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Program Tonight
The Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit
presents
Shipwrecks Along the Cape Cod Coast
Greg Ketchen, President, Coast Guard Heritage Museum
August 15 | Cotuit Library | 7 PM
The outer coast of Massachusetts has been called the Graveyard of the North Atlantic, with more than 3,000 shipwrecks off Cape Cod since European sailors began exploring the Western Hemisphere.. The earliest recorded wreck was that of the Pinnace Sparrow Hawk in 1626.. Many wrecks followed, particularly in the 19th century, as commercial sailing vessel traffic peaked along our coast. Advances in modern navigation, weather forecasting and vessel technologies have not eliminated the risks, evidenced by the grounding of the cruise ship Royal Majesty off Nantucket in 1995 and the fast ferry Iyannough in 2017 as it approached Hyannis Harbor. Navigational errors, extreme weather, equipment failures and human error are some of the causes. The Wydah, HMS Somerset, Pendleton, City of Columbus, Argo Merchant, Andrea Doria, and Norwegian Majesty are just a few of the marine accidents in our local waters that have shaped life-saving innovations in rescue equipment and operations. Greg Ketchen is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Captain living in Osterville. He is currently serving as the president of the Coast Guard Heritage Museum, located in Barnstable’s Old Custom House.
The outer coast of Massachusetts has been called the Graveyard of the North Atlantic, with more than 3,000 shipwrecks off Cape Cod since European sailors began exploring the Western Hemisphere.. The earliest recorded wreck was that of the Pinnace Sparrow Hawk in 1626.. Many wrecks followed, particularly in the 19th century, as commercial sailing vessel traffic peaked along our coast. Advances in modern navigation, weather forecasting and vessel technologies have not eliminated the risks, evidenced by the grounding of the cruise ship Royal Majesty off Nantucket in 1995 and the fast ferry Iyannough in 2017 as it approached Hyannis Harbor. Navigational errors, extreme weather, equipment failures and human error are some of the causes. The Wydah, HMS Somerset, Pendleton, City of Columbus, Argo Merchant, Andrea Doria, and Norwegian Majesty are just a few of the marine accidents in our local waters that have shaped life-saving innovations in rescue equipment and operations. Greg Ketchen is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Captain living in Osterville. He is currently serving as the president of the Coast Guard Heritage Museum, located in Barnstable’s Old Custom House.
August 15, 2019 Town Council Meeting Tonight
Cotuit Water Commission Meets Today
Board of Water Commissioners Meeting
Wednesday August 14, 2019 5:45pm, Freedom Hall
View Agenda HERE
Monthly Meeting Today!
Cotuit Library – 871 Main Street
Citizen’s Police Academy
Barnstable Police Department will be holding the 32nd Citizen’s Police Academy beginning September 2019
Detailed Information and Registration HERE
Road Work Notice
I’m Happy to Report that MassDOT has responded to my recent letter and issued the following work notice.
Road Work Notice From MASS DOT
Estimated Start Date of Work: 8/12/19
Project Type: Asphalt Pavement Repairs and Improvements.
Description of Work: Repairing deteriorated asphalt (pothole repairs) associated with Route-28 northbound & southbound lanes from the Mashpee / Barnstable Town Line to Bearses Way (Barnstable).
Hours of Operation (Day/Night): 9:00 PM – 5:30 AM
Description of Traffic Management: Lane restrictions controlled by Police Details.
Estimated Duration of Work: 6 Night’s, starting on/or about August 12th; Weather permitting.
Note: Work to be scheduled on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights only.
Santuit River Herring Project
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has received federal grant funding through NOAA’s Species Recovery Grant Program.
The $100,000 award will be used for the Santuit River herring research project, which will analyze the Santuit River ecosystem to discover if there are any physical or biological features that are threatening alewife and blueback herring.
The goal of the study is to determine if population restoration, stream habitat restoration or relocation strategies would be effective for protecting herring.
The Santuit River, also known as the Cotuit River, is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) river on the border between Mashpee & Cotuit. The river flows southwards from the southern end of Santuit Pond into Popponesset Bay (also known as Shoestring Bay)
Read History “The Sachem’s Place” HERE
Cotuit Fire Commissioners Meet Today
Free Fun Fridays
Free Fun Friday: The Big Red House with the Blue Trees
Friday, August 16, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Free Fun Fridays comes to the Cahoon! Stop by the Museum for a fun day of activities and art. To kick off the day, from 11:00am – 12:30pm, steel drum instructor Amy Hughes and her students will play away and lead a drum stick making craft activity. At 12:00pm, Puppet Man will appear for an hour and from 1:15 to 2:15 Bubble Man will delight us with his giant, floating, magical orbs under the Blue Trees in the Museum’s yard. Admission is FREE for all!
The Museum will be open for free all day from 10:00am – 4:00pm. View the current exhibitions, Exquisite Shells: The Art of Sailors Valentines, Valerie Hegarty: Secrets of the Sea, Selections from the Permanent Collection, and The Blue Trees. Explore the Family Room and learn about why the trees are blue and take a minute to cool off.
Free Fun Fridays are sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation and offers visitors no-cost admission to 100 of the most treasured cultural institutions in Massachusetts. Every Friday, from the end of June through the end of August, multiple sites are open for free.
Check out the full schedule HERE
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