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Wellfleet turtles slow Church plan; Harwich Taxpayesr question budget; Beach where it was in 1880; Del Deo honored; Wind farm spinning ahead

  Headlines, June 15, 2007

Turtles slow church building plans
Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Church have been waiting 10 years for their new church to be built, but things have slowed down lately to a turtle’s pace.

Harwich Taxpayers association questions school accounting practices
The Harwich Taxpayers Association took the Harwich School Committee to task at its meeting June 6, charging that the school department may have withheld a budget surplus from the town and that certain of its accounting practices do not meet state regulations.

Water issue communications irk Truro board
The board of selectmen is warning its Provincetown counterparts that unless they are willing to participate in a meeting of the Pamet Lens Oversight Group, Truro selectmen will not meet with them to discuss any water issues.

Ptown honors Del Deo's contributions
Josephine Del Deo is a diminutive figure whose impact on Provincetown has been monumental.

Orleans wind plan moves quietly ahead
As towns across Cape Cod make their foray into the emerging field of municipal wind energy development, all eyes it seems are on Orleans, which could have the first turbines up and running on the Lower Cape by early 2008.

Chatham Town meeting to decide fate of inlet
Selectmen are looking to the voters to decide whether the North Beach break ought to be filled in.

Barrier beaches prone to nature’s whim
History does repeat itself, especially on the Outer Cape.  One hundred and sixty one years ago a storm punched a hole through Chatham’s barrier beach, the part of Nauset Beach known as North Beach, in virtually the same spot as the new breach, created during the April nor’easter.

Seven rescued after boat strands off Monomoy
Crew from Coast Guard Station Chatham rescued seven people Tuesday after they became stranded aboard a disabled charter boat 10 miles east of Monomoy Island. 

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