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Praying for lawns
There'sawomaninmyneighborhood
who walks a mile or so to St. Francis
. Xavier and back every morning. She
holds arosaryinher hand.I don'tknow
for what or whom she's praying, but I
hope it'sfor our neighborhood.
When we moved to Hyannis five
years ago, we delighted in our grassy
corner lot with the gorgeous trees and
bushes the previous owners had put
in or preserved. There was even a rare
wooded lot directly across from the
kitchen window.
This little patch of single-family
homes is going through some changes.
Property values skyrocketed and
some folks sold out, not to another
family but to people who wanted to
recoup their investment by packing
in renters. In some cases, where they
were not squeezed in like sausages,
the newcomers fit in quietly and
made improvements. In others, the
owners' greed led to what amounts to
destruction of properties, with fences
half torn down and lawns paved or
reduced to dirt so vehicles can bunch
around the houses like those of teens
waiting for car-hop service at a drive-
in.
Fromwhat I'velearned,thishasbeen
a neighborhood of working people for
decades. The stability it's offered has
been balm to men and women from a
varietyofbackgrounds,andtheremust
be awayto preservethat valuenot only
for those alreadyherebut forthosewho
will join us over the years. That will
require a welcoming attitude toward
new owners and renters, coupled with
a willingness to yell holy hell when a
greedy landlord lays waste to another
streetscape. (Edward F.Maroney)
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has its way.
It's a legally, politically and
emotionally complicated issue
the gist of which is to make it
easierincertaincircumstances
for people caught in the one-
acre zoning changes of the
1990s to revert their property
back to the way it was before
the zoning change.
Ruth Weil, director of the
growth department, supports
an ordinance that would forgo
the strict "variance" process
to the less restrictive "special
permit" route in these cases.
Butthere'sastringattached.
Afavorablerulingbythezoning
board would be tied to the
petitioner agreeingtodedicate
any new buildable lot to the
town's affordable housing
strategy.
Bus radio silenced
for this year
While bus radio may have
sounded good to some on the
BarnstableSchoolCommittee,
it wasn't music to the ears
of Supt. Dr. Patricia Grenier.
Expressing a number of
concerns, Grenier encouraged
the committee to table the
idea for the comingschoolyear
while continuing to conduct
research.
Amongtheissuesfor Grenier
wasmakingstudentsthefocus
of bus radio advertising. "I
wonder whether it's right to
participate and be a vehicle
for that,"she said.
Another concern wasthat of
reconciling the bus fees many
Barnstable families pay for
their students to ride the bus
with the potential profit the
school system would make
from bus radio. "Is it right to
makemoney off the parents?"
asked Grenier.
PWC ban sought for
Wequaquet ramp
The town ramp on
Wequaquet Lake has become
a "personal watercraft party
place ," according to one
town councilor who proposes
banning the launch of PWCs
from that location.
Centerville Town Councilor
Tom Rugo said he's been
watching the ramp since
problems were first brought to
his attention in May. He said
he's witnessed the fueling of
watercraft at the ramp, open
alcoholic beverage containers,
as well as general conflicts
arising from the high-use
ramp and the adjacent public
beach.
Fire study group
advances, barely
The fire district study
preparation committee didn't
crashandburn,but neither did
it burst into a bright guiding
light.
With the statement
"whether to move forward"
on the agenda , it was no
surprise that a substantial
percentage of the voting
memberspresent opposed the
majority's decision to gather
information on consultants
prior to recommending one
for a benchmark study of
Barnstable 's unique five-
district fire and rescue
service.
Agoodstretch ofthemeeting
wasdevotedtoreadingthetea
leaves of the town council's
response to the committee's
initialreport,whichthat board
received but did not accept or
reject.
Committee member Paul
SullivanoftheHyannisdistrict's
prudential committee warned
that, with several versions of
financial comparisonsbetween
Barnstable'sservicesandthose
of towns with comparable
populations, there was more
spadework to do to reach
agreement within the group
before talking to consultants.
TownCouncilor Leah Curtis
stressed that moving forward
was not an advance toward
consolidation.
