Government · Conservation
Conservation panel OKs contested guest house permit
Yarmouth conservation board approves contested guest house permit over a member's objection.
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Morning Brief
Select Board spikes Summer Street paving
Yarmouth Select Board rejects paving the town's last unpaved stretch of Summer Street after hours of opposition. From our own coverage: Conservation board denies River Street dock permit; Health board defers minutes, moves meeting time. Also in today's brief (15 items): Fall Community C…
Government · Select Board
Select Board Rejects Paving of Summer Street
Yarmouth Select Board unanimously rejects paving the last unpaved stretch of Summer Street after a nearly three-hour hearing. Public Works Director Jeff Colby pegged a rough cost at $403,000, while the town said it received close to 40 letters opposed and none in favor.
Morning Brief
Rail trail bridge nears opening after decade
A Cape Cod Rail Trail bridge near Willow Street in West Yarmouth is close to opening after more than a decade of work. Also in today's brief (11 items): Rail trail bridge near Willow Street nears opening; Flu and COVID clinic planned for October; Community Preservation Committee meets W…
Government · Capital Planning
Capital Panel Reviews 19 DPW Capital Requests
Yarmouth's Capital Budget Committee heard a wastewater effluent recharge request narrowed to $18 million to $25 million, down from an initial $45 million estimate, needed to finish phase-one sewer hookups.
Government · Library
Yarmouth Library Board Adopts Leonard Room Policy
Yarmouth library trustees adopted an amended Leonard Room policy and began rewriting after-hours access rules. Library Director David Aronson reported 258 summer reading participants, including 85 adults, and a foam party that drew about 95 children to the West Yarmouth branch.
Morning Brief
$25M federal grant lands for Route 28
Yarmouth wins $25 million federal grant toward $62 million Route 28 overhaul with Barnstable. From our own coverage: Single sale limits Yarmouth's latest real estate snapshot. Also in today's brief (8 items): Yarmouth wins $25 million federal grant for Route 28; New Cape Cod Rail Trail …
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 21 through September 27
One Yarmouth resident obituary was published this week: Stafford, Leslie Frances DeGrand, 66, of Yarmouth, MA, who died September 20, 2026. Her notice, posted through Chapman Funerals & Cremations - Yarmouth on Legacy.com, was the only obituary reviewed this week that explicitly identif…
Real Estate
Yarmouth deed data shows one recorded sale at $665,000 this period
Barnstable County Registry of Deeds data shows just one recorded Yarmouth property sale between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26, 2026: a $665,000 transaction that closed Sept. 17, with Jayne T. Cash as seller and Barbara Abreu as buyer. With only one sale on record, a median price and broader mark…
Morning Brief
D-Y volleyball hosts Barnstable Wednesday
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional's volleyball team hosts Barnstable in a non-conference match at South Yarmouth on Wednesday. Also in today's brief (6 items): Capital Budget Committee meets Monday; Historic district panel holds Monday hearing; Select Board convenes Tuesday at Town Hall; Communi…
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