeastern Cape Cod Bay and closes the western section of the West Dennis Beach parking lot to protect a piping plover nest. The wastewater project po…