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COUNTY CLIPPINGS
CHIP BISHOP PHOTO
SUCCESS WITH THE FLEX - A new idea in Cape transit seems to
be working. The Flex bus service on the Lower Cape is run by the
Cape Cod RegionalTransitAuthority, which reports ridership inthe
first two months of operation has exceeded expectations. Another
good sign is that 686 riders elected to use the Flex option to bring
the bus to them more than three quarters of a mile off its main
route. For more information, go to www.TheFlex.org.
Proposals sought
for human rights
coordinator
Anyone interested in
serving as or providin g a
contracted coordinator to
work with the Barnstable
County Human Rights
Commission needs to get
a copy for the Request for
Proposals ASAP and re-
spond by 2 p.m. Aug. 9.
Go to www.purchasing.
barnstablecounty.or g to
establish a login and pass-
word and then download
the RFR
A Friends of the
Barnstable County Human
Rights Commission has
been formed by JoHanna
Flacks (who serves as presi-
dent), Norma Holder-Hall
and the Rev. Robert Mur-
phy. Donations (the group
has filed for tax-exempt
status) may be made out
to Friends of BCHRC and
mailed to Flacks at 25
Pine Lane, Osterville , MA
02655.
Gosnold Drug
Court Program gets
$197K Dept. of
Justice grant
Gosnold on Cape Cod
received a $197,446 grant
award from the federal De-
partment of Justice to sup-
port the Adult Drug Court
Treatment Program ,known
as the Barnstable Action
for New Directions (BAND)
Program.
The program is acoopera-
tive effort between Gosnold
and the Barnstable District
Court to provide individuals
convicted of non-violent
drug or alcohol related of-
fenses the opportunity to
enter an addiction treat-
ment program. The award
will come over two years
and will be used to fund
the treatment component
of the program. The proba-
tion department,the district
attorney, public defenders
and the Gosnold treatment
staff are involved with the
program to provide coun-
seling and rehabilitation
services as an alternative to
incarceration.
Congressman William
Delahunt presented the
grant Tuesday.
A graduation ceremony
for the current class of the
BAND program is scheduled
for Aug. 22.
Transportation
future due for vote
The Cape Cod Metropoli-
tan Planning Organization
may take a vote Wednesday
on endorsing the Cape Cod
Transportation Improve-
ment Program (TIP) for
2007-2010. The meeting will
be held in rooms 11and 12 of
Barnstable Superior Court
House in Barnstable village
starting at 11 a.m.
Sheriff salutes
volunteers
Sheriff Jim Cummings
will host a cookout at the
Sheriff 's Youth Ranch in
West Barnstable Thursday
to thank senior citizen TRI-
AD volunteers , the Sheriff's
Office Senior Corps volun-
teers,and agency personnel
working with TRIAD as well
as members of the Commu-
nity Emergency Response
Team.
Funds for 'green'
houses
Up to 50 new affordable
housing units on Cape Cod
and Martha 's Vineyard will
have cost-saving renewable
energy systems, the Cape
Light Compact announced
last week.
The Compact,whichnego-
tiates power contracts and
runs energy-efficiency pro-
gramsfor Cape and Vineyard
towns, has received $1.5mil-
lion from the Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative
for the project.
Townspeople to the
Corps
The Cape &Islands Senior
Service Corps named four
local people to its advisory
council recently:Elaine Bar-
ta ofHyannis,coordinatorfor
Cape Cod Medical Reserve
Corps; retired community
organizer Norma Holder-
Hall of Hyannisport; Joan
Knowlton of Hyannisport , a
volunteer withthe Salvation
Army and Cape Cod Council
of Churches; and Tara Nye of
Barnstable , a biologist with
the Association to Preserve
Cape Cod.
C'ville man named
to state water board
Tom Cambareri of
Centerville, water resources
program manager for the
Cape Cod Commission, was
appointed to the state water
resources commission by
Gov. Mitt Romney.
Stirring the embers
on ash reuse
Out of sight, but not out
of mind. That applies to
the Cape's trash , most of
which is incinerated at the
SEMASS waste-to-energy
plant in Rochester. Recent-
ly, the Cape Cod Commis-
sion Reporter noted staffer
Greg Smith'sinvestigation
of reuse of combustion ash,
including in road construc-
tion. Using the ash would
avoid expensive landfill
fees.
VNA of Cape Cod is
90
Cape Cod Healthcare
is celebrating the 90,h an-
niversary of the Visiting
Nurse Association of Cape
Cod. In a press release , the
agency notes it all began in
1916 when the Woods Hole
Woman'sClub talked about
starting a public nursing
service , an idea Falmouth
Town Meeting made reality
shortly thereafter.
According to the release,
VNA of Cape Cod makes
370,000 home health care
visits annually.
