Conservation Commission voted 4-2 to approve amended permit for guest house at 64 White Cedar Road. The decision authorized a proposed guest house, deck, and patio in a coastal buffer zone, following a motion by Commissioner John Frost seconded by Vice Chair Paul Huggins.
Yarmouth conservation board approves contested guest house permit over a member's objection.
Yarmouth Select Board rejects paving the town's last unpaved stretch of Summer Street after hours of opposition. From our own coverage: Conservation board denies River Street dock permit; Health board defers minutes, moves meeting time. Also in today's brief (15 items): Fall Community C…
Community Preservation Committee heard detailed expert guidance on which projects qualify for Community Preservation Act funding.
Yarmouth Select Board unanimously rejects paving the last unpaved stretch of Summer Street after a nearly three-hour hearing. Public Works Director Jeff Colby pegged a rough cost at $403,000, while the town said it received close to 40 letters opposed and none in favor.
A Cape Cod Rail Trail bridge near Willow Street in West Yarmouth is close to opening after more than a decade of work. Also in today's brief (11 items): Rail trail bridge near Willow Street nears opening; Flu and COVID clinic planned for October; Community Preservation Committee meets W…
Yarmouth's Capital Budget Committee heard a wastewater effluent recharge request narrowed to $18 million to $25 million, down from an initial $45 million estimate, needed to finish phase-one sewer hookups.
Yarmouth library trustees adopted an amended Leonard Room policy and began rewriting after-hours access rules. Library Director David Aronson reported 258 summer reading participants, including 85 adults, and a foam party that drew about 95 children to the West Yarmouth branch.
Yarmouth wins $25 million federal grant toward $62 million Route 28 overhaul with Barnstable. From our own coverage: Single sale limits Yarmouth's latest real estate snapshot. Also in today's brief (8 items): Yarmouth wins $25 million federal grant for Route 28; New Cape Cod Rail Trail …
One Yarmouth resident obituary was published this week: Stafford, Leslie Frances DeGrand, 66, of Yarmouth, MA, who died September 20, 2026. Her notice, posted through Chapman Funerals & Cremations - Yarmouth on Legacy.com, was the only obituary reviewed this week that explicitly identif…