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Planning Board refines rental and housing bylaws for town meeting

Yarmouth Planning Board advances short-term rental and housing bylaws toward November town meeting. The board eliminated a 14-day owner-residency requirement from STR regulations and removed minimum parking requirements while emphasizing prohibitions on lawn parking, with Town Planner Kathy

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Yarmouth Touts $25 Million Federal Grant for Route 28 Work

Yarmouth's town website touts a $25 million federal BUILD grant for Route 28 improvements as the Sept. 1 state primary approaches. The Yarmouth-Barnstable Route 28 Improvements Project carries an estimated total cost of $62,413,490, meaning the federal award covers less than half the bi…

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Yarmouth Voters Head to Polls Sept. 1 for State Primary

Yarmouth voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Sept. 1, for the state primary as early voting winds down. The Select Board posted a new spotlight recapping its Aug. 25 meeting, and three town boards, the Planning Board, the Conservation Commission, and the Recycle and Solid Waste Advis…

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Zoning Board approves year-round cottage rental conversion

Zoning Board approves year-round cottage rental use on Pond Street. Isabella M. Marino received unanimous approval to relocate one cottage and increase its height, converting two 1940-built cottages to year-round operation from their current April through November seasonal restriction. The property

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Dennis-Yarmouth Junior Varsity Soccer Opens Season Sept. 2 Against Sturgis West

Dennis-Yarmouth Regional's junior varsity soccer team opens its season Sept. 2 against Sturgis West, per MaxPreps. The preview marked one of the few fresh items to surface in Yarmouth's news landscape today, alongside a Patch calendar listing for a community gathering called All Around …

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Yarmouth Sets Sept. 16 Roundtable on Airport Noise Abatement

Yarmouth is urging residents to attend a Sept. 16 roundtable on Cape Cod Gateway Airport noise abatement, the latest step in the town's ongoing response to flight-noise complaints from neighborhoods near the airport. The Zoning Board of Appeals meets Thursday, followed by the Select Boa…

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Yarmouth Promotes Affordable Housing Lottery for West Dennis Apartments

The town is promoting a regional lottery for two affordable apartments in West Dennis through the Cape Cod Ready Renter Program. The apartments sit at 209 Main Street on Route 28, and interested renters apply through the regional program rather than directly through Yarmouth Town Hall. …

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Yarmouth Opens Applications for $50,000 Winter Event Grants

Yarmouth's tourism office opened applications this week for up to $50,000 in Winter Event Grant funding to boost off-season visits. The Town of Yarmouth is also asking volunteer groups to adopt one of several town islands for upkeep, and the town confirmed the Bass Hole/Gray's Beach boa…

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Yarmouth Confirms Early Voting Continues Monday Ahead of Sept. 1 Primary

Yarmouth confirmed in-person early voting continues through Monday, August 24, giving residents another chance to cast ballots ahead of the September 1 state primary. The town's News Flash system posted the update the afternoon of August 22, keeping the early-voting option open as the s…

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