Families
SPRING WALKS
Patriot’s Day Holiday Walking Weekend
April 15th – 10:00 am – Elissa Crowley
Walk to Great Marsh Audubon
April 15th – 5:00pm – Sean Kortis
Sandy Neck Spring Wetlands
April 16th – 10:00 am – Red Bansfield
Old Neck Lane
April 16th – 8:00 am – Mary Richmond
Hathaway’s Pond
April 17th – 9:00 am – Phyllis Miller
Santuit Preserve
April 18th – 10:00 am – Farley Lewis
Barnstable Village
Cotuit Town Dock Work Notice
NOTICE
Drainage construction has begun!
Oyster Place Road parking surface at Cotuit Town Dock.
Media Release – Oyster Place Road Cotuit
Welcome Spring
Proposed Great Thicket
A Cooridated Response to Wildlife Decline in the Northeast
New England Cotton Tail
To restore young forest, conservationists harvest trees with trunks exceeding two inches in diameter during the winter time, leaving the root systems intact. In the spring, these roots sprout new trees, and conservationists seed with native shrubs and create brushpiles to shelter wildlife. Invasive plant species are also removed to clear the way for native plants that evolved alongside New England.
Calling All Artists to Create Public Art
Mid-Cape Cultural Council
GMD, 3rd FL, ATT: Melissa Hersh
367 Main St.
Hyannis, MA 02601
Media Release
For Immediate ReleaseMarch 14, 2016
Contact: Becky Lawrence, Project Coordinator
midcapecouncil2@gmail.com, 508-775-1022
Artists Sought for New Art Walk Being Planned for Downtown Hyannis
The Mid-Cape Cultural Council, in cooperation with the Town of Barnstable, seeks professional artists to design works for the Hyannis HyArts Cultural District to create a public art Discovery Walk. The artworks should invite interaction, allowing people to walk in, over, through or under them; touch them; make sounds from them; or move elements within them to discover text, images or objects. Visitors may come upon the artworks by chance or by following clues available through a mobile phone app. The treasure hunt approach will be particularly appealing to families with children.
Up to five artists or artist teams are being chosen through a request for qualifications process. The deadline to submit qualifications (not designs) is April 11, 2016.
Interested artists should go to http://www.mass-culture.org/mid-cape for full details and an online submission form.
Questions about the project may be emailed to midcapecouncil2@gmail.com. Selected artists will receive a design fee and be asked to complete their design proposals by Nov. 14, 2016. The designs will be exhibited in the Barnstable Town Hall for public comment and used for a fundraising campaign. The plan is to inaugurate the Discovery Walk early in 2018.
The Mid-Cape Cultural Council is one of 329 local cultural councils working in partnership with the Massachusetts Cultural Council. It serves the towns of Barnstable and Yarmouth by supporting and promoting local projects in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences. It is administratively attached to the Town of Barnstable. Funding for the design phase of this project is from the Massachusetts Cultural Council with in-kind support from the town’s Growth Management Dept.
Happy St. Valentine’s Day
School Delay Today!
DPW Storm Update
February 9, 2016 01:00 AM – Radar shows that the accumulating snow has ended. DPW main road crews are conducting final scrapes of their routes, and then will treat their roads a final time with material for the night. Secondary road crews are cleaning up and pushing back their routes. As the vast majority of the crews have been working for 22 hours, and will be close to the 24 hour mark when the above is completed, we then will end operations for the night. A limited crew will be in at 7 AM to deal with complaints, and prep for sidewalk snow plowing.
February 8, 2016 10:00 PM – The storm keeps hanging on, with periodic bands of snow, some of which are heavy. DPW crews are still out plowing main and secondary roads.
February 8, 2016 4:00 PM – We are in a lull. Forecasts are predicting we will be still getting light snow for the rest of the evening. DPW plows are continuing to work to get caught up from the heavy snows. If the snow does remain light we will be able to begin to clean up, widen out roads, and push back corners later this evening,
February 8, 2016 12:00 PM – We are experiencing bands of heavy snow, gusting winds, and periods of limited visibility. The plows are all out, working hard to keep the roads passable. If you are able to, please stay off the roads.
February 8, 2016 08:00 AM – With the snow starting to accumulate, main road plows have begun their routes. Secondary roads, and parking lot plows will be starting their routes shortly. With the predictions of blizzard conditions and significant snowfall, please stay off the roads if you can.
February 8, 2016 05:45 AM – Due to the impending blizzard, Barnstable Town Offices will be closed today. Non-essential Town Employees are not required to report to work.
February 8, 2016 04:30 AM – Good morning, another winter storm is at our doorstep. The latest forecast is calling for snow with gusty winds, which could lead to blizzard conditions at times. The DPW has mobilized and pretreated the main roads this morning. Plowing of mains and secondary roads will begin as the storm dictates. We will update this site throughout the storm.
February 8, 2016 04:30 AM – Due to the storm, the Transfer Station at 45 Flint St., Marstons Mills, will be closed Today!
Barnstable Precinct 7 
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