Entering Bourne

Storm Update, Bourne Schools Closed

... Winter Storm Warning Remains In Effect Until 8 AM EST This Morning...

A Winter Storm Warning Remains In Effect Until 8 AM EST This Morning.

The Warning Only Includes Cape Cod And The Island Of Nantucket.

While The Worst Of This Storm Has Already Occurred... There Will Be Considerable Blowing And Drifting Of The 6 To 12 Inches Of Snow That Fell Between Noon Sunday And Early Today.

One Final Band Of Significant Snow Is Curling South From Coastal Maine And Should Arrive At Provincetown Around 8 AM. This Could Bring An Additional Inch In An Hours Time... .Especially Provincetown To Wellfleet And Chatham.

Travel Will Be Slow At Best On Well Treated Surfaces... And Quite Difficult On Any Unplowed Or Untreated Surfaces.

Travel Conditions Will Gradually Improve During Midday But Be Alert For Slippery Stretches Of Pavement Due To Blowing And Drifting Of Snow All Day Long... Especially The Wide Open Rural Segments Of Route 6.

Bulletin Issued: 6:04AM EST, Monday Jan 28, 2008

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Bourne Schools Closed! No school, all schools!

Grab the sleds! Make a snowman! Hit someone in the head with a snowball.

Enjoy the snow day, kids!

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The Sagamore Bridge was closed briefly last night. There were dozens of accidents there, and the bridge was shut down at about 6:30 PM last night for a while.

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Sagamore....11.5" snow, minor coastal flooding

Sandwich..... 12"snow

Buzzards Bay....11" snow, 60 mph gusts

Falmouth.... 12" snow, 45 mph gusts

Plymouth .... 10.5" snow, watching high tide closely

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(Buzzards Bay, 60 mph gust)

Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- Including The Cities Of... Chatham... Falmouth... Provincetown... Nantucket

... High Wind Warning Remains In Effect Until 4 AM EST Monday...

A High Wind Warning Remains In Effect Until 4 AM EST Monday.

This High Wind Warning Includes Cape Cod And Nantucket.

Damaging Winds Are Expected Through Early Monday Morning.

Sustained Northerly Winds Of 30 To 40 Mph With Gusts As High As 60 Mph Are Likely Before Subsiding Near Daybreak. These High Winds In Combination With Heavy Snow May Be Enough To Bring Down Some Trees And Wires... With The Potential For Scattered Power Outages.

The Brunt Of The Wind Will Occur Between 11 PM Tonight And 4 AM Monday. Nantucket And The Outer Cape Should Receive The Strongest Wind From This Storm.

The Combination Of Strong Winds And 25 Foot Seas Just Offshore Will Cause Serious Beach Erosion During The High Tide Cycles Late Tonight Through Monday Night. Coastal Flooding Is Likely Along East And North Facing Shorelines Of Cape Cod And Nantucket During The Predawn Monday Morning High Tide Cycle.

The Intense Storm Producing The Nasty Weather Is Located About 150 Miles Southeast Of Nantucket This Evening And Will Drift East Overnight And Monday.

Stay Prepared For The Likelihood Of Damaging Winds. If You Lose Power... Do Not Use Candles Since They Are A Fire Hazard.

Bulletin Issued: 10:47PM EST, Sunday Jan 27, 2008

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None of the Boston forecasters called for more than 8 inches, even as recently as Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, they were saying 1-3".

 Channel 7- who have never, ever been correct, it seems.... said "no snow" as recently as Friday.

The NWS called for 8"+ as early as Sunday morning.

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8-12" snow, still snowing hard at 12 AM....wind-blown drifts.... 15-40 mph winds.... about 15-50 feet visibility

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Keep your head up, villagers....

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST MONDAY
UNTIL 1:30PM EST
Urgent - Winter Weather Message National Weather Service Taunton MA 519 AM EST Sun Jan 27 2008

... Nasty Wind Driven Wet Snow For The Cape And Islands Late Today Into Monday Morning Will Probably Make Travel Almost Impossible At Times Tonight...