Long-term funding
for AmeriCorps
secured
Most AmeriCorps chap-
ters have to apply for fed-
eral funding annually, but
AmeriCorps Cape Cod just
won support for the next
three years.
A press statement an-
nouncing the funding noted
the accomplishment of the
seventh corps of 30members
in meeting environmen-
tal and disaster prepara-
tion needs of the 15 Cape
towns.
Free meals for
children
There are three locations
in Hyannis where children
can enjoy free lunches this
summer, thanks to the state
Department of Education
and the county 's Human
Services department.
Meals are being served
Monday through Friday
from noon to 1p.m. at Living
Hope Family Church at 46
Mitchell'sWayand Cromwell
Court, 168Barnstable Road ,
through Aug. 25.
Through Aug. 18, meals
willbe served weekdays from
1 to 2 p.m. at the Kennedy
Rink on Basset Lane.
A "lunch express " will
leave Calvary Baptist
Church at West Main Street
and Lincoln Road Monday
through Friday at noon for
Living Hope FamilyChurch,
returningabout 2 p.m.There
is no fare for children up to
age 18.
Political
Potpourri
Senate kills Chapter 40T
Although the House voted to
override Gov. Romney's of a bill
that would have allowed creation
of special development districts
without state review, the Senatedid
not take the matter up, killing the
so-called Chapter 40T legislation
for this session.
Perry kicks off campaign
Tellinghissupporters that they've
"enjoyed some victories and suf-
fered some defeats fighting the
insiders on Beacon Hill,"Sandwich
Republican Jeff Perry formally
declared his candidacy for a third
term for an Upper Cape seat in the
House. Perry represents some ofthe
western reaches of Barnstable. He
is unopposed.
According to a press statement ,
Lt. Gov. Kerry Healy, who's among
the contenders for the governor 's
seat , attended the lobster and
clambake event last week.
Senators gladdened by
overrides
Denouncing Gov. Romney 'sveto
of $1 million to help plan a new
mission for Otis Air Force Base
as "irresponsible ," state Sen. Rob
O'Leary, D-Cummaquid,welcomed
unanimous passage in both cham-
bers of an override.
State Sen. Therese Murray, D-
Plymouth,stated that halfthe funds
would be used for mission planning
and the other to plan and develop a
homeland security training center
at the base.
In a press statement , O'Leary
pointed also to legislative overrides
of gubernatorial vetoes that would
have cut a $200 ,000 appropria-
tion for a hospital skills training
program for outer Cape Cod, and
$90,000 for low-cost care provided
through Cape Cod Dentists Care.
The Legislature also restored $13.5
million in higher education cuts, a
pleasingact for the chairman of the
Committee on Higher Education.
Digging in to the Big Dig
State Rep. Matt Patrick , D-
Falmouth, supports creation of an
Emergency Investigative Review
Board proposed by state Sen. Mar-
ian Walsh that would probe issues
surrounding the fatal collapse of
part of Boston 's traffic tunnel
system.
Tighter controls for sex
offenders
State Rep. Jeff Perry, R-Sand-
wich, announced House passage
of sex offender legislation that
he stated extends the statute of
limitations for victims of child
sexual abuse,tightens registration
requirements , and requires use of
Global Positioning Systemtracking
for levels 2 and 3 offenders.
Change in traffic pattern...
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along Barnstable Road - was a contributing
factor. "I think it was a huge, huge, huge prob-
lem for them," Dager said.
The road divider caused considerable angst
among businesses along Barnstable Road ,
particularly those at the TJ Maxx Plaza.
Such was the outrage of business owners in
the plaza that the town removed part of the
barrier to allow left-hand turns into the plaza,
but not out of it.
Dager said the cut in the divider didn't go
far enough to allow left turns in and out of
Aubuchon's.
Another possible factor, said Dager, was the
opening of Home Depot in the Industrial Park
adjacent to the Stop and Shop. He said he
assumes there were many factors contribut-
ing to the closing that he wouldn't venture to
guess.
"We felt the impact of Home Depot for the
first 18 months to two years," he said. "Now
I'm happy to say it isn't so great. Some of our
customers shop both places to see what they
and we offer."
Dager said Bradford' s, in business for 115
years, was well prepared for Home Depot' s
debut on the Cape "We knew for years that
they were coming," he said, and worked to
make prices competitive as possible. He said
teaming up with Ace
Hardware was another helpful move.
Dager said the hardware community didn't
know the Aubuchon closing was coming until
alerted by a rumor about two weeks before.
"We're sad to see a small business close,"
Dager said. "They were good , friendly compet-
itors. Competition keeps you sharp."
He said the closing would likely give Brad-
ford' s an opportunity to enlarge its share of
the local market.
Aubuchon still has outlets at the Marstons
Mills Market Place on Route 28, one in Har-
wich, two in Sandwich and, according to
Dager, is about to open one in Falmouth.
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