Easing of Barnstable’s nitrogen rules could prompt lawsuit (1/2/19)
Cape Cod Times By Geoff Spillane Posted Jan 2, 2019 at 8:09 PM Updated Jan 3, 2019 at 6:28 AM Easing of Barnstable’s nitrogen rules could prompt lawsuit Conservation group may press for mandates if town revises water quality plan. HYANNIS — If the Barnstable Board of Health rescinds any of the town’s decade-old interim regulations to restrict nitrogen flow into saltwater estuaries later this month, […]
Health Board halts move to lift sewering cap (11/29/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Nov 29, 2018 at 5:20 PM Updated Nov 30, 2018 at 11:59 AM Health Board halts move to lift sewering cap [Photo By: Bronwen Howells Walsh] Town Manager Mark Ells has said it before, and he’ll say it again: Barnstable is one of the state’s most complex and environmentally sensitive communities.“We stand on top of the water […]
Barnstable Health Board delays action to modify water-quality regs (11/27/18)
Cape Cod Times By Geoff Spillane Posted Nov 27, 2018 at 8:52 PM Updated Nov 27, 2018 at 8:55 PM Barnstable Health Board delays action to modify water-quality regs HYANNIS — The Barnstable Board of Health will not rescind the decade-old interim development regulations established to restrict nitrogen flow into the town’s estuaries — at least not this year. The board voted unanimously on Tuesday afternoon […]
‘The Cape is not a one-size-fits-all approach to planning’ (11/22/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Nov 22, 2018 at 9:17 AM Updated Nov 24, 2018 at 6:52 AM ‘The Cape is not a one-size-fits-all approach to planning’ In a joint public hearing Nov. 15, the Barnstable Town Council and Planning Board voted unanimously to ask the Cape Cod Commission to raise the square footage on developments of regional impact. Translation: The town, […]
Barnstable Board of Health to consider lifting nutrient restrictions (11/21/18)
Cape Cod Times By Geoff Spillane Posted Nov 21, 2018 at 6:52 PM Updated Nov 22, 2018 at 6:33 AM Barnstable Board of Health to consider lifting nutrient restrictions HYANNIS — The Barnstable Board of Health has a full — and controversial — post-holiday agenda when it meets on Tuesday. The board will hold a public hearing on lifting interim regulations implemented 10 years ago to […]
Zoning for the future: ‘We’re going to get a lot louder,’ says Barnstable Clean Water Assoc. (11/15/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Nov 15, 2018 at 1:28 PM Updated Nov 16, 2018 at 12:45 PM Zoning for the future: ‘We’re going to get a lot louder,’ says Barnstable Clean Water Assoc. Barnstable Town Council was poised to vote Nov. 15 on expanding the highway business district on Route 28 in Centerville and Hyannis, and along West Main Street in […]
Dredging of entrance to Cotuit Bay begins (11/5/18)
Cape Cod Times By Beth Treffeisen Posted Nov 5, 2018 at 7:32 PM Updated Nov 5, 2018 at 8:53 PM Dredging of entrance to Cotuit Bay begins COTUIT — Dredging of the Cotuit Bay entrance channel and the western tip of Sampson’s Island will begin this week. This phase of the project will widen the channel by about 130 feet, and the dredged material will be […]
APCC invests $1.2M in Three Bays stormwater management (10/29/18)
The Barnstable Patriot Posted Oct 29, 2018 at 2:00 AM APCC invests $1.2M in Three Bays stormwater management [Photo by: Alan Belanich] The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) is partnering with the town of Barnstable Department of Public Works (DPW), the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, the Horsley Witten Group and the Barnstable Land Trust on a five-year local, […]
Developing a roadmap: Barnstable, EPA officials fast-track nitrogen removal efforts (10/29/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Oct 29, 2018 at 1:29 PM Updated Oct 30, 2018 at 5:27 PM Developing a roadmap: Barnstable, EPA officials fast-track nitrogen removal efforts A who’s who of local, regional, and national environmental officials dedicated to restoring clean water on Cape Cod met Oct. 29 in Woods Hole about how to speed up the region’s groundwater nitrogen removal […]
Barnstable Board of Health, Town Council leadership at odds over sewering, development (10/25/18)
The Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh Posted Oct 25, 2018 at 5:37 PM Updated Oct 26, 2018 at 9:59 AM Barnstable Board of Health, Town Council leadership at odds over sewering, development Irresponsible, premature, ill-advised, and inappropriate. Those were some of the fiery reactions to a proposal to limit sewer capacity in town at the expense of interim regulations designed to protect the town’s […]