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MMR millions, Yarmouth room for firehouse costs, override, Dennis rejects Keyspan
08/10/06 · 2:46 pm :: posted by CCToday
Mid Cape news of the week, August 10, 2006
| Jumpin’ at the bayside By Joe Burns/ jburns@cnc.com Who needs Newport? We’ve a jazz fest of our own here on Cape Cod, thanks to Owen Duff, whose yearly bash brings together a plethora of jazz... [more] |
| MMR will get $1 million from state By Joe Burns/ jburns@cnc.com Overriding a veto by Gov. Mitt Romney, the Massachusetts Senate restored $1 million to the fiscal 2006 supplemental budget for planning for future missions and the development of a homeland security training center at Massachusetts Military Reservation... [more] |
| RMV pulls Turner license for 3 years By Douglas Karlson/ dkarlson@cnc.com The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has suspended for three years the driver's license of Harwich High School Principal Kevin Turner, following his June 9 drunk driving arrest. But the Registry granted him a special hardship license, which permits Turner to drive to and from work between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. According to RMV spokesman Erik Abell, Turner, a Centerville resident, must install an ignition interlock device in his car. Drivers breathe into the device before starting the car. If it detects alcohol, the device won't let the car start... [more] |
| Selectmen allow room for new fire station costs By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com Site work and heating and air conditioning costs for the new fire station in West Yarmouth may be more than expected; a possibility which has prompted selectmen to allow a little wiggle room in their $4 million cap for the project. By a 4-1 vote, the board Tuesday night approved a "placeholder" article on the warrant of the Sept. 13 special Town Meeting which would authorize a maximum of $315,000 in additional funds for the project... [more] |
| Ezra Baker's the cat's meow! By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com When the Ezra H. Baker school opened its doors the fall of 1931, children whose families used outhouses ran home with news: this new school, with... [more] |
| Study probes septic system- cancer link By Bill Fonda/ bfonda@cnc.com When people on the Cape talk about water quality and septic systems, it usually has to do with nitrogen - where it comes from and how to remove it. Yet a new study from the Silent Spring Institute based on a Cape Cod septic system focuses on other pollutants migrating into groundwater... [more] |
| Yarmouth will vote on override By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com Yarmouth selectmen Tuesday night recommended a $457,000 Proposition 2 1/2 override request which would add five new officers to the police department... [more] |
| School Notes Scholarship recipients The trustees of the John K. and Thirza F. Davenport Foundation for the Arts have announced the recipients of scholarships for... [more] |
| D-Y schools aim to support students in need The following information was supplied by the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District. Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, school districts... [more] |
| Business support helps Against the Tide effort By Susanna Graham-Pye Shaded by huge scrub pines, clear and clean down to its sandy bottom, Flax Pond in Nickerson State Park offers some of the best fishing, sunning and... [more] |
| Out of commission By Joe Burns/ jburns@cnc.com Yarmouth wants a voting voice. A Barnstable town councilor wants to silence the non-voting voice Yarmouth has. And so the turf war over Barnstable... [more] |
| Around Barnstable Armory bill near adoption The Massachusetts House and Senate have given preliminary approval to a bill that would transfer ownership of the Hyannis... [more] |
| Kids learn to care for kids By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com Twenty young people, ages 11 to 15, spent nine hours over two days last week in a conference room at Dennis Public Library. They even paid $10... [more] |
| Around Dennis Man arrested for selling drugs Dennis police arrested Ernest Cyr Jr., 44, of 43 North St., Dennisport and charged him with selling the drug Hydrocodone.... [more] |
| Dennis rejects Keyspan road-repair offer By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com Dennis Town Administrator Bob Canevazzi says Keyspan is not playing fair. As a result, he has rejected Keyspan's offer to pay a third of the cost... [more] |
| Sullivan's writing reflects love of history, medicine By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com During his long career as a surgeon, Ray Sullivan wrote prolifically for medical journals. Following his 1998 retirement as chief of staff at Waterbury... [more] |
| Book Discussion Wednesday Dr. Ray Sullivan will discuss his historical novel "Contentment" at 2 p.m. Wednesday at West Dennis Library, 272 Main St. (Route 28), West... [more] |
| School officers violated the 'letter of the law' By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com Kathy Eckert raised a fuss in May when Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School used Criminal Offender Record Information checks to ban her daughter Erica's... [more] |
| Memo sheds light on background checks In a May 9 memo to Dennis Police Chief Mike Whalen, School Resource Officer Greg Farnkoff explained the procedure that led to Dennis-Yarmouth Regional... [more] |
| Teaching teachers By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com "This is great - we couldn't have a better spot!" Dr. Ruth Jarvis, director of Salem State College's graduate program in reading instruction,... [more] |
| D-Y School Committee evaluates superintendent By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com The annual, state-mandated evaluation of the superintendent of schools was a tough task this year for the Dennis-Yarmouth School Committee. "I... [more] |
| Military base still has role in emergency plans By Paul Gately/ pgaetly@cnc.com State Police and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency are coordinating their review of ways to deal with traffic heading for the canal bridges... [more] |
| Foster care - and all that jazz By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com Brian Nygard is studying jazz voice at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music. At age 12, Brian was separated from his identical twin brother,... [more] |
| Harwich calls off fireworks, again By Douglas Karlson/ dkarlson@cnc.com Concerned that the chemical perchlorate could leach from fireworks, contaminate the town’s water supply and lead to a costly cleanup, Harwich... [more] |
| Pops goes Hyannis In the renewal of a summertime tradition, the 21st annual TD Banknorth Pops By The Sea concert Sunday drew thousands of people to the Hyannis village... [more] |
| Raptor rapture ensnares bird bander By Rich Eldred/ reldred@cnc.com Other raptors may be bigger (most all are) and get more publicity or TV time, but kestrels are Joey Mason’s passion. And with Massachusetts... [more] |
| Wednesday nights with the Bournedale Ringers By Paul Gately/ pgately@cnc.com Clang! It is the far-off but distinctive sound of metal hitting metal up where the woods are deep but start to thin out near the Algonquin gas transmission... [more] |
| Seeking influence By Bill Fonda/ bfonda@cnc.com As the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound has made its way through the review process, both sides have employed lobbyists in an attempt to influence... [more] |
| Around Yarmouth 'Dracula' blood drive at Gorey House The Edward Gorey House and C-Lab will conduct "Edward Gorey's Dracula Blood Drive" Friday, Aug. 25... [more] |
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