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COVID, Cape home sales, detours, duties, Town Notes The Barnstable Patriot Major road work near airport MassDOT roadwork is underway on Route 28 near the Yarmouth Town Line. The project location is the railroad crossing near Willow Street and Yarmouth Road. The existing railroad tracks are being replaced and utilities relocated.  The work is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. and continue 24/7 for three weeks, through March 21. A section of Route 28 will be closed between the airport rotary and Yarmouth Road/Willow Street, with police details onsite. Drivers should expect delays and reroute. Ve...

Cape Cod Times BARNSTABLE – Town officials fired back at the Conservation Law Foundation for a lawsuit filed late Tuesday over the specificity of the town's wastewater plan and permitting for its municipal wastewater treatment plant. The lawsuit claims that the town's wastewater plan lacked specificity in key areas, and that the plant was polluting Lewis Bay and needed a stronger federal permit. “A lot of the things they are saying are baseless,” Department of Public Works Director Daniel Santos said Thursday. Santos said development of Barnstable’s comprehensive wastewater treatment ...

Black History Month, forums, surveys, sharks, Town Notes The Barnstable Patriot David Kern, a BHS grad who is now a vice president with TripAdvisor in Needham, is calling on private companies to help do their part in helping vaccinate our fellow neighbors and our most vulnerable residents.  "I wanted to share this Boston Globe article and callout TripAdvisor for supporting our local community," Kern emailed the Patriot, citing a Feb. 3 article titled "TripAdvisor opens up its headquarters in Needham to distribute vaccines." "As a former Barnstable High School graduate – it is very importa...

Ells: Barnstable unlikely to appeal federal court T-Mobile ruling Centerville Concerned Citizens seeks guidelines for future 5G installations Bronwen Howells Walsh Barnstable is unlikely to appeal a U.S. District Court ruling to allow T-Mobile to operate six cellular antennas inside a church steeple in the village center, but the group known as Centerville Concerned Citizens remains proactive. Town Manager Mark Ells recently announced to the Barnstable Town Council that he is preparing a response to an inquiry from the Centerville Civic Association. The citizens group is vociferously oppose...

Barnstable Town Council sets stage for 'level-service' FY 22 budget Ells says COVID vaccine distribution tentatively scheduled to begin late March or early April Bronwen Howells Walsh Barnstable Town Council President Matthew Levesque of Marstons Mills led the council's Zoom first meeting of 2021 Thursday, keeping the discussion at under two hours before adjourning to a closed executive session. There was no public comment, which is a rarity. Health emergency Town Manager Mark Ells reported that Gov. Baker's latest emergency order has been extended until Sunday, Jan. 24 and may be extende...