.Intense Low Pressure Is Forecast To Be Positioned About 150 Miles South Of Nantucket This Evening Then Drift East Northeast Monday... Finally Weakening In Its Tuesday Departure For Nova Scotia.


Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including The Cities Of... Chatham... Falmouth... Provincetown... Bourne......Vineyard Haven... Nantucket 519 AM EST Sun Jan 27 2008

... Winter Storm Warning In Effect From 4 PM This Afternoon To 10 AM EST Monday...

The National Weather Service In Taunton Has Issued A Winter Storm Warning... Which Is In Effect From 4 PM This Afternoon To 10 AM EST Monday.

This Is Going To Be A High Impact Storm Tonight Adversely Shutting Down Or Seriously Delaying All Forms Of Travel.

There Is A Good Chance That Travel On The Cape Will Become Nearly Impossible For A Few Hours Tonight... Especially Between 8 PM And 5 AM When Near Blizzard Conditions Occur At Times.

Snow Is Expected To Accumulate At One Inch Per Hour For A Couple Of Hours.

Heavy Snow May Begin As Early As 4 Or 5 PM Today.

The Snow May Melt Or Compact On Many Surfaces From Provincetown To Chatham And Nantucket Due To The Influence Of Ocean Temperatures In The Upper 30s. Even So... The Wet Snow Should Be Pasted On All Objects. That Combined With Increasing Wind... Will Likely Force Tree Branches And Wires To Snap.

The Probability For More Than 3 Inches Of Snow On The Cape And Islands Is 80 Percent With Probabilities For 8 Inches Varying From 40 Percent At Chatham And Nantucket And Marthas Vineyard To About 75 Percent From Hyannis To The Cape Cod Canal.

If You Live Or Work On The Cape And Islands... Be Prepared To Remain Where Ever You Are Located At 7 PM Tonight. High Wind And Occasionally Heavy Snow With Visibility At Times Limited To Less Than Half A Mile Will Make Travel Treacherous.

Northerly Wind Gusts Of 55 To 65 Mph Are Expected By Midnight.

The Snow Will Diminish Monday... Especially Midday But The Wind And Any Blowing Snow May Still Be A Potent Factor Much Of The Day.

A Winter Storm Warning Is Issued When An Average Of 6 Or More Inches Of Snow Is Expected In A 12 Hour Period Or For 8 Or More Inches In A 24 Hour Period. Travel Will Be Slow At Best On Well Treated Surfaces... And Quite Difficult On Any Unplowed Or Untreated Surfaces.

Bulletin Issued: 5:19AM EST, Sunday Jan 27, 2008
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Update.... just starting to snow now....8:38 AM

I'll call the cops later, and find out what conditions could result in the closing of the bridges..... we seem to be looking at 4-8", depennding where the storm tracks.

You'll see 2-5 inches on a lot of Boston weather sites, but those sites also didn't call for it to be snowing NOW (9 AM,Sunday). Note the use of the term "near blizzard conditions" in the NWS statement.

East-facing coastal properties could take a beating from the seas, as well. Be careful, Sagamore.

Update, 3 PM..... An inch or two on the ground, snowing harder now....here's the radar:

Intellicast.com - Current Radar - Hartford, CT

I drove by 3 accidents on Head Of The Bay Road at about 2PM. The Bourne Bridge was the only blacktop I saw, and it had horizontal snow blowing across it. Rte 28 South- just off the rotary- was one clear lane, one snowy lane. Visibility was about a mile, maybe less. It was all snow all day, even over the Bridge in Buzzards Bay. Conditions are expected to deteriorate.

Be careful out there.

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One of the things that drew me to Bourne when I was home-hunting was the fact that we had our own F-15s nearby.

Well... those planes are elsewhere, now. The comforting sight of jets flying overhead will be someone else's pleasure. Some accountant dotted some i's and crossed some t's... and an era ended on Cape Cod. The F-15s of the 102nd will go to the 158th, based in Westfield. With the planes gone, the base looks to shift to a more intelligence-driven mission statement.

Read up on some history....

102nd Fighter Wing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh...ummmm... Russia? Wanna retarget those ICBMs now, please? Right... off Bourne, and at Westfield. Spasiba!

