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Condo owners win, Democracy goes digital, Level 3 offender charged with rape

registerMid Cape news, August 31, 2006

Democracy goes digital
By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com
If, as Thomas Jefferson once said, information is the currency of democracy, then many Cape residents are getting a bit more spending money. Within the past six months, several Cape towns have begun a "live streaming" of their government cable access programs. That means that whatever is playing on a town’s government access channel is now also available on the Internet, usually via that town’s official Web site... [more]

Seasonal condo owners win resident beach sticker battle
By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com
People owning seasonal condominiums in Dennis have won their fight for residency status. Tuesday night, Dennis selectmen unveiled revised guideliness that removed the $500 tax-bill requirement from purchasing resident's beach, four-wheel drive and Sesuit Harbor parking stickers... [more]

Building family ties
By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com
In technicolor reflection, four sets of twins walk toward their cabins, holding hands. A 14-year-old drapes a neon orange beach towel around the neck of her 9-year-old sister, then cuddles her warmly. Two boys, marked by a familial dimple in their smiling faces, dash after the camp dog. These are just some of the moving scenes that brought 45 adult volunteers to Yarmouth Port last week, when Camp To Belong took over the grounds of Camp Wingate-Kirkland. "We have a 2-to-1 ratio of campers to staff," says Camp To Belong Director Tawni Whitney. "These amazing people take a week off from their paying jobs to advance our summer mission." .. [more]

Long Island wind farm debate mirrors our own
By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com
At times, Cape Cod can seem like the front line in the battle over offshore wind farms. But there's a second battleground just a few hours drive to the south... [more]

Level 3 offender charged with rape
jamesleepellBy Joe Burns/ jburns@cnc.com
On Saturday, James Lee Pells, a 49-year-old registered Level 3 sex offender living in Hyannis, was arrested by Barnstable police on rape charges at his home at 36 General Patton Drive. The alleged victim in was a woman who had been one of several people who were drinking at Pells' home that evening. According to Barnstable police Sgt. Sean Sweeney, the woman told police that she had passed out from drinking and that Pells had sexual relations with her while she was passed out. Sweeney said that it was Pells who notified police... [more]

Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District news
The following information was supplied by the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District Breakfast and lunch prices Superintendent... [more]

School Notes
'Suddenly Military' children focus of special training for educators Massachusetts will host a free, two-day session "Supporting the Children... [more]

Pros outnumber cons at Craigville Beach
By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com
An unscientific sampling of beachgoers at a spot more famous for its preoccupation with solar power - Craigville Beach in Centerville - show conditions... [more]

Around Dennis
$1.4 million coming for Howland buy Rep. Cleon Turner, D-Dennis, announced that $1.4 million in federal aid toward the Howland property purchase... [more]

The deepwater solution
By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com
Can the United States, the first nation to put a man on the moon, develop deepwater wind turbines capable of harnessing the ocean's vast wind resources? The... [more]

MacArthur School welcomes new principal Peter Crowell
By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com
Readily admitting that he loved each day of his 18 years as a teacher, Peter Crowell already finds a new energy in being a principal. Since July 1,... [more]

Witness for wind power
By Joe Burns/ jburns@cnc.com
The latest addition to the Greenpeace fleet dropped anchor in Hyannis Harbor this week. The 44-foot cutter-rigged sailing boat Witness, which was... [more]

Start small - think big
By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com
High-school freshmen don't usually make names for themselves outside the sports arena. Even then, it's rare. Alex Gleason's special combination of... [more]

Familiar faces in new places
By Nicole Muller/ nmuller@cnc.com
When school bells ring and yellow buses reappear on our roads next Thursday, Dennis and Yarmouth children will experience a new beginning - literally. The... [more]

Environmental statement is next step in review
By Bill Fonda/ bfonda@cnc.com
The review process Aside from the Minerals Management Service, which makes the final decision, 19 agencies are reviewing the proposed Cape Wind project.... [more]

Heritage plans an expanded'Spectacle'
By Silene Gordon/ sgordon@cnc.com
Heritage Museums & Gardens is planning to make a Spectacle of itself once again this year - and they won't be going it alone. A renewed partnership... [more]

What they said
Pro-Cape Wind "We must reduce greenhouse gas emission and foreign energy dependence. The wind farm will not impair in any meaningful way the... [more]

Around Yarmouth
Affordable housing topic of Sept. 11 meeting The Yarmouth Affordable Housing Committee will conduct a public meeting Monday, Sept. 11 at 6:30 p.m.... [more]

Yarmouth meetings: Can you hear me now?
By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com
When it comes to the broadcast of its public meetings, Yarmouth not only seeks feedback, it gives it. The microphones in Yarmouth's main hearing room... [more]

Adults helping foster children
* Almost 600,000 of America's youngsters reside in foster homes. Although these are loving, nurturing environments, they do not allow siblings to... [more]

Utility pole work causes South Yarmouth gas break
By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com
A company installing new utility poles in Yarmouth Tuesday morning struck a gas main with its auger, causing a gas leak at the corner of South and... [more]

Yarmouth officers earn cash, kudos in fitness challenge
By Craig Salters/ csalters@cnc.com
Three Yarmouth police officers are a little skinnier in the waistline and a little fatter in the wallet after becoming the Northeast region winners... [more]

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