Shellfish Overlay News Today

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...