Wiscasset’s Louis Cataldo asked the planning board May 22 if he could have a small flea market outside his Wicked Good Treasures business, over the Wiscasset line from Montsweag Flea Market in Woolwich. According to Woolwich officials, Cataldo and.
150 Years Ago: July 1871
July 1st Vineyard Sound Telegraph Cable - Hon. James Buffinton received an official letter on Friday from Secretary Boutwell at Washington, saying, Instructions have been forwarded to the commanding officer of the revenue steamer Moccasin to render such assistance as is necessary in relaying the Vineyard Sound telegraph cable.
July 8th Attacked by Bull - Mr. Joshua S. Bowman, of West Falmouth, was attacked by a bull and seriously injured Thursday. Mr. Bowman had driven his cattle into the yard for the purpose of yoking a pair of oxen, and without any apparent cause the bull went for him, pitched him over with his horns and gored him once or twice, breaking two of his ribs, and badly bruising him. It is feared fatally.
Bronwen Howells Walsh
Tales of Cape Cod President Gene Guill was interested in creating a new display at the Olde Colonial Courthouse Louis Cataldo Room, where the group hosts receptions and board meetings.
Fascinated by the several Barnstable town and village histories, Guill imagined creating a large wall map with pictures, text and postcards of historical buildings and sites located on or near Route 6A/Main Street, from one edge of Barnstable Village to the other. By looking at the mural, one could imagine walking through the village and seeing how one building or site related to the other.
Board members Ann Canedy, Richard Oliver, and Greg Masterson located several old postcards and pictures in the archives of the Sturgis Public Library and made digital enlargements.