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Shorefront path sought on town-owned lot GOULDSBORO — Selectmen will hold an informational session next Thursday, March 4, about the Shellfish Committee’s plan to create a footpath on the town’s ¾-acre shorefront parcel on Prospect Harbor’s eastern shore. The path would give clam diggers and the public a means to access the waterfront.  Shellfish Committee Warden Mike Pinkham says an excavator with a chipper would cut a 6-foot-wide trail from Lighthouse Point Road through alders on the narrow, wooded lot. The committee would cover the estimated cost of $400 to $700 from its own fund...

The Barnstable Conservation Commission voted Thursday to continue for a fourth time its review of a polarizing proposal to build a pier, ramp and dock in a strictly regulated shellfish overlay district in Cotuit Bay.  Donald MacKinnon, a trustee of Oyster Place Realty Trust, has applied for a special permit to remove 3,000 square feet of an existing historic, solid fill wharf first licensed in 1874. In its place, MacKinnon proposes building low vinyl bulkheads; relocating existing rock[ installing a replacement pier, ramp and floats; and building a seasonal town office building on a 1...

Conservation Commission questions proposed Cotuit Bay dock Bronwen Howells Walsh After a four-hour meeting Wednesday, the Barnstable Conservation Commission voted to continue for a fourth time a polarizing proposal to build a pier, ramp and dock in a strictly regulated shellfish overlay district in Cotuit Bay.  Donald MacKinnon, a trustee of Oyster Place Realty Trust, has applied for a special permit to remove 3,000 square feet of an existing historic, solid fill wharf first licensed in 1874. In its place, MacKinnon proposes building low vinyl bulkheads, relocating existing rock, instal...