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Pilot House
celebrates new
location, bigger
building
Pilot House, the Hyannis
program that provides
shelter and services to
homeless people with
serious substance abuse
andmentalillnessproblems,
held an open house at its
new location on Yarmouth
Road.
At the moment , Pilot
House is primarily an
overnightcenterthat closes
between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.
duetolack offunding. There
are not enough staffers to
allow it to remain open 24
hours a day,
Sheriff begins
operational retreat
from county
complex
SheriffJimCummingssays
his department's buildings
high above the county
complex in Barnstable
village will be available for
other uses - and sooner
rather than later.
Cummings says he 's
completed negotiations
with county, state and
federal officials to move
his communications
center , which handles
dispatching for six Cape
fire departments as well as
other duties, to a new fire
station being finished up
on OtisAir National Guard
Base. The new station is
not far from the county's
new house of correction ,
which was the first of the
sheriff'soperations to leave
Barnstable.
With other towns
interested in having his
department take over
dispatching, the sheriff
said, the move he hopes
to complete by December
is timely. He 's looking
around the Upper Cape
base for space for his radio
technicians as well. That
wouldleave onlytheBureau
of Criminal Investigation,
whichhebelieveswouldfind
a new home as well.
Countyofficialsaretalking
about moving the county
laboratory fromthehistoric
Barnstable Superior Court
House basement to the
empty gym space in the
old house of correction in
Barnstable.
Boston Pops,
Shatner will
transport audience
Keith Lockhart and his
Boston Pops Esplanade
Orchestra could use Capt.
Kirk's transporter beam.
The beloved orchestra ,
which will play on the
Hyannis village green, is
bouncingfromNantucketto
TanglewoodtoPennsylvania
and Virginiain August.
Fortunately,Lockhartcan
get advice from someone
whotraveledthefarreaches
of the final frontier on a
five-year mission: William
Shatner,whooriginatedthe
role of JamesT.KirkonStar
Trek inthe 1960sandisnow
riding high as an Emmy-
winning cast member on
Boston Legal.
Shatner will lead an
orchestra for the first time
as he conducts Washington
Post March at the TD
Banknorth Pops by the
Sea concert presented by
the Art s Foundation of
Cape Cod.
Hyannis Armory
bill advances
TheMassachusettsHouse
of Representatives and the
state Senate gave initial
approval to legislationthat
would transfer the property
rights of the Hyannis
Armory to the Town of
Barnstable.Thelegislation,
sponsoredbyrepresentative
Demetrius Atsalis, passed
both branches without
a roll call on the last of
the Legislature's formal
session.
The property has been
discussed as the site for
a performing arts center,
but some say the building
where John F. Kennedy
made his first appearance
as President-elect in 1960
should be preserved.
Yarmouth
selectmen battle
council over
airport
A request to the state
Legislature by the Town
of Yarmouth to place a
voting representative on
the Barnstable Municipal
Airport Commission
prompted a Hyannis
councilor to ask that the
currentnon-votingmember
beknockedbackto aliaison
status.
Yarmouth'sdesiretohave
avoteiswellestablishedand
reached the town council
last year before being put
off. That episode and how
it was handled by certain
members of the council left
Yarmouthofficialsoffended,
despite efforts to patch
things up.
The request to the
Legislature,however,isbeing
received with equal offense
by some in Barnstable ,
includingHyannisCouncilor
Jim Munafo,who wantsthe
airport commissionto stop
allowing Yarmouth's non-
voting representative to
participate.
Townlifts the
curtain on arts
center plans
Assistant Town Manager
Paul Niedzwiecki says
there are four possible sites
for a downtown Hyannis
performing arts center:
on South Street next to
Aselton Park and in the
Gateway Marina area, the
National Guard Armory on
SouthStreet,theperplexing
500 block on Main Street,
and Pufferbellies and
adjacent land behind the
transportation center.
"Thisisalljust conjecture,"
Niedzwiecki told the
Barnstable Economic
Development Commission.
"The town ' s not
interested in building a
$20 million performing
arts center and we're not
interested in running it,"
he said in stressing the
need for private funding
and operation.Niedzwiecki
saidthe town willappoint a
citizen advisory committee
on the matter.
There may still be
a future for OVille
Bay
OstervilleBayElementary
Schoolmaystillseestudents
beyondtheendofthisschool
year, but much depends on
the state of the system's
portable classrooms.
In the spring of 2005,
the school committee
voted to close the aging
school building at the ned
of the 2005-06 school year.
After hearing concerns
from parents of students
attending the school, the
closing was moved back
to the end of the coming
school year.
That was then and thisis
now.Ascommitteemember
and Osterville resident
David Lawler pointed out,
many things have come to
light since the decision to
close the school was made,
including the condition of
the system's aging stock of
portable classrooms.
"If we close one school
down and we don't have
healthyspacetoputthekids
in,canweafford to (closethe
school)?" asked committee
chairman Ralph Cahoon.
