In front of the closed garage door at 16 Harvard St. in South Yarmouth are three decorative screen doors.
When the owners of the five-room ranch house wanted to add a family room, they didn t build but converted in a way that can be easily changed back. The one-car attached garage became a three-season family room. Raise the garage door with the remote and you have a screened wall providing both germ-fighting ventilation and the relaxing allure of summer breezes.
Equipped with a couch and other rec room furnishings, which are staying, the garage can also be used as a sleeping space for guests if the master and second bedroom are in use.
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“A Vineyard Morning,” by Jean Stone (2021, Kensington Publishing Corp. $15.95)
This third entry into the Martha’s Vineyard author’s “Vineyard” series finds 40-something writer Annie Sutton during an island spring, working on a new novel, starting B&B renovations on an old inn and enjoying a fresh romance. But an unexpected visit from the biological mother she never really knew brings unwelcome news. Stone’s other entries in the series are “A Vineyard Summer” and “A Vineyard Christmas.” She has also written more than a dozen more novels, including series titled “Martha’s Vineyard” and “Second Chances.”
“Target Switzerland,” by William N. Walker (2020, on Amazon.com only, $12.99)
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The Barnstable Patriot
In recognition of what would have been the 33rd birthday of U.S. Marine Corporal Nicholas G. Xiarhos, his namesake foundation and The Cape Cod Foundation partnered last week to issue $33,000 in community support grants. Nicholas lived a life that brought joy and love to people he touched all over the world, a life that was dedicated to serving our great nation and the men and women who defend it, wrote Nicholas father, Steven. With your ongoing love and support, the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Memorial Foundation and the Xiarhos Gold Star Family will continue to do everything we can to keep his dedication, his legacy, and his dream alive.
CENTERVILLE When Wendy Northcross arrived at the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce offices in April of 1997 to begin what had been promised as a one-year term as interim executive director, she found what she called “a very tired chamber.”
Northcross was fresh off a one-year stint setting up Coastal Community Capital, a community development lender, when the county asked her to take the helm of the chamber as it merged with the Barnstable County Economic Development Council.
“They said ‘Wendy, it’s just a year. Just keep the lights on,” said Northcross, 66, who announced her retirement Monday after 24 years as the chamber s CEO.