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The letter sent earlier this month from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to the US Army Corps of Engineers pointed out that the sand on Town Neck is far coarser in quality than the sand that would be taken from a borrow site off Scusset Beach. This conflicting coarseness, they fear, would cause the finer sand be erode more quickly. “If all 388,000 cubic yards of sediment needed to nourish Town Neck are taken from the nearshore borrow area, the finer sediments are likely to move and be redistributed faster than if sediments of a similar grain size are used,” wrote Lisa B...

The town will present a new—and presumably warmer—redesign of the Sandwich Boardwalk to the public on Thursday, April 15, via Zoom remote conferencing. The workshop will begin at 6 PM with a presentation by GEI Consultants, the engineering firm hired to design and build a stronger, more-accessible boardwalk. To access the meeting via Zoom, use meeting ID number 868 8688 3509. The passcode is 3AZSc6. Members of the public will have a chance to comment after the presentation. The Zoom conference will also be televised live on Sandwich Community Television. Based on the artist’s r...

In the midst a detailed, fact-filled draft letter to the US Army Corps from the Sandwich board of selectmen, one sentence dramatically underscored the town’s urgent need for federal help.

In the midst a detailed, fact-filled draft letter to the US Army Corps from the Sandwich board of selectmen, one sentence dramatically underscored the town’s urgent need for federal help. “Over the last month, four private homes on Spring Hill Beach have toppled onto the beach and been destroyed as drastic erosion continues to place public and private property in peril,” the letter said. It also laid out the history of Sandwich’s plight and gave a clear-eyed look at the future. “As you know, for more than two decades the Town of Sandwich has been relentless in our pur...

The community preservation committee this week received the sobering news that grant money is in short supply for the coming year and that only smaller projects can be funded.