Council gets boost for backpack program Aug 30, 2008
Drop-off boxes are also located in Brewster and Eastham town halls. A list of supplies needed can be found online or at the town hall drop-off boxes. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Volunteers needed for Homeless Council Aug 29, 2008
The Homeless Prevention Council assists people in the eight towns of the Lower Cape (Chatham, Brewster, Harwich, Orleans, Truro, Eastham, Wellfleet, and Provincetown). The council focuses on prevention and helping clients sustain financial independence. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
GenX Files: Stop the presses its Carnival! Aug 24, 2008
And every town on the Outer and Lower Cape has its equivalent: Truro Treasures, the Wellfleet Oyster Fest, Eastham s Windmill Weekend, the Orleans Block Party, Brewster in Bloom, the Harwich Cranberry Festival and the Chatham Maritime Festival. Each town takes the time to focus on its unique attributes; on what makes it like no other place in the world. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Hostel proposed for Ocean Street Aug 21, 2008
She was a tour guide, among other things, so I think she valued history and the culture and the atmosphere of Cape Cod and by making her property a youth hostel she could make Cape Cod accessible for young people, said Deborah Ruhe, executive director of Hostelling International USA, which operates six other hostels in the New England region including four on the Cape and Islands in Eastham, Truro, Nantucket and Martha s Vineyard. The plan calls for the remodeling and updating of three existing... (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Hail, high winds rip through Southeastern Mass. Aug 20, 2008
A half-hour later, "golf ball-sized" hail was also reported in nearby Eastham. In Taunton, Jackson Street was closed because of trees blocking the road. (Boston Globe)
In the News: Aug. 11 Aug 16, 2008
EASTHAM A wind turbine on Holmes Road is a sight to see in a town that once had plans for three, 450-foot-tall wind turbines, a project that never reached town meeting. REGIONAL APCC has been monitoring Cape Cod salt marshes since 2003, observing both floral and fauna change before and after the restoration of salt-water flow. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
School Bus Schedules: Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Aug 11, 2008
2008-2009 Bus Routes School starts Sept. 2 No changes in bus routes until 9/12/08 Bus 1 start time: 6:22 a.m. Provincetown/Wellfleet/Eastham Conwell St At Sunoco Station 643 Shore Road Rt ... 6 At Kingsbury Beach Rd Eastham Methodist Church Eastham Post Office State Hwy@Governor Prence Rd Rt. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Thyroid levels affect Alzheimer's risk - study Jul 29, 2008
(Reporting by Maggie Fox; editing by Todd Eastham). Thomson Reuters 2008 All rights reserved. (Reuters)
Electronic mural at WGBH on the blink Jul 19, 2008
ORLEANS Cape school committee seeks wind power A school committee wants to build a wind turbine to power its high school in Eastham and make money. Nauset Regional School Committee chairman Rick Wood said at a meeting Thursday that he supports building the $2. (Boston Globe)
In the News: July 15 Jul 19, 2008
EASTHAM The Eastham-Orleans Rotary could be renamed the Christopher Lovelock Rotary, in honor of a transportation expert who proposed improvements to the rotary. CHATHAM One local painter traded her brushes for quilting needles to spearhead a project aimed at raising money for a woman s civic organization. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Trails reveal the natural state of things Jul 13, 2008
Bird-watching: Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton ... Family style: Fort Hill Trail, Eastham What better way to begin a walk with children than under the jaw of a whale ... 5 miles past the Eastham-Orleans rotary. (Boston Globe)
Tops stories for the week ending July 5 Jul 13, 2008
EASTHAM After nearly five years of planning and construction, the Eastham Historical Society is ready to show off the new wing to the 1879 School House. POLICE & FIRE. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
GenX Files: Respecting the speed limit, for various reasons Jul 13, 2008
This is the fourth time in seven years of living on the Cape that I ve been pulled over by the police for speeding once in Orleans, once in Provincetown and twice in Eastham ... Time and time again when I m going 40 mph through Eastham on Route 6 or I have a line of cars behind me on Bradford Street in Provincetown because I m following the posted signs, I become the target of irate drivers eager to blow past me. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Local shellfish return to menu Jul 5, 2008
