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For the first time in its 35 year history the Taranaki Garden Festival is offering a tour specifically designed for the blind and those with low vision. ....
Uncontested Truro races attract 10% of voters Wicked Local TRURO – With no ballot questions or contested races, both incumbents and newcomers will become members of elected town boards following Tuesday s annual town election. For two open seats on the Select Board, Vice-Chairwoman Kristen Reed received 156 votes and newcomer John Dundas, who was previously on the town Zoning Board of Appeals, received 130 votes. The terms for the two open Select Board seats are each three years. Polls were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Truro Community Center at 7 Standish Way. Unofficial results were released an hour and a half later from Temporary Town Clerk, Susan Joseph. ....
Cape Cod Times A Dennis lawyer, and former Truro town attorney, who had his license to practice suspended for his involvement in a scheme to wring as much money out of a dying client as possible was reinstated to the bar last month. Jamie Veara was barred from practicing law in 2018 after he, along with fellow attorney Gerald Nissenbaum, charged the estate of Kenneth Simon Sr. half a million dollars as the Harwich Port financial manager lay dying in a nursing home in 2005. Veara was appointed to be Simon’s guardian and racked up more than $500,000 in a mere 83 days at what the Board of Bar Overseers said were clearly excessive rates. The board said the fees were 33% higher than Veara’s normal fees, despite him having no experience in that area of the law. ....