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Saturday, October 3, 2026

Select board sets fiscal 2027 tax rate after marathon hearing on neighbor's dog bite claim.

From Yarmouth News

• Capital panel elects Peterson chair, backs $1.2 million warrant. Yarmouth's Capital Budget Committee elected a new chair and began assembling a $1.2 million fall Town Meeting warrant, after staff flagged inconsistent multiyear cost estimates from several town departments as liaisons divided nine departments for review.Yarmouth News
• Public art committee tables guidelines, mulls grant funding. Yarmouth's Public Art Committee, with only three members present, tabled its draft public art guidelines and discussed seeking grant money to seed an art fund, while also looking into artwork that has hung unclaimed in Town Hall for years.Yarmouth News
• Design panel presses Wicked Waves on tower height. Yarmouth's design review panel questioned the height of a proposed 28-foot decorative tower and an incomplete materials list for Wicked Waves Cape Cod's planned water slide and 'Aloha Bay' expansion on Route 28, then advanced its comments to Site Plan Review.Yarmouth News
• Climate panel eyes town meeting vote on decarbonization. Yarmouth's climate committee is moving toward asking fall Town Meeting to approve a state decarbonization pledge that could unlock up to $1 million in grants every three years, after a state coordinator said only Town Meeting can satisfy that requirement.Yarmouth News
• Select board holds nearly two-hour hearing on dog bite. Yarmouth's Select Board heard nearly two hours of sworn testimony on a 2025 dog attack that injured a neighbor's hand, weighing whether to label the animal dangerous, then set the town's fiscal 2027 tax rate.Yarmouth News
• Preservation committee declines to waive grant deadline. Yarmouth's Community Preservation Committee declined to waive its August 26 deadline, leaving a $100,000 request to resurface the decade-old Peter Homer Park basketball courts stalled until at least spring. Members also previewed asks for Harwich affordable housing, Follins Pond access stairs and an invasive-species program.Yarmouth News

Coming up

• Mon, Oct 5, 9:00 a.m.: Public art committee reconvenes on tabled guidelines. Yarmouth's Public Art Committee meets Monday from 9 to 11 a.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth, picking back up its draft public art guidelines after tabling them September 14 for lack of a quorum.Town of Yarmouth
• Mon, Oct 5, 5:00 p.m.: Capital panel continues $1.2 million warrant review. Yarmouth's Capital Budget Committee meets Monday at 5 p.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth to keep reviewing nine town departments' requests toward the $1.2 million fall Town Meeting warrant.Town of Yarmouth
• Mon, Oct 5, 5:00 p.m.: Board of Health meets Monday evening. Yarmouth's Board of Health meets Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth.Town of Yarmouth
• Tue, Oct 6: D-Y Regional, Nauset set for JV soccer match. MaxPreps previews Tuesday's junior varsity soccer matchup between Dennis-Yarmouth Regional and Nauset Regional, offering pregame, in-game and postgame coverage of the October 6 game involving the South Yarmouth school.MaxPreps
• Wed, Oct 7, 3:00 p.m.: Preservation panel revisits stalled funding requests. Yarmouth's Community Preservation Committee meets Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth, with the stalled $100,000 Peter Homer Park basketball court request and a Harwich affordable-housing ask still pending.Town of Yarmouth
• Wed, Oct 7, 5:30 p.m.: Planning Board meets Wednesday evening. Yarmouth's Planning Board meets Wednesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth.Town of Yarmouth
• Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 p.m.: Finance Committee meets Wednesday night. Yarmouth's Finance Committee meets Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth.Town of Yarmouth
• Thu, Oct 8, 6:00 p.m.: Zoning board takes up Wicked Waves expansion. Yarmouth's Zoning Board of Appeals meets Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth, where Wicked Waves Cape Cod's Aloha Bay water park expansion is expected to come up after design review comments were forwarded.Town of Yarmouth
• Thu, Oct 8, 10:00 a.m.: Historical Commission meets Thursday morning. Yarmouth's Historical Commission meets Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 1146 Route 28 in South Yarmouth.Town of Yarmouth
• Sat, Oct 10: Taylor Bray Farm hosts fall festival. Taylor Bray Farm in Yarmouth Port hosts its Fall Festival on October 10 at 108 Bray Farm Road North.Town of Yarmouth

Recent editions

• Thursday, October 1, 2026 — Yarmouth Select Board rejects paving the town's last unpaved stretch of Summer Street after hours of opposition
• Tuesday, September 29, 2026 — A Cape Cod Rail Trail bridge near Willow Street in West Yarmouth is close to opening after more than a decade of work
• Monday, September 28, 2026 — Yarmouth wins $25 million federal grant toward $62 million Route 28 overhaul with Barnstable
• Saturday, September 26, 2026 — Dennis-Yarmouth Regional's volleyball team hosts Barnstable in a non-conference match at South Yarmouth on Wednesday
• Friday, September 25, 2026 — Yarmouth officials are tracking a weekend nor'easter forecast bringing wind and rain to the region
• Wednesday, September 23, 2026 — Select Board holds its next regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Town Hall
• Monday, September 21, 2026 — Yarmouth Health Department and Senior Center plan an October flu and COVID vaccination clinic
• Sunday, September 20, 2026 — Yarmouth's disposal area construction and demolition pad remains closed through Sept. 22 during site work