Other shellfishing areas have reopened on Cape Cod: in Orleans at Nauset Harbor, Mill Pond, and Town Cove, and at Nauset Marsh and Salt Pond in Eastham. Boston Harbor remains closed, but the ban could be lifted soon for commercial diggers with special permits, Hickey said. (Boston Globe)
Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug Jun 30, 2008
(Editing by Todd Eastham). You Might Also Like. (Scientific American)
Mass. Maritime Class of 2008 sets sail Jun 24, 2008
The Cape graduates are Wesley Chilson of Gray Gables, Gregory Brown of Sagamore Beach, David Taylor of Pocasset, Thomas Willmott of Bourne, Adam Willis of Buzzards Bay, Leonard Martin of Hatchville, Andrew Brunhofer and Kami Bucholz of Eastham and Eric Burgess of Harwich. Also: Joel Bois of South Yarmouth, Christopher Comoletti of East Sandwich, Nathaniel Munafo of Hyannis, Benjamin Tuffias and Peter Papagni of Mashpee, Jeffrey Petzold of Cotuit, Nicholas Hanney of North Falmouth and Andrew... (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
For Mass. Maritime grads, borders are 'in your mind' Jun 23, 2008
The Cape graduates are Chilson of Gray Gables, Gregory Brown of Sagamore Beach, David Taylor of Pocasset, Thomas Willmott of Bourne, Adam Willis of Buzzards Bay, Martin of Hatchville, Andrew Brunhofer and Kami Bucholz of Eastham and Eric Burgess of Harwich. Also: Joel Bois of South Yarmouth, Christopher Comoletti of East Sandwich, Nathaniel Munafo of Hyannis, Benjamin Tuffias and Peter Papagni of Mashpee, Jeffrey Petzold of Cotuit, Nicholas Hanney of North Falmouth and Andrew Zavatsky of West... (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Top stories for the week ending June 14 Jun 19, 2008
NORTH EASTHAM The heat did little to diminish the enthusiasm of parents and friends who packed the Nauset Regional High School gymnasium Sunday, when more than 250 graduates received their diplomas ... SOUTH DENNIS Andrew Keith, 17, of 100 Bayside Dr., Eastham, is charged with possession of controlled substances, Class B percocet and Class D marijuana, possession of a firearm and ammunition without a permit and operating after suspension of his license. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
At Your Library: Disability posters on display Jun 12, 2008
This year besides Harwich Middle School, the Chatham Middle School, Nathaniel Wixon School in Dennis, Barnstable Middle School, St. Francis Xavier Preparatory School in Hyannis, and Nauset Regional Middle School representing Orleans, Brewster, Eastham and Wellfleet participated in the program. This year more than 200 posters were submitted. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Fishing Lines: A fresh perspective Jun 8, 2008
Paul Newmier of Blackbeard s Bait & Tackle in Eastham reports that, in Herring Pond, anglers targeting trout with shiners are catching ravenous and aggressive pre-spawn large mouth bass at a 4-1 ratio to trout ... Fly- Fishers are targeting hefty rainbow, brown and tiger trout at Big and Little Cliff and Sheep Ponds in Brewster, Goose Pond in Chatham, Crystal Lake in Orleans -all with ample shoreline access- and Herring Pond in Eastham-with limited shoreline access (Try carry-in boats, 3 HP... (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Top Cape Cod stories for the week ending May 31 Jun 5, 2008
EASTHAM An Eastham couple whose house was destroyed by fire Monday plans to rebuild ... EASTHAM Nauset Light is an almost mystical place. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
UMass Rowing's Sarah Marsan Named Second Team All-Region May 29, 2008
Burrill, a junior from Eastham, Mass. has a 3. (Umassathletics.com)
American Meat Processing Industry May 28, 2008
1859 Gustavus Swift, founder of Swift & Company, opens his first butcher shop in Eastham, Massachusetts. 1865 W.W. Cargill founds Cargill foods with a single grain storage facility in Conover, Iowa. (Suite101.com)
State officials stress safety of shellfish products May 28, 2008
This year, DMF first detected elevated levels in the Nauset area of Cape Cod in April, resulting in a prohibition on harvesting certain species in Eastham and Orleans. This month, a large bloom of the algae that causes red tide Alexandrium fundyense in the Gulf of Maine triggered DMF shellfishing bans from Nahant to Salisbury and from Hull to Sandwich (excluding the Plymouth/Kingston/Duxbury Bay complex). (Amesbury News, MA)
Around Barnstable May 22-29 May 22, 2008
