Barnstable Town News

December 8, 2009 is a state special primary election day, and apparently after discussing the matter with a Secretary of State representative over the telephone on Friday, I was told the day was both a state and town election day, provided a separate ballot is issued for local election issues.

The sign outside the Barnstable Town Clerk's office reads "closed," but inside, staff workers are taking care of business.

A recent My View commentary quite correctly identified the most difficult issue faced by the framers of the Cape Care Community Health Trust, which is, not surprisingly, the taxes necessary to fund it.

A Centerville man took out papers this morning to petition a recount of Tuesday's narrow victory for a change in the makeup of Barnstable town government.

Despite a one-vote margin, no one came forward yesterday to contest a successful charter ballot question to change the makeup of Barnstable's town government.

And the airheads at the Massachusetts DEP, Cape Cod Commission, and the Barnstable Town Council want sewers.

Twenty years ago, each of the community's nine precincts sent two members to the Barnstable Town Council.

Lower. That's where Barnstable officials should set their sites on available revenues for 2010.

The first of two evenings of televised debates will be held tonight at Barnstable Town Hall, featuring town council candidates for Precincts 2, 4 and 12.

Given the final word Tuesday on a controversial town sewering project, a strong majority of Barnstable voters stayed silent.

It may go down in Barnstable history as the Battle of Stewarts Creek. After six months and three rounds in the Barnstable Town Council, the contentious fight to extend the town sewer system around parts of Stewarts Creek, near Hyannis' West End Rotary, will likely come to an end tomorrow when voters head to the polls.

Before I get to the post, I received a copy of Mark Ells' email explaining the contradiction of his missive to Governor Patrick wherein he categorically asked President Obama for $165.7 million to build a "nutrient management plant" that was fully permitted and "shovel ready" on July 1, 2009, and his flat-out denial of the request when asked by the ...

Barnstable Town Councilor Gregory Milne could face a recall vote later this year if enough voters sign on.

Mark Ells' $165 million colossal bare-faced LIE to destroy Barnstable property values... When Ells was asked at last Thursday's council hearing, if he knew of any plan or "thought of a plan" to build a $165 million sewage treatment plant, he clearly said "No". Ells stumbled, mumbled, and stuttered, but his answer was still clearly "No." I've been ...

Route 28 between the Airport Rotary and Willow Street hasn't changed since World War II; and it won't for another 25 years.

The Cape Cod Commission will host its third public meeting tomorrow on potential improvements for the Willow Street and Yarmouth Road corridor.

Sep. 22--HYANNIS -- Three days after local developer Stuart Bornstein announced plans to abandon his controversial five-story hotel proposal, the dust around the project is starting to clear.

A controversial five-story hotel project proposed for the corner of Route 28 and Spring Street is checking out before it even checked in.

Sep. 18--HYANNIS -- It will be a lush, luxurious greeting to Hyannis visitors and it will replace urban blight.

Conservation Law Foundation to sue Barnstable for Clean Water Act violations. How? What? Where? And Why? COG has been trying to file a criminal complaint against Barnstable Town Manager, John Klimm for perjuring himself numerous times in his annual NPDES filings, when he failed to report numerous instances of elevated pollutants discharged into ...