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Storm shuts facilities, triggers shellfish ban

Chatham will close the Transfer Station, library and other facilities Saturday as a storm prompts a statewide shellfish ban. Also in today's brief (10 items): Storm prompts Saturday closures, statewide shellfish ban; Select Board meets Saturday evening; Parks and Recreation Commission m…

Today in Chatham

  • Storm prompts Saturday closures, statewide shellfish ban. Chatham will close the Transfer Station, Community Center, Eldredge Public Library and Railroad Museum on Saturday, September 26, as a storm approaches, and the state Division of Marine Fisheries has issued a precautionary shellfish closure for all Massachusetts waters beginning that day.Town of Chatham

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