The exercises will take place on May 31 at Cape Cod Tech in Harwich, Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in Yarmouth and Oak Ridge School in Sandwich. Each shelter would need 50 volunteer clients from 9 a.m. until noon. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Stolen property traced to Barnstable inspector May 8, 2008
The foreign coins that were taken as evidence are believed to be stolen from a coin collector in Eastham several years ago. Investigators believe LeBoeuf has had the coins in his possession since 2004, and that he has been selling them sporadically. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Atlantic 10 Announces Academic All-Conference Team May 2, 2008
Junior (Eastham, Mass. senior (Cincinnati, Ohio), and senior (Still River, Mass. (Umassathletics.com)
Local chambers form collaborative Apr 22, 2008
Among the local Cape chambers that have formally joined LC3 are: Brewster, Cape Cod Canal Region, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, and Sandwich. Comments Thank you for the abuse report. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Energy collaborative shows how to go green Apr 20, 2008
Falmouth also boasts the most photovoltaic home installations with 19, ahead of West Tisbury (16), Barnstable (13), and Eastham (6). Provincetown has none. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Operation in from the Streets a success, needs more funds Apr 18, 2008
To date Barnstable, Eastham, Chatham, Harwich, Dennis, Orleans, Yarmouth and most recently, Falmouth have all contributed funds to Operation in from the Streets. Comments Thank you for the abuse report. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Opinion: With education, like most things, you get what you pay for Apr 17, 2008
Or are we somehow like Eastham, who spends in a similar range to Brookline, but is utterly different in size and make-up. Do we want to be like those in Newton, whose per-pupil expenditure is comparable, but who have difficulty designing cost-efficient new buildings. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Celebrations Apr 17, 2008
CAPE CODDER - Sarah Winslow of Eastham was recently named to the president s list for the fall semester at California State University, Long Beach. Thu Feb 07, 2008, 01:20 PM EST. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Playing around for nearly three decades Apr 16, 2008
They have performed in venues from Eastham to Bourne, designing each performance to suit the audience; no two performances are precisely the same. There are eight members for a performance with a backup group of substitutes in the event that members are unable to perform. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Rough Riders get shot of confidence Apr 16, 2008
The two teams will battle again next Friday in Eastham. I m looking forward to playing them again. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
ADHD drugs seen as not linked to future drug abuse Apr 1, 2008
(Editing by Maggie Fox and Todd Eastham). Discuss this Article. (Scientific American)
Saugus receives Common Cause E-Government Award Mar 19, 2008
Communities receiving the 2008 E-Government award were: Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Ashburnham, Barnstable, Becket, Bedford, Belmont, Bolton, Boston, Boxborough, Brookline, Cambridge, Carver, Chelsea, Chelmsford, Chilmark, Concord, Dedham, Douglas, Dudley, Dunstable, Duxbury, Eastham, Easton, Egermont, Everett, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Framingham, Franklin, Gloucester, Groton, Harwich, Haverhill, Hingham, Holden, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Kingston, Lakeville, Lexington, Littleton,... (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Plowing crews to demand wages Mar 2, 2008
Frazier runs a Wellfleet-based paving and landscaping company that plows stretches of Route 6 in Brewster, Eastham, Harwich, and Orleans, and he is also waiting to get paid a substantial amount, but would not say how much. It's almost a rite of spring or late winter for plow contractors to complain around this time each year that the state is dragging its feet paying them, part of a decades-old cash management practice by state budget makers. (Boston Globe)
The Scholastic Art Awards list of honorees Feb 11, 2008
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
First Mass. sighting of Siberian gulls has bird-watchers atwitter Jan 9, 2008
Wayne Petersen of the Massachusetts Audubon Society sighted a second gull on Coast Guard Beach in Eastham an hour later. Later, others sighted a third slaty-backed gull in Gloucester. (Boston Globe)
Clinton leads in Iowa; Huckabee, Romney even: Poll Dec 30, 2007
