Smashed windows and doors. A leaking roof and collapsed ceilings. Scattered bottles of alcohol and litter likely left by trespassers.
Online reviewers of Harbor Point Restaurant, located at 156 Harbor Point Road in Barnstable, recounted “fairy tale” weddings at the eatery and event space as recently as 2016.
But five years later, Barnstable town officials say the building has deteriorated enough to pose a danger to the public.
“It is our duty and intent to remove the structure or make it safe in order to protect the public,” Robert McKechnie, an inspector with the town, wrote in a Jan. 29 letter to restaurant owner Robert Falanga, which is included in court filings.
BARNSTABLE A medical malpractice tribunal determined there is enough evidence to proceed with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who hanged herself at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility in 2017.
The tribunal ruled last week that there is “sufficient evidence to raise a legitimate question as to liability appropriate for judicial inquiry” for Correctional Psychiatric Services, the third-party vendor that was hired to handle mental health cases at the jail, and several of its employees, in the case filed by the estate of Jessica DiCesare.
DiCesare, a Centerville mother of two, died by suicide in 2017 at the jail in Buzzards Bay while she was awaiting a hearing on charges of receiving stolen property, driving uninsured and without a license and possession of class C and E drugs.
Snow Day
HYANNIS 01/27/21 JFK has a melt down in front of his museum as a quick moving snow storm coated the Cape overnight.
Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times
There are snow days and then there are SNOW DAYS. Everyone knows it never snows on Cape Cod, but then again once in a while Mother Nature sneaks in, usually from the northeast. The intrepid photojournalist is always out the door early after an overnight snow event, just like a little kid, snow boots on, hat down over the ears and a sturdy pair of gloves. This week’s snow was a perfect storm, light and fluffy with no wind, not too cold and about 3.6 inches in my neighborhood according to the National Weather Service, although I am not sure about the six tenths of an inch.
Alex Darus, Banner Correspondent
PROVINCETOWN After weeks of pushing back, residents who live in the historic district successfully stopped a proposed solar panel project that would have put a solar complex in the center of town that some called the size of a football field.
“It’s just going to ruin our historic neighborhood,” resident Lori Dolby, who lives near the Riley Brothers’ parking lot where the project was proposed, said during the Jan. 20 Historic District Commission meeting.
The commission unanimously voted at that meeting to deny a request by Nathan Collins and NextGrid to install eight solar canopies in the parking lot at 134 Bradford Street and 10 Conwell Street, which is next to the CVS pharmacy. The applicant had been before the board four times, and received overwhelming opposition from abutters, who thought the canopies, which would have been up to 16 feet tall, would ruin the historic charm of the neighborhood and be an eyesore.