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Eastham Select Board Names Bryan Chair, Seats New Member Cleven

EASTHAM — June 1, 2026 — Eastham Select Board reorganizes under new Chair Suzanne Bryan as wastewater bids beat estimates by $3.5 million. The board unanimously elected Bryan as chair and Bob Bruns, absent due to family travel, as vice chair at its June 1 meeting, and seated newly elected member

Eastham Board of Health Approves Four Septic Upgrades on Failed or Failing Systems

Eastham Board of Health approved four septic system replacements and reduced a sampling requirement at a fifth property during its May 28 meeting at Town Hall.

Eastham Board of Health Approves Four Septic Upgrades on Environmentally Sensitive Lots

EASTHAM — May 28, 2026 — Eastham Board of Health unanimously approved four Title 5 septic upgrades and opened the 2026 beach sampling season at its May 28 meeting. All four properties — at 65 Harms Way, 20 Bridge Road, 1055 Bridge Road, and 1205 Herring Brook Road — had systems in confirmed failure

Eastham Conservation Commission Tightens Emergency Order for Eroding Coastal Bank House

EASTHAM — May 26, 2026 — Eastham Conservation Commission imposes stricter emergency order on coastal-bank house after owner performs unpermitted work. The commission voted 5-0 Tuesday to amend a May 12 emergency certification for 153 Brownell Road, where a structure sits within five feet of an actively eroding coastal bank,

Eastham Finance Committee appoints new member, flags $258,000 budget shortfall

EASTHAM — May 21, 2026 — Eastham Finance Committee reviews mixed override results and flags end-of-year budget shortfalls topping $258,000. The committee, meeting May 21, dissected the gap between the operating budget override's strong town meeting passage — 437 to 106 — and its far narrower ballot win of

Eastham Planning Board Unanimously Adopts Inclusionary Zoning Regulations

Eastham Planning Board unanimously adopts Inclusionary Zoning Regulations and continues two contested site plan cases. The board voted 8-0 Wednesday to adopt regulations supporting the town's Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw, which was amended at the May 6, 2026 town meeting under Article 8F.

Eastham Select Board unanimously adopts 83-page Climate Action Plan

EASTHAM — May 18, 2026 — Eastham's Select Board unanimously adopted an 83-page climate action plan Monday and awarded a contested half-acre aquaculture grant in Boat Meadow. The Cape Cod Commission's Steven Tupper, deputy director, told the board the plan's 56 recommendations — narrowed from

Eastham School Committee Welcomes New Principal, Reviews Pre-K Program Future

EASTHAM — May 12, 2026 — Eastham School Committee introduces new elementary principal and flags a $132,000 budget deficit. The committee welcomed Dylan Paul, currently Director of Specialized Instruction at Valley Prep in Cumberland, Rhode Island, who takes over as Eastham Elementary School principal on July 1 following the retirement of

Eastham Commission Approves Emergency Orders for Two Eroding Brownell Road Properties

EASTHAM — May 12, 2026 — Eastham Conservation Commission votes to demolish one bluff-edge home and conditionally approve relocation of a second on Brownell Road. The commission voted 5-0 Tuesday to grant the town emergency certification to demolish the condemned dwelling at 157 Brownell Road, where property owner David Mood

Eastham Board of Health Approves Three Septic Variances at April Meeting

Eastham Board of Health unanimously approved three septic variances and a fourth property review at its April 30 meeting.

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