(Editing by Todd Eastham). (For more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at http://blogs. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Winter Storm Pounds Northeastern United States Dec 18, 2007
(Additional reporting by Chris Michaud and Chris Reiter in New York, writing by Doina Chiacu, editing by Todd Eastham). Story by Scott Malone. (Planet Ark, United States)
Huckabee leads Republicans in South Carolina poll Dec 15, 2007
(Editing by Jim Loney and Todd Eastham). RECOMMEND THIS STORY. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Ask the Bird Folks: Crows count on a birds eye view Nov 22, 2007
Wed Nov 21, 2007, 11:12 AM EST. Dear Bird Folks, I really enjoy seeing the crows in my yard, so every day or so I put out some scraps of bread for them. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Community college names new trustees Oct 19, 2007
Vanderhoef is in her 15th year as Eastham Town Administrator and was the town s first professional administrator. Haugh began his studies at the college in the late 1980s. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Community Notes Oct 17, 2007
Outer Cape health Services, Eastham - $75,000. Arts foundation presents Creative Collaborative The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod will present their first Creative Collaborative conference at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod on Thursday, Nov. 1. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Mass. cooks upinsurance test Aug 17, 2007
" A reluctant participantThe quiet dining room of the Sea View was a distant memory after the half-hour drive to the raucous precincts of Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar, a New England seafood shack near the beach in Eastham. The joint started with a "Happy Days" theme (thus the name, Arnold's, just like on the TV show). Now the roller skates are long gone, but the clams are fresh and the onion rings piled high. David Friedman / MSNBC.comNathan "Nick" Nickerson III, owner of Arnold's Lobster &... (MSNBC -- Health)
Cape group asks insurance commissioner to take action Jul 19, 2007
Paula Aschettino, head of Citizens for Homeowners Insurance Reform in Eastham, urged Burnes to file a brief in support of Coakley and show her opposition to what she called illegal rate increases. A spokeswoman for the Division of Insurance declined to comment. (Boston Globe)
Seafood quality and taste makes Arnold's the place Jun 6, 2007
EASTHAM -- It was 30 summers ago when Nathan Nickerson made that fateful move to change restaurant locations from 4 miles away in Wellfleet to the former site of Gertrude's Beach Box here ... He prefers to get his clams for steamers at the Town Cove on the Eastham/Orleans border. (Boston Globe)
On Cape, gales of hypocrisy May 16, 2007
In the town of Eastham on the outer edge of Cape Cod, there's a lesser-known wind controversy, which like the bigger battle has divided otherwise enlightened folks along lines of petty self-interest ... Heading to the Outer Cape on Route 6, you go past the Orleans Rotary, and for the next 10 miles or so you're driving through Eastham -- a proud, venerable municipality best known to passersby for its low speed limits, local zoning that somehow overlooked the establishment of a town center, and... (Boston Globe)
Insurers tie deductibles to windproofing May 13, 2007
Paula Aschettino , an Eastham homeowner who heads Citizens for Homeowners Insurance Reform, said wind deductibles are too broad. She says a minor wind storm last year caused nearly $8,000 of tree damage on her property, but her insurer would cover none of it because she had a wind deductible of 2 percent, or $12,000. (Boston Globe)
Cape group questions cost of home insurance Apr 29, 2007
She was notified several years ago by the company that insured her Eastham home that it would not renew her policy, even though she had never filed a claim. Her agent was able to find another company, but Aschettino said her premium jumped to more than $3,000 from $1,800. (Boston Globe)
Patrick's site not yet a big hit with residents Apr 25, 2007
Eastham resident Joe Bayne said his strong belief that the commonwealth has a pressing need to convince reluctant residents to accept the Cape Wind offshore wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound, which is currently under federal review, motivated him to post the issue "making renewable energy work in the commonwealth.". "I don't think forcing these technologies is really an acceptable way of proceeding, so I'm seeking ideas for ways of educating people," he said, adding much local opposition... (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
JetBlue to offer service to Utah Apr 25, 2007