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I read the news, so you don't have to...

Brief Summaries.....

Police probe theft of water district metals; court action pending - Bourne, MA - The Bourne Courier

 Buzzards Bay (former) Water District Superindent Glenn Doherty is suspected of stealing copper and brass from the town, and then fencing it in Middleboro to line his own shady pockets.

That doesn't sound like much, but a few thousand here and there ends up costing Bourne a teacher, a cop, whatever.... we all suffer as he wallows in the depths of  his own avarice.

Hopefully, he'll be sent to prison and made the bitch of some big mean lifer with a size 17  foot and absolutely no sensitivity whatsoever.

Vehicle stop leads to arrest in series of housebreaks - Bourne, MA - The Bourne Courier

If you know Richard Coehlo of Bourne Neck Road... keep an eye on his crook ass, because he's stealing electronics. The 5-0 nabbed this kid with like an entire Circuit City in his car, and a lot of it was stuff that had been stolen in a series of break-ins.

We all like our crack and OCs now and then.... but it was only a matter of time before this kid got caught mid-robbery... and, in my house, that means a chest full of buckshot.

Big ups to the BPD, taking this kid off the street before I had to murder him... possibly in front of my children.

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CapeCodTimes.com - Cancer study triggers debatebsb

If you got the Big C.... one side thinks you should blame Marlboro, while the other side blames the PAVE PAWS radar thingy in Sagamore.

Read the article... then you decide!

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CapeCodTimes.com - Panamanian native finally sails through Canalbsb

He's probably not impressed, as Panama has a pretty nice canal of their own... but how many of us have been through both? The fact that he once had a President Noreiga as an infant may just be only the second most interesting thing about this dudesicle.

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A Battle of the Bands...... Sunday, Feb. 10.......... Sandwich Taverna... Route 130..... to benefit the staff of the  Mezza Luna restaurant in Buzzards Bay. Pop in, watch some battle, and help out a neighbor.

I'll be pretty honest with you, folks... it isn't often that you can go out, get snookered, listen to some music, vomit somewhere, hassle women you just met for opportunistic sex, maybe even beat someone down... and then go home and be like "I did a good thing today, the Gods will be pleased." This is one of those times.... don't let an opportunity like this pass you by.

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Mad Blog Respek for the Bourne High Ice Hockey Boys Team....

Canalmen sweep to Big Ham Cup hockey title - Bourne, MA - The Bourne Courier

Reserve Early

 
^{The late afternoon fire at a popular Buzzards Bay restaurant kept firefighters from Bourne and several other upper Cape departments busy last October 19th at the landmark Mezza Luna restaurant on Main Street, Buzzards Bay.}

Rising From The Ashes: 

You can't keep a good Italian restaurant down... Plans for new Mezza Luna taking shape - Bourne, MA - The Bourne Courier

The popular Buzzards Bay eatery went up in flames last October, and was totally totalled. Hence, the rebuilding effort... which started this week as the demolition crew got down to business.

Owner E.J. Cubellis is saving nothing but the fireplace bricks, which will be used in the new M.L.. Otherwise, he's going for a new look...a stone facade, built to withstand hurricanes.

The Mezza Luna opened before WWII, right after the devastating 1938 hurricane. It was well situated by the Bourne Bridge, right off Rte 6 (which goes all the way from P-Town to California). They have customers who have eaten there in 7 different decades.

I for one look forward to dining there, and I'm sure that the grand (re)opening will be a huge event in this small village within a small town. Book early... although you may want to wait until the bulldozers leave.

Side note.... Mr.Cubellis' father John is recovering from a bit of surgeon's work. Drop him a card, let him know you care... there's a good chance he's fed you a few times.

John Cubellis

253 Main St.

Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.

Also.. a battle of the bands will be held February 10th, at the Sandwich Taverna...proceeds go to help the rebuilding process.

Finally... "Mezzaluna" means "The Crescent" in Italian, as long as you keep the word together. Separate, it means "average (as opposed to full or new... most likely "half" ) moon."

