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COMM meets Tuesday on $13M warrant The Centerville-Osterville- Marstons Mills Fire District will meet Tuesday to act onjust over $13 million in requests to fund the district's2007 operation and capital budget. Article 14asksvotersto "waive and release any restriction" on the town-owned Darby prop- erty off Old Mill Road for which the district just gained a water easement. The district sought to permanently restrict all of the remaining land outside the easement area from any future development. Amongthe financial items are $5.65 million for fire department operations,$1.56millionfor water department operations, $2.67 million for prudential commit- tee operations,$132,337 to settle the 2005 firefighters contract, $340,700 to settle the 2006 con- tract for the fire department, $50,000 to provide engineering and architectural services for the renovation of Osterville's Station #2, $300,000 to replace the mechanical equipment at Centerville's Station #1, and $450,000 to replace undersized water mains in the district. The meeting will be held at the Marstons Mills East Horace MannCharter SchoolAuditorium on Osterville-West Barnstable Road beginning at 7 p.m. The annual elections are scheduled for Monday, at the CentervilleFireStation on Route 28. There are no contested races this year. On the ballot are Jim t Crocker for a three-year term on the prudential committee, Jeff Chasefor another threeyears on I the board of fire commissioners and Bill Mclntyre for another term on the board of water com- missioners.Charles Sabatt isthe only candidate for moderator, with long-time moderator Rob- ert Donahue retiring from that position. Voting takes place at the sta- tion from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. \\l* A \rU4i 14*' " Apologies to Down Under chanteuse Helen Reddy. The title of her autobiography (reviewed in last week's entertain- ment section) is not Helen Reddy, but The Woman I Am... We don't know whether Chrissie Hynde ever dueted with the aforementioned Ms. Reddy, but you can ask her yourself July 31 and Aug. 1 when she per- forms two shows with The Pretenders at Cape Cod Melody Tent. The gig was announced this week. The box office at the Tent will open May 28 at noon, but if you can't wait, tickets are available on-line at www. melodytent.org or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-347-0808.... There's another Youth at Mall Night May 19 at the Cape Cod mall from 5 to 8. the appropriately named BHS band Food for Thought plays at 5in the food court, followed by Geeks with Charvels at 6:15. Officers from the police department will give a presentation on women's self-defense.... Cutest village associa- tion story:That wouldbe the one about the West Barnstable group,which has a free raffle to draw out villagers.Januarysaw a lucky attendee get a peck ofquahogsfrom the Barnstable Association of Recreational Shell- fishers, and Dave Ross contributes cranberries in October. May brings two jars of honey from the Barnstable County Bee Club, but the vil- lagers lost out Tuesday when visitor Jaci Bar- ton from the Barnstable Land Trust not only got a significant donation to help buy Bayview Farm on Route 6Abut alsowon the prize. Whatever you do,be sure to accept the association'sinvitations to speak!.... The Cape Cod Maritime Museum onthe harbor inHyannis welcomesarchaeologists from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Sunday at 2 p.m.for afree talk on the sinkingand discovery of the passenger steamer Portland. .. The Ameri- can Guild of Organists presents young and ac- complished recitalist Ken Cowan next Friday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. at West Parish Meeting- house on Route 149 in WestBarnstable.Admis- sion is by a suggested donation of $10.... St. Peter's Nursery School has set its gala benefit auctionfor May20 at6:30 p.m. at the Wianno Club. Your $20 ticket includes gourmet hors d'oeuvres and dessert by Casual Gourmet,musicfrom the Dan Sullivan Jazz Trio, and a cash bar. Call 508- 428-8857 for tickets.... The June 1 deadline in the "PoeTREE" contest to save the Cordwood property in Cotuit isfast approaching. Find out more by sending an e- mail to cordkids@cape. com or by calling 508- 420-2188. By Patriot Staff TJI@barnstablepatriot Town budget hearings begin Thursday The town council starts its official public hearing for next year's$142 million spendingplan Thursday. The council spent the past two meetings reviewing much of the budget with department heads in a workshop mode, so there is added familiaritywiththisyear's requests. In addition,the Comprehensive Financial Advisory Committee continues its work on the 2007 operating budget at its Monday nightmeeting.Subcommitteeson the school andmunicipalbudgets willdiscusstheirworkto date, on the way to a final budget review document to be presented to the council prior to its final adoption of the budget. Hearingsarescheduled for each departmentalappropriation,pro- viding the public an opportunity to comment on specific elements of the budget asthey come up. In recent years,public participation at these hearings has been lowto non-existent. The full budget document is available for review at the town manager's office and is also available on-line at www.town. barnstable.ma.us. DS II dstill@bamstablepatriot.com TflfN NOTR Silvia hangars in approval process Delays in approval of their hangars at Barnstable Municipal Airport have put Silvia I and Silvia II of Osterville about $300,000 over budget, the attorney for the companies told a Cape Cod Commission subcommittee last week. That was the bad news. The good news is that the staff and the subcommittee are recommending a hardship exemption, with conditions, be granted by the full Commission at its May 18meeting.That meansthe project willnot have to go through fullreview as a Develop- ment of RegionalImpact. Silvia I and II are separate corporations owned individually by brothers Ron and Floyd Silvia, partners in Silvia & Silvia. Separate building permit applications and reviews were conducted for the high- end hangers, both of which fall under the Cape Cod Commission's 10,000-square-foot threshold for mandatory review. After con- struction was well under way, the commis- sion asserted its authority and brought the project in for review. Attorney Michael Princi said the Silvia I hangariscomplete, andthe SilviaIIbuilding is two or three weeks from completion. "Wetriedto dotherightthing"by adhering to the Town of Barnstable'sreviewrules,he CONTINUED ON PAGE A:12 % Hyannis FD meets Wednesdaynight Votersin the Hyannis Fire District will meet Wednesday to act on nearly $8 million in requests to fund the district's 2007 budget. The meeting will be held at Hyannis East Elementary School on Bearses Way beginning at 7 p.m. Most of the planned spending is wrapped in the $6.74 million Article 7. This includes $5.8 million for "incidental and current operations, which covers the dis- trict's largest expense, the fire department. The annual election of officers is scheduled for Tuesday,May 16, at the fire station on High School Road Extension between 3 and 8 p.m. Two seats are up on the board of commissioners neither of which is con- tested. Commissioners Joe Chilli and Paul Sulli van are on the ballot for reelection. r THINKSPRING * *^ 20% OFF Spring Clothing Shoes and Accessories ' (excluding sweaters) Anmbttttz L L . CHILDREN'S BOUTIQUE , INC. «J Bell Tower Mall. 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