Karin Eastham, CEO of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, received UCSD Athena's 2007 Pinnacle Award for a person in technology, in recognition of her dedication to mentoring professional women and preparing them for leadership in the corporate community. Karin Eastham exemplifies the spirit of The Athena Pinnacle Award, said Lisa A. Haile, president of UCSD Athena. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Earth Day greener as it ages Apr 21, 2007
Earth Day clean up and paddle, 1-4 p.m. today , Hemenway Road Landing, off Route 6, Eastham. Shoreline cleanup and free Earth Day paddle through marsh channels with educator/kayaker Dick Hilmer. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Red tide? Watch the wind Apr 16, 2007
Those waters were seeded with armored cysts - algal cysts that sink to the ocean bottom until an internal clock ''wakes them up and a new bloom starts - in 1972 when easterly winds pushed large numbers of algae through the narrow Nauset inlet into the extensive estuary system behind the barrier beach in Eastham and Orleans. Scientists attempt to assess the numbers in similar, more extensive, cyst fields in waters off the Maine coast each year to try and forecast the potential size of the next... (Cape Cod Times, MA)
High-capacity computers in Mass. schools Mar 30, 2007
High-capacity computers in Mass. Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. (Boston Globe)
FAIR or foul? Through the roof Mar 23, 2007
Paula Aschettino of Eastham, founder of Citizens For Homeowners Insurance Reform, said there are already 900 people who have signed a petition and agreed to help fight insurance costs burdening coastal communities like the Cape. For them to ask for a higher rate again is something that really disturbs me, Aschettino said last night. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Still in the red Mar 21, 2007
By DOUG FRASER STAFF WRITERCHATHAM - Eastham shellfisherman Jim Kenneway was razor clamming when news of the red tide closure came in June of 2005. He was making good money at $2 a pound when shellfishing on Cape Cod ground to a complete stop. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Health clubs: inspected often? Mar 14, 2007
There does seem to be a gap there, said Eastham Health Inspector Jane Crowley. During a Sunshine Week request for public records, the Times sent five reporters to health departments in Bourne, Barnstable, Mashpee, Falmouth, Harwich, Yarmouth, Orleans and Wellfleet Feb. 27 to ask for copies of all 2006 inspections of health clubs. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Nurture their nature Mar 11, 2007
Cindy Horgan, family support coordinator at Cape Cod Children's Place in Eastham, says there is a lesson in Flash's story for parents whose child's interests go in phases: Have them take responsibility for the choices they make. Put limits on them when they say they want piano one week and guitar the next,'' Horgan says. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Tapped towns turn to Medicare Feb 19, 2007
Chatham, Brewster and Eastham have been counseling their retirees that Medicare plans gave them better coverage than town health plans and were cheaper for them, and the town. We always put people into Medicare because it was a good deal,'' said Eastham Treasurer Joan Plante. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
New insurance commissioner understands customers problems Feb 14, 2007
The group includes Sheila Vanderhoef, the town administrator of Eastham. "From a town administrator's point of view, I think that attitude and openness is everything"|" Vanderhoef said after the meeting. "It sounds to me like he's got the right attitude. (The Standard-Times, MA)
The Scholastic Art Awards Feb 11, 2007
Movies Restaurants Food Calendar Music Theater/Arts TV Books Celebrity news Games. Among the winning pieces for the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards are a sculpture made from a middle school's trash, a dress adorned with the fragile patterns of leaves, and a book of photographs of everyday city dwellers. (Boston Globe)
Mourning a soldier Feb 7, 2007
Church members posted on their Web site a plan to protest Fuller's funeral as they had threatened to do at the funeral of Army Sgt. Mark Vecchione of Eastham, who was killed in Iraq last July. But they didn't show. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Where are you? Feb 4, 2007
The Eastham Police Department will be upgraded next, on Feb. 13. A few times, I actually lost him,'' Gorveat said, recalling the cell phone connection. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