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Bourne Area Sports: 

John McCabe scored four goals to help Bourne High's hockey team stomp all over Avon/Holbrook, 5-2.

Cambridge R+L beat Mashpee/Upper Cape Reg. 2-1, despite a goal by Justin Hopper (who I hope becomes a plumber).

Bourne High boys varsity hoopsters take it to the hole at Bishop Stang in North Dartmouth tomorrow at 7.... if you need directions, feel free to write to this column.

The girls hoop team has already dealt with New Bedford Regional VT this evening... hope they won BIG!

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Freeze Doze Nutz!

The Polar Bear Club does the leap of faith into the 37 degree water...in 34 degree weather.... New Year's Day, Monument Beach!

YouTube - All Access Cape Cod Polar Plunge

The exact (resisting the urge to say "polar") opposite of  "spending warm summer days indoors."

$5000 donation to the food pantry,which works out well for everyone. Big ups to the locals!

On a train, I met a dame...

Middleboro to Bourne in 5 minutes... kinda:

YouTube - Middleboro to Bourne on the Cape Cod & Hyannis RR

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Town Meeting Schedule:

Selectman's Alternative Energy Committee... looks at the Cape Light Compact, Veteran's Memorial Community Center....Wed, 7 PM

Board Of Health..... Town Hall, Lower Conference Room.... wed....7 PM... leading off with Bourne Landfill talk.

Planning Board, Thursday 7 PM, VMCC.... Falmouth Toyota site plan review

Snow Update

 Bourne Storm Report

Bourne has school today!

Sorry, kids...I did all that I could do for you. I'd put it at a 10% chance that they yank the kids out of school, mid-day.

We were 100% right on the timing of the changeover, as I'm currently (7 AM) looking out the window at big, fat snowflakes. It's snowing hard now... look for 2-5 inches by this evening. Most of the TV news stations are calling for a changeover at 4 PM, but pictures don't lie:

There's 5 inches in Boston right now.... so, if you have to commute, be careful. Remember...your boss will one day fire you without a care for anything but his bottom line... so just sleep in today, trust me.

Kids...perfect snowball snow, although it will be a very wet Sledding event. Wear a hood, gloves, scarf and a hat... and if you have waterproof pants, don them.

I'll pop back in here later with any additional pics/stories/news/gossip that this storm may bring our collection of villages. Also check Cape Wide News on this site, as Master T and his staff keep up on things a bit better than I do.

Some extra info:

NDBC - Northeast USA Recent Marine Data 

WWW.whdh.com....Channel 7's guess, although they're saying "all rain" as I watch snow fall.

MASSPORT: Logan Airport

MBTA.com > Official Website for Greater Boston's Public Transportation System

Howstuffworks "What is a Nor'easter?"

Straight Dope Staff Report: What's the physics behind "lake effect snow"?

UPDATE:

10:30 AM.... Thundersnow happening now... the sleet/snow line is pretty much running along the Canal. I'm getting snow in Buzzards Bay, but someone on the other side of the bridge might be getting rain. It should wind down to flurries over the course of the afternoon. I'll say it's all done by 4 PM in Bourne... at least the serious stuff will be done.

4" per hour snow in upper New Hampshire!

Ice, Wind and Fire

Snow Job?

The town of Bourne had set aside $92k for snow removal. So far, we've spent $128k. It's January, and we typically get our worst snows in February and March.

This, of course, followed last year's light winter... which led to us allocating less money for snow removal, which leads to us having to borrow money at interest to do it now.

Of course...next year, when we order enough salt to ruin the fields of Carthage... we'll have a Georgia-style winter.

2-5" of snow tomorrow, too...see below for details

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from the National Weather Service.... a High Wind Watch!

 HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
Urgent - Weather Message National Weather Service Taunton MA 454 AM EST Sun Jan 13 2008

... A Powerful Coastal Storm Will Bring Strong Winds To Coastal Massachusetts...

.A Storm Developing Along The Carolina Coast Will Move Up The Atlantic Coast Late Today And Tonight. Strong Winds Associated With This Storm Will Reach Cape Cod And The Islands After Midnight And Linger Through The Day Monday.

Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- Including The Cities Of... Chatham... Falmouth... Provincetown... Vineyard Haven... Nantucket 454 AM EST Sun Jan 13 2008

... High Wind Watch In Effect From Late Tonight Through Monday Evening...

The National Weather Service In Taunton Has Issued A High Wind Watch... Which Is In Effect From Late Tonight Through Monday Evening.

This Watch Includes Cape Cod... Marthas Vineyard... And Nantucket.

Increasing Northeast Winds Late Tonight And Monday May Reach 20 To 35 Mph And May Gust At Times To 50 Mph. Such Winds Could Damage Trees And Power Lines.

A High Wind Watch Means The Potential Exists For Strong Damaging Winds To Develop In The Mentioned Areas. These Strong Winds Are Capable Of Downing Trees And Power Lines As Well As Causing Property Damage. If A High Wind Warning Is Issued... Stay Inside And Away From Windows.

Bulletin Issued: 4:54AM EST, Sunday Jan 13, 2008

Also..... our Bourne-specific forecast.... from meteorologist...ummm...me.

Snow targets the Bourne area early Monday morning.

As of right now... and storm tracks have a way of changing.....

We're looking at rain/snow breaking out around 1 AM Monday... working as a mix for several hours before turning to all snow in the morning (6 AM). It will continue as snow- with some breaks here and there- through 8 PM Monday or so.  The intensity of said snow will have to be determined as it is happening, but 2-5" seems to be the rule among various forecast models.

Look for god-awful commutes, both to and from work. The rotary should be a disaster, and it wouldn't be beyond belief to see schools cancelled. While the morning bus stop should just be annoying, the ride home after school could be flat-out dangerous.

Being as this is coastal Cape Cod...leave room in your emergency plans for this to turn out to be a rain event....but get the bread and milk, just to be safe. If it rains,  just make lots of French Toast.

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From cold to hot....... home video of the Mezza Luna fire...

YouTube - Mezza Luna Burning Down

YouTube - RESTAURANT IN FLAMES!!! (thanks to Channel 74?)

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Report recommends adding assistant fire chief, clerical help - Bourne, MA - The Bourne Courier

Long story short.... a firm hired by the town- Donald Jacobs Consulting- spoke out about the need for an assistant fire chief and clerical help at the Bourne Fire Department.

Jacobs also spoke of the need for more on-call firefighters.... people from the area who work on a per-fire basis. Jacobs feels that Bourne has enough full-time firefighters.

Acting Fire Chief David Kingsbury has no poroblems with another chief around, or a part-time secretary.... but he isn't so fond of the idea about increasing on-call firefighters. He prefers the full-time version, with the greater training and set hours.

The Donald Jacobs Consulting firm isn't exactly a trained firefighting team, and word around the station is that the firm barely spoke to any actual firefighters. While DJC says staffing levels are adequate. BFD is saying that what is adequate in some small towns isn't adequate in one with a bevy of restaurants, schools, MMAs, treacherous rotaries, two high schools, hard-to-navigate flyovers, minor-league baseball teams, crack hotels, nursing homes, what seems to be a regional trend towards restaurant fires, and everybody on the Cape having to drive through town both ways to get to work..

So... as you might imagine... there may be some debate over the DJC findings. Tune in later for details...

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TOWN MEETING SCHEDULES

Monday:

Selectman's Task Force on Local Pollution (7 PM, 2nd floor,Town Hall)

Recreation Committe (6 PM,Veteran's Memorial Community Center)

School Council (3:30 PM, Hoxie Elementary School)

Tuesday:

Historic Commission reviews Scraggy Neck Road home's value as a historic site. (Historical Center, 30 Keene St, Bourne...9 AM)

School Committee and subcommittee, discussing budgets and bomb threat procedure (School administration building, 6PM)

Board of Selectmen... Open Session (7 PM,VMCC)

Wednesday:

Housing Partnership Committee, (5:30 PM.....871 Shore Rd, Pocasset)

Board Of Appeals .... residential wind turbine permit issued improperly... (Town Hall, LowerConference Room, 7:50 PM

Thursday:

School Building Committee discusses a wind turbine, 7:30, Bourne High School library

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Tune in soon... same Bourne time, same Bourne channel.

