WELLFLEET The Conservation Commission is expected to consider potential shoreline protection measures to help save a controversial home on Great Island.
After a recent court order, the commission will consider plans to install coir envelopes along the toe of an eroding coastal bank for the house at 1440 Chequessett Neck Road, which is known locally as the Blasch house.
The commission will take up the issue at its Jan. 20 meeting, according to the town’s health and conservation agent Hillary Greenberg-Lemos.
The 5,600-square-foot Great Island home sits atop an eroding dune between Wellfleet Harbor and Cape Cod Bay. The home, a common sight for anyone who walks along the popular hiking trail on the island, has been getting closer to the edge as the dune erodes and efforts by the owner to save it have been subject to local scrutiny. The home has also been the subject of multiple lawsuits, including one ongoing in Barnstable Superior Court.
Maine Fishing Boat Owner Says It s Not at Fault for Sinking The Emmy Rose, based in Portland, Maine, sank off Provincetown in November when it was en route to Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Published January 10, 2021 •
Updated on January 10, 2021 at 9:51 pm
The owner of a Maine boat carrying four fishermen that sank off Cape Cod last fall has asked a court to declare it is not at fault.
The owner of the 82-foot Emmy Rose wants a Maine federal court judge to declare that it is not liable for damages in the sinking.
The owner, Boat Aaron and Melissa Inc., said there was no problem with the boat when it headed out to sea, calling the vessel seaworthy, tight, staunch, strong, and fit.
A Sunday afternoon email from Director Carrie Gagne informed affected families that the college learned on Saturday that a single teacher at the preschool had tested positive, prompting a decision to shutter the facility for 10 days. The letter said the decision was made with the consultation of college leadership and the local Board of Health, which noted the closure at its Monday morning meeting. In other scenarios we might have only closed one classroom, Gagne wrote. However, the Pine Room has an exceptionally large number of siblings and family members moving through seven other classrooms. Although we limit mingling among students and do not have teachers moving between rooms, the center-wide risk was greater because of the Pine Room s unique situation than it might have been otherwise. That fact fueled our decision to reluctantly close the entire school.
Mill revival cheered: 1 Ferry St. overhaul seen as ‘capstone’ project in Easthampton’s Mill District
With support from the city, developer Mike Michon is transforming the dilapidated Ferry Street mill complex, one building at a time. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
1 Ferry St. in Easthampton STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
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EASTHAMPTON A site long recognized for its abandoned, dilapidated mill buildings is on the rise as a private developer continues renovations of the 1 Ferry St. mill complex while the city makes road and utility upgrades to the area.
The $45 million project to redevelop the 310,000-square-feet mill complex at 1 Ferry St. bolstered by the city’s improvements to the area’s roads “completes the Mill District,” said Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle. “It’s kind of the capstone of the Mill District.”
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Natural Gas Power Reliance Factors Heavily in Massachusetts Net-Zero Actions
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have passed a bill that eyes net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions statewide by 2050, setting interim GHG reduction targets to achieve reductions of least 85% below 1990 levels within the next 30 years.
” sending it to Gov. Charlie Baker, who plans to act on it by Jan. 14. Baker, who in April 2020 committed the state to net-zero emissions by 2050, last week also released two reports that detail policies and strategies to maximize the state’s ability to meet the ambitious target.