Referring to them as
"standing petri dishes,"
Lawler proposed several
times that the committee
investigate closing all the
portables versus closing
Osterville Bay.
Water project will
slow Route 6A
travel through fall
A project to increase the
flow of water in Barnstable
village will do the opposite
for Route 6A traffic.
The 8-inch main in the
one-mile stretch just from
Allyn Lane east to John
MaM Road willbe replaced
with new 12-inch mains,
with new hydrants and
service connections for all
pipes.
This stretch takes the
project past Barnstable-
WestBarnstableElementary
School and under the
railroad bridge. At least
onelaneoftrafficwillremain
open duringworkinghours,
with one exception. As the
project moves under the
railroad bridge, Route 6A
will be closed to through
traffic.
Youthcenter gets
added $3M
A Youthand Community
Center in Hyannis is
guaranteed, and now it will
bemorecomprehensiveand
profitable following a vote
by the town council to add
$3million to the project.
The added money,which
brings the total of $18
million, will provide for
more gym space , more
community space, and an
indoor walkingtrack.
The council took money
previously authorized for
the Barnstable Unified
TransportationandParking
System, some of which has
alreadybeenborrowed,and
applied ittothe community
center.
Shellfishermen
raking in the clams
Barnstable is becoming
less selfish with its
shellfish.
Softshellclamsaremaking
a comeback in Barnstable
Harbor to the point that
more commercial permits
can be slowly eased into
the mix.
Developers shop
improved traffic
plan for Stop &
Shop
A proposalfor anew Stop
& Shop on Route 132 in
Hyannisisfar from being in
the bag (paper or plastic?),
but it did receive a mostly
positive reception from
the Cape Cod Commission
subcommittee reviewing
it.
Traffi c was a major
topic of discussion for
the subcommittee ,
whichsawacomputer
simulation for new
traffi c patterns
resulting from both
the development and
the state's planned
widening of Route
132 from Phinney's
Lane to Exit 6. The
simulation, presented
byconsultantVanasse,
Hangen & Brustlin,
showedimprovedflow
at nearly all points
along Route 132, from
theMid-CapeHighway
in to the proposed
location.
The focal point of
mitigation for the
project, proposed by
AtlantisDevelopment,
is a new connector
road between Route
132 and Attucks
Lane, essentially an
extension of Bearse's
Way. The new
supermarket would
have direct access
to the extension, not
Route 132.
At 55,000 square
feet, the footprint of
the proposal is only
4,000morethantheexisting
locationinSouthwindPlaza
less than a mile away.With
the use of basement and
mezzanine levels, the store
will increase the overall
usablespacebyabout 18,000
square feet.
Townsays no to
PWC launches
The town council
voted to ban the launch
of personal watercraft at
the town-owned ramp at
Lake Wequaqueet , but
the regulation cannot go
into effect until the state's
boating access board signs
off.
Townwould
distance itself from
lease process
The town administration
wants to distance itself
from the process of leas-
ing land it holds through
charitable trusts in the
wake of complaints by
owners of the Old Village
Store in West Barnstable
and the defunct Mitchell's
Steakhouse in Hyannis.
While West Barnstable
resident Don Roberts
claimed"thepeople (ofWest
Barnstable) are getting
angry,"over town closure of
thepopularOldVillageStore
and attached restaurant,
town council president
Hank Farnham was saying
the town's involvement
withtheLombard andCobb
charitabletrusts"isgetting
out of hand."
Farnham said the
town manager, the court-
appointedLombardtrustee,
and others involved in the
Lombard flap "are getting
beat up by it."
"This situation is really
dividing the village ,"
Farnham said. He said he
and Klimm have realized
that the town should
distance itself from the
trusts as much as possible
and name a new Lombard
trustee to free Klimm for
his municipal duties.
"Wehad someoneinmind
but that person declined,"
Farnham said.
Charges and counter-
charges have accompanied
difficulties with the Old
VillageStoreand theformer
Mitchell's Steak House on
Route 28 in Hyannis whose
owners say they are either
losing serious income or
going broke because of
what they say is the town's
intractable stance on what
they would consider fair
negotiated settlements.
The town disputes the
claims.
Christy's plans
Osterville store
It' s been rumored ,
dismissed and rumored
again, but this time,there's
something to it.
Christy'sof Cape Cod will
open a store on Ostervflle's
Main Street, including a
Dunkin'Donutscounterand
gas operation.
Patrick McKeown of
Christy's of Cape Cod said
constructionwasunder way
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Little Leaguers'
talent takes them to
the top
Not only does Barnstable
have two great Cape Cod
Baseball League teams; it
also has two of the top Little
League teams in the state.
The Barnstable Little
League 11-year-oldscaptured
the state championship,just
days after the 12-year-olds
took second place in their
division.
Kettleers make it
divisional playoff
It was playoff time for the
CotuitKettleers.andtheweek
was filled with excitement,
deep disappointment and
the triumphant return of an
old friend.