Music, Meeting Schedules,and Deadline To Register To Vote In The Primary

  Bourne Town Meetings Schedule:

Hurry to make the Selectmen's meeting Tuesday night at the Veteran's Memorial Community Center, 7 PM!
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Tomorrow:

Board of Health, 7 PM, Town Hall

Cable Advisoy Committee, 7PM,VMCC

Alternative Energy Committee, 7 PM,VMCC

Thursday:

The Town Planning Board kicks around:

A) A Christy's/Dunkin' at the site of the old Quintal's Restaurant

B) A Starbucks (sans drive-thru) at the old Tanger Outlets Mall in Belmont Circle

Fun starts 7 PM, VMCC.
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VOTING IN THE FEBRUARY 5, 2008 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 179 of the Acts of 2007, "An ACT RELATIVE TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN THE YEAR 2008", please be advised that the last day to register to vote in order to participate in the Presidential Primary is January 16, 2008. For voter registration purposes, the Town Clerk's office located in the Bourne Town Hall, 24 Perry Avenue, Buzzards Bay MA. 02532 - will be open until 8:00 pm on that date.

NOTE: only those persons who are registered voters in the Democratic, Republican, Green-Rainbow, Working Families parties or are registered as No Party (unenrolled) by January 16, 2008 may vote in said Presidential Primary.

To receive an ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION: a MAIL-IN VOTER REGISTRATION FORM or for additional information, contact the Clerk's Office at 508-759-0600 x 505.
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YouTube - Bourne Bridge Parody...... by Ton Doyle

A musical tribute to our bridges..... this song was written in an idling car, no doubt.

"There'll be middle fingers and swearing, like when you're watching porn..... but you'll never get across that bridge in Bourne."
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Love For the Other Side:

Our best wishes to the family of Monument Beach resident David Gaylord, who died at 95 in late December. He was a publisher of the Cape Cod Times, and was an original staff member when they opened for business in 1936. He also taught at Bourne High, which gets him mad blog respek  from this desk.

Donations may be made to:

The David Gaylord Memorial Scholarship

c/o the Cape Cod Foundation, 259 Willow Street, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
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More sad news, relayed by Entering Falmouth :

Leah:

You may have seen the local obit for Lillian Sutherland (p. A-8 today's CCTimes).  She was a mainstay in the Bourne DPW for many years and actually continued to work while she was battling cancer.  Thought you'd like to know. 

Rickie Tellier, the DPW Superintendent, probably has some nice stories.

-  Troy
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Bourne School Sports 

Catch the Bourne High boy's basketball team in action tonight (7) at home vs Seekonk, tomorrow at 5 on Martha's Vineyard, and Friday (7) at home vs. Dighton/Rehoboth. The girl's team play similar opponents, but are at home when the boys travel (and vice versa).

Bourne High Hockey gets chilly at Gallo vs New Bedford Tech (6:30). That's Saturday, and PM.

The BHS/Case Indoor Track team- boys and girls- look to slap around Dighton Rehoboth this Thursday night, 6:30 (New Bedford Indoor Track).

Upper Cape Tech Boy's hoop hosts South Shore VT this Friday (6:30). The girls bring the ruckus at home this Monday night, vs Mashpee (5 PM).

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Wednesday Weather Alert  (National Weather Service)

A Wind Advisory Remains In Effect For All Of Southern New England Through 6 PM.

Southwest Winds Of 20 To 30 Mph With An Hour Or Two Of Gusts Near 45 Mph Are Possible This Afternoon Along And Ahead Of An Approaching Cold Front. Winds Will Diminish By Early Evening.

A Wind Advisory Is Issued When Sustained Winds Are Forecast To Be 31 To 39 Mph Or Gusts Will Range Between 46 And 57 Mph. Winds This Strong Are Capable Of Downing Small Tree Limbs And Branches... Possibly Causing Isolated Power Outages. Driving Can Also Be Difficult... Especially For High Profile Vehicles.

