Government · Planning Board
Planning Board recommends STR bylaw for town meeting
The Yarmouth Planning Board voted 6-0 twice to send a new short-term rental general bylaw and companion zoning amendment to the November 16 Special Town Meeting.
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Yarmouth Morning Brief, Oct. 21: Willow Street to close overnight for bridge work
Willow Street in West Yarmouth to close overnight Oct. 29 for rail trail bridge installation. From our own coverage: Willow Street to close overnight for rail trail bridge.
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Select Board returns to town hall Tuesday
Yarmouth Select Board returns to town hall Tuesday as the fall meeting calendar fills with zoning and housing sessions.
Government · Capital Planning
Capital Panel Backs $1.2M for Fall Warrant
Yarmouth's Capital Budget Committee voted 5-0 to send $650,000 in golf course upgrades and a $550,000 ambulance replacement to the fall Town Meeting warrant.
Government · Board of Health
Board of Health Hears Stop & Shop Plastics Update
The Yarmouth Board of Health heard that Stop & Shop still struggles to meet the town's year-old plastic reduction regulation.
Morning Brief
Hat trick lifts Sturgis East past Atlantis Charter
Sturgis East's Brady Sheehan scored a hat trick to beat Atlantis Charter at Old Town House Park.
Morning Brief
Early voting opens as special town meeting set
In-person early voting opens in Yarmouth as town schedules Nov. 16 special town meeting.
Government · Conservation
Conservation Board Ratifies Shoreline Enforcement Order
Yarmouth Conservation Commission ratified an enforcement order over unpermitted boulders and vegetation removal on Long Pond, giving owner John Somes until December to seek a permit or restore the shoreline.
Government · Library Board
Library Board Adopts Leonard Room Policy Amendments
The Yarmouth Library Board unanimously adopted amendments to its Leonard Room policy. Library Director David Aronson reported the Summer Reading Program drew 258 youth participants, grades 6 through 11, plus an adult group, with 95 children at the final event.
Government · Other Committee
Panel trims Bass River trail grant to $452,996
The Yarmouth Community Preservation Committee trimmed a Bass River trail grant and questioned a HACC housing program's eligibility.