Prior to the divisional
playoff' s first game with
Wareham , many noticed
a familiar face among the
crowd. Beloved ESPN
baseball commentator Peter
Gammons, who suffered a
brain aneurysm, was back
at Lowell Park.
The game itself was a
classicpitchers'duelbetween
two of the Cape League's
best . Cotuit hurler and
MVP James Simmons took
the loss, 1-0, as Wareham
moundsman Jeremy Bleich
notched a win.
Facing elimination in
Wareham the following
night,the Kettleers couldn't
nail down their pitching or
batting, losing to their hosts
by 5-0.
BHS grad shows
fighting promise
Jesse Barboza of Hyannis
has his sights set on "A
Night of Champions,"aUSA
Olympic Amateur Boxing
event that will take place at
the Four Points Sheraton
Resort.
The 2003 graduate of
Barnstable High School
became interested in
boxing after hearing his
grandfather's stories of his
days in the ring.
Now Barboza is the New
England Golden Gloves
Sup er Heavyweight
Champion.
Askedwhat hisopponents
shouldknow,Barbozaoffered
a withering stare and said,
"Whenthey come see,they're
gonna know."
Flagging down a
new sport
About eight months ago,
Cape newcomer Jeff Burkey
was at home, badly missing
the excitement of a great
game of football.
Sure, he had plenty of
gamestowatchontelevision,
but Burkey is a player and
waslongingto get hishands
on a ball the way he'd done
in New Yorkwhen he played
inalocalflag football league.
Then his wife, Jackie, said,
"Why don'tyoustartaleague
on the Cape?"With that,the
Cape Flag Football League
was bom.
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Yarmouth
deserves a seat
at the table, but
no vote
Good fences make
good neighbors, or
so the saying goes.
With regard to
Yarmouth's attempts
to gain a voting seat
onBarnstable'sairport
commission,Yarmouth
needstoremainoutside
the airport's fence.
A vote cannot
fix the problems
continually voiced by
Yarmouth residents
and officials .There are
planes overhead and
V ,_
worrieswiththe water
underground (both
real issues on thisside
ofthetownlineaswell),
butneithercanbefixed
by giving Yarmouth a
vote.
Commissioners are
not supposed to be
supplicants to their
appointing authority.
They carry a fiduciary
responsibilityto act in
the best interest ofthe
airport,andthat could
easily put a Yarmouth
appointee in conflict
with the desires of
his/her town's stated
positions. (David Still
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Change in traffic cited as
cause of store closure
AubuchonHardware officialsreached
atcompanyheadquartersinWestminster
werereluctant to commentonwhytheir
outlet on Barnstable Road in Hyannis
closed without notice.
Danny Aubuchon, vice president of
personnel, blamed a "general lack of
business in part caused by a change in
traffic patterns."
StephenDager,managerofBradford's
Ace Hardware at Main and Pleasant
streets in Hyannis, one of Aubuchon's
nearby competitors , agreed that a
change in traffic patterns -installation
of the divider along Barnstable Road
- was a contributing factor. "I think
it was a huge, huge, huge problem for
them," he said.
By year's end, the licensing board
had approved aretail license for Luke's
Liquors to open a shop in the former
hardware store.
Wind power on Main Street
Country Garden on West Main Street
in Hyanniswillbe going before site plan
review with aproposalfor a90-kilowatt
wind generator.
"We're using over 200,000 kilowatts
annually,"saidCountyGardentreasurer
Diana Duffley. "Imagine if 65 to 70
percent of that disappears. Zero
emissionsto air,zero emissionstowater.
It's so guiltless."
Dufffley, who traded in her SUV for
a gas-electric hybrid, said she "can't
stand"thenation'sdependence onfossil
fuel, "the use of dirty coal, the barges
through the Canal."
She wants to put up a 100-foot tower
in the middle of her property, which is
awashingreen and growingthings.She
saidthetip oftheblade willadd another
31feet to the tower.
Greeneryto sprout offices
Developer Joe Keller ispromisingto
make a "first-class"office building out
of the old Greenery on LewisBay Road
and South Street in Hyannis.
Theformer nursingfacility,whichhas
a commanding view of Hyannis Inner
Harbor from its top floor,willundergo
a "100 percent renovation," Plans are
to market The Greenery (the namewill
remain) as medical office space or a
location for high-tech business.
Tent's melodies hit sour
note for some
Laurie Brown of Hyannis has free
access to shows at Cape Cod Melody
Tent -but wishes she didn't.
Brown's access isn't a matter of a
season subscription or a special pass.
It's all about where she lives.
On Aug. 14, Brown filed a formal
complaintwiththetownaboutexcessive
noise from the summer entertainment
venue.
Her house is about a mile from the
tent'sWest Main Street location
Thelicensingauthorityand staff have
worked with Tent management in the
past to make improvements to contain
the music on the premises.
During their last discussion ,
tent officials said that some bands'
contracts require a certain level of
amplification.
Hoxie said tent managers "have to
understand the operation of the venue
is injeopardy if they do not control the
noise level."
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