Bulletin Issued: 10:19AM EST, Wednesday Jan 9, 2008
Bulletin Expired: 6:00PM EST, Wednesday Jan 9, 2008

Zoning Board Throwdown!

Apartments, retail space, and an access road between Sandwich Rd. and MacArthur Blvd. weigh in to this local story of Zoning, Retail, Residence,and Quality Of Life in today's Cape Cod Times.

Leonard Cubellis is the man behind CanalSide Commons, a retail/residential project, slated to sit between the Bourne Rotary and Upper Cape Tech High School. He's aiming for 300 affordable housing units and 85,ooo sq. feet of retail space.

That's a lot of Starbuck's, Best Buy, Abercrombie + Fitch, etc.... as well as 300 places to live for people who aren't exactly choosing between CanalSide and Hyannis Port, if you know what I mean. I personally know people who need both that housing and the jobs that would come from a new mini-mall/housing development.

The issue also includes some land owned by Thomas Pappas, who plans to build Bosun Rd. area low income housing. He owns a lot (a parcel, not a bunch) of land between the Bosun Rd. project and his current Port of  Call subdivision. Said lot would make a fine access road between his two subdivisions, and talk is that this is just what he plans to do.

The Cubellis Road would actually meet the Upper Cape Regional Technical High School driveway. The Pappas road would be further East. Both would allow users to somewhat dodge the Bourne Rotary. Locals aren't pleased.

They, I, and you wouldn't be the only people to recognize this fact.  Residents of the Port of Call subdivision (nowhere near the Buzzards Bay tavern, by the way) are pretty much united against this road, as anyone even remotely local would then be using said access road to skip the congested nightmare of the rotary...thus introducing the late-for-work speeder and the dodging-the-cops drunk driver to what was once a quiet, safe side street.

A recent Zoning Board Of Appeals meeting brought the Port of Call residents out in full force against these developments. They bought into a quiet, side-street subdivision...not the Bournetona 500 they fear an access road around a busy rotary would bring to their neighborhood.

Can you fight City Hall? An increased tax base for the town vs. quality of life for the Port of Call residents....place your bets.

(Above image courtesy of CWN) 

WEATHER STUFF:

10 degrees as I write this......

SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
Wswbox

Urgent - Winter Weather Message National Weather Service Taunton MA 1023 AM EST Thu Jan 3 2008

... Ocean Effect Snow Showers Continue Across Outer Cape Cod...

A Cold Northwest Flow Will Continue To Pick Up Moisture From The Warmer Ocean Waters And Bring A Light To Moderate Snowfall To Outer Cape Cod Into Early This Evening.

Barnstable MA- Including The Cities Of... Chatham... Falmouth... Provincetown 1023 AM EST Thu Jan 3 2008

... Snow Advisory In Effect Until 7 PM EST This Evening...

The National Weather Service In Taunton Has Issued A Snow Advisory... Which Is In Effect Until 7 PM EST This Evening.

Ocean Effect Snow Showers Will Continue Across Cape Cod Through Early This Evening. Total Accumulations Of A Trace To 5 Inches Are Possible With The Highest Totals Expected Across Outer Cape Cod From Hyannis East To Chatham And North To Provincetown.

Satellite... Radar And Surface Observations Indicate Bands Of Light To Moderate Snow Showers Across Outer Cape Cod From Hyannis To Chatham And Provincetown... With Light Snow Showers And Flurries Approaching The Cape Cod Canal.

Snow Will Vary In Intensity Given The Location Of Individual Snow Bands. Gusty Northwest Winds Combined With The Falling Snow Will Temporarily Reduce Visibilities To One Half Mile Or Less. Snow Will Begin To Taper To Flurries This Evening As Winds Shift To West And Snow Bands Shift To The East Out Into The Ocean Waters.

A Snow Advisory Means That Periods Of Snow Will Cause Primarily Travel Difficulties. Be Prepared For Snow Covered Roads And Limited Visibilities... And Use Caution While Driving.

Bulletin Issued: 10:23AM EST, Thursday Jan 3, 2008
Bulletin Expired: 6:30PM EST, Thursday Jan 3, 2008