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Shorefront path sought on town-owned lot GOULDSBORO — Selectmen will hold an informational session next Thursday, March 4, about the Shellfish Committee’s plan to create a footpath on the town’s ¾-acre shorefront parcel on Prospect Harbor’s eastern shore. The path would give clam diggers and the public a means to access the waterfront.  Shellfish Committee Warden Mike Pinkham says an excavator with a chipper would cut a 6-foot-wide trail from Lighthouse Point Road through alders on th...

The Barnstable Conservation Commission voted Thursday to continue for a fourth time its review of a polarizing proposal to build a pier, ramp and dock in a strictly regulated shellfish overlay district in Cotuit Bay.  Donald MacKinnon, a trustee of Oyster Place Realty Trust, has applied for a special permit to remove 3,000 square feet of an existing historic, solid fill wharf first licensed in 1874. In its place, MacKinnon proposes building low vinyl bulkheads; relocating existing rock[ ...

Conservation Commission questions proposed Cotuit Bay dock Bronwen Howells Walsh After a four-hour meeting Wednesday, the Barnstable Conservation Commission voted to continue for a fourth time a polarizing proposal to build a pier, ramp and dock in a strictly regulated shellfish overlay district in Cotuit Bay.  Donald MacKinnon, a trustee of Oyster Place Realty Trust, has applied for a special permit to remove 3,000 square feet of an existing historic, solid fill wharf first licensed in 187...