PopeJohn Paul II
High principal takes
reins
WarehamnativeChristopher
Keavy, former principal of
Padua Franciscan High
SchoolinOhio,willbe the first
principalof Pope John Paul II
High School in Hyannis.
"This is an administrator's
dream," he said during a chat
in the makeshift main office
amidst ongoing renovation
of the town's former Grade 5
school. "To be able to develop
avision, and to take the vision
of the Gospel and what the
community wants and (put
them together) is a dream."
District hires
facilities director
Barnstable School District
has a director of facilities.
Joe Slominski, formerly the
town'sstructures andgrounds
supervisor, "has not been idle
for one minute,"said Supt. Dr.
Patricia Grenier.
Slominski will assist in
trackingchangesinenrollment
while helping to prepare
short- and long-term plans
for renovation, expansion or
closure of school buildings.
He will also oversee their
upkeep.
Paying for terminal
will require new,
higher fees
Increased landing fees ,
borrowing from the town
and a reduced size are part of
the revised financial plan for
BarnstableMunicipalAirport's
new terminal project.
The airport's piece of the
$40 million terminal proje ct
is about $16 million. At that
level, the airport would need
to come up with an additional
$1.5 million annually to cover
the borrowing.
Landing fees, parking fees
and the potential of a new
passenger facilities charge
are the primarytargets for the
airport to make more money.
Barnstable charges less per
landing - $6 - than most, if
not all, regional airports of
its size.
Rectrix files
racketeering,
obstruction suit
against airport
The fight between the
Rectrix Aerodrome Centers
and Barnstable Municipal
Airport is headed to federal
court on a suit filed by the
companyallegingracketeering,
fraudulent schemes and
intimidation on the part of
the airport.
The 61-page complaint ,
filed in U.S. District Court
in Boston, paints a picture
of town-monopolized and
protected j et fuel sales;
intimidation by airport
commissioners; business
and contract interference;
favoritism for other, preferred
operations;illegaltunnelingof
airport revenues to support
the general operation of the
town in violation of FAA
regulationsaswellasviolation
of the federal Racketeering
Influenced and Corrupt
Organization (RICO) and
Sherman Anti-trust acts.
TownAttorneyRobertSmith
declined to comment on the
complaint.
D.A. inquiry under
way over COMM
open-meeting flap
The district attorney'soffice
is "looking into" a Centerville
man's declaration that he was
barred from a public meeting
of the Centerville-Osterville-
Marstons Mills Fire District
Prudential Committee and
kept away from the station by
the police.
According to the allegation
by R.F. "Dick" Andres, he
attempted to attend an 8 a.m.
posted public meeting at the
Centerville fire station. He
said he entered the building
some time after 7:45 a.m. and
saw members Knute Silva
and Jim Crocker conversing.
He knocked on the door but
was told he could not enter
until 8 a.m. because Silva
and Crocker were discussing
personal matters.
Andres said he ignored a
request that he leave, instead
sittingdownabout 7:55a.m.to
read until the meeting began.
In his letter, he says Crocker
left the room and the police
were notified. When an officer
arrived, Andres said, he was
asked to leave.
West Nile virus
found in Hyannis
A pool of mosquitoes
collected in the vicinity of the
Barnstable Water Pollution
Control Facility in Hyannis
tested positive for the West
Nile virus.
Cotuit Mosquito
Yacht Club is 100
It was in 1906 in the waters
off Cotuit that a small yacht
clubwasformed based around
the sturdy Cotuit Skiffs. The
Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club
had a twist: its members had
to be under the age of 25 and
unmarried.
One hundred years later,
Clarissa "Bookie" Odence is
commodore, working closely
with treasurer and public
relations director Sarah
Jackson on keeping the oldest
junior racingclubinthe nation
afloat.
Making magic,
memories at the
2006 Mitzvah Game
When Matt Kipnes met
Anthony Petze, it wasn't long
before afriendship developed.
"Anthony is like a brother to
me," said Kipnes, who has
known the ebullient Petze for
several years.
Petze , who has Down 's
syndrome,wasKipnes'impetus
when it came time to plan a
community service project
as part of his upcoming Bar
Mitzvah.
"We were looking around to
tryto comeup withideas,"said
Kipnes'sfather, Chuck, a local
accountant. "We're very good
friends with the Petze family
and we thought, what a great
ideato have asoftball gamefor
Anthony and his friends."
Beneath the lights of the
Barnstable Little League
field next to the Kennedy
ice rink, two teams, sharply
dressed in red or gray shirts
and navy ball caps, faced off
in a spirited match aptlytitled
the Mitzvah Game. Passersby
saw yet another ball game in
play.Those in attendance saw
magic.
Each of the teams -the red
Horizon Homeloans and the
gray Morgan Stanley - was
comprised solely of special
needs students from Bourne
Middle School and Barnstable
High School.
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1856 Country Store:
How sweet it is at
150
There was a steady drizzle
that one thought would keep
people at home, a window of
slack time perhaps to drop by
the 1856CountryStoreonMain
Street in Centerville to talk to
the owners during the store's
150th anniversary year.
To the contrary, it was so
busy they could have used a
cop inside the place to direct
traffic. Kids and adults, some
licking their lips and others
seriously frowning as though
they were about to decide the
roilingimmigrationissue, were
making tough choices from an
assortmentofabout200"penny"
candies - most of which cost
morethese days-offeredinthe
store's back room, a veritable
oasis of toys and bonbons.
None , including those
passing in and out of the
store, paid much attention
to the sign above the porch,
"1856 Country Store." They
weren't there to do the math.
So how would they know
their sanctum of sweets had
been standing there for 150
years waiting for them? "I
almost forgot myself," said
Lorraine O'Connor, who with
her husband,Dick,has owned
the place for 30years but been
patrons longer than that.
Captain snags unique
venture realizing 'kids
fish too'
The "Walkway to the Sea'
name changed for Capt.
DannyDwaynewhenthe town
extended the long-awaited
walkway across Ocean Street,
into Aselton Park, and down
to the waterfront corner of the
town-owned Gateway Marina
where Dwyer docks his "Kids
Fish Too"party boat.
"I call it the 'Walkway
to Me'," Dwyer said as he
prepared another 1.5-hour
outing to the Hyannis Inner
Harbor off the Hyannis Yacht
Club for some "guaranteed"
fishing.
On this trip,kids would reel
in fish two at atime -scup, sea
robins and sand sharks. "My
stepson caught 10 fish today,"
saidPeter CurrierofSandwich,
who took Brendan Maher on
the outing.
Mixed-use project
first out of the gate
In its new role under the
downtown Hyannis Growth
Incentive Zone, the planning
beard gave a developer relief
from setback and parking
requirements.
Attorney David Lawler
of Hyannis, in representing
developer Code Realty LLC,
found himself defending
the growth management
department' s decisions as
muchasthoseofhisclients.The
new era in which town officials
work together to promote
redevelopment andmixeduses
had its public debut.
The 36 ,000-square-foot
building at the site of the
demolished miniature golf
course at 70 Center St. west
of the Hyannis Transportation
Center will feature five retail
unitstotaling12.,315squarefeet
and 16residentialunitstotaling
23,946 square feet. Two of the
condominium units will be
offered as affordable housing.
Hard rowfor Kettle Ho
It started out witharequest
for an entertainment license
and it ended with a warning
and the threat to roll back
hours of operation if things
don't change.
The Kettle Ho, the only
restaurant in the heart of
Cotuit, is causing agita with
its neighbors for what was
described as a steady change
from avillage restaurant into
an outright bar.
The KettleHo'sowner,Don
Patchin , was called before
the Barnstable Licensing
Authority as part of a board
inquiry as to just what was
happening with the place.
It was the application by
Patchin for an entertainment
license that unleashed what
had been a growing but
unspoken resentment for
activity at the Kettle Ho,
especially for those within
sight and earshot of the
establishment.
Chairman Martin Hoxie
made clear that the board
did not intend to take any
action against the license at
that meeting, but could at a
future date.
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HIGH ATOP BARNSTABLEHIGH -Artist Cris Reverdy adds detail
to the extensive mural being painted at Barnstable High School's
Astro Park. Reverdy and Jackie Reeves, her partner at Yellow
House Studio, have been transforming the park into a Grecian
temple. The figures inthe frieze are based on those found on the
Parthenon.