One-Lane Main, plant sale, vax access, TOWN NOTES
The Barnstable Patriot
One-Lane Main
Traffic barriers and one-way traffic are back in place on Hyannis Main Street to allow for outdoor dining and expanded pedestrian access to shopping and restaurants.
Stroll down to the Harbor Overlook next to Town Hall, where four StoryWalks will be featured for two weeks each through June 30. Bilingual storytelling will take place on Saturday afternoons at 2 p.m. on May 15, May 29 and two dates in June.
Growing veggies in containers
Most vegetable crops can be grown successfully in containers. In fact, some do better in containers. Cathy Cetta will discuss how planting in containers is different from planting in the ground, the types of containers available, what to use for soil, and how to water and feed your plants at 1 p.m. Friday, May 21 at Centerville Library.
Tales of Cape Cod spins diverse season to preserve Olde Colonial Courthouse
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Jon Gorey - Globe Correspondent March 17, 2021 11:27 am
When Jonathan Sweig and his wife sold their family home of 25 years in Franklin and moved into a 1,400-square-foot condo in the Back Bay last July, it was part of a plan set in motion long before anyone had heard of COVID-19.
Theirs was a fairly common migration: For years, empty-nesters in the suburbs have sold their longtime family homes and downsized to a downtown condo, where they could spend less time mowing the lawn and more time walking to theaters, restaurants, and Red Sox games, said Chestnut Hill realtor Mary Gillach.
Then the pandemic all but silenced the joyful noise of city life and hit the brakes on that inflow of suburban boomers.
Happy birthday Nick, sailor yarns, Valentine spins, Town Notes
The Barnstable Patriot
In recognition of what would have been the 33rd birthday of U.S. Marine Corporal Nicholas G. Xiarhos, his namesake foundation and The Cape Cod Foundation partnered last week to issue $33,000 in community support grants. Nicholas lived a life that brought joy and love to people he touched all over the world, a life that was dedicated to serving our great nation and the men and women who defend it, wrote Nicholas father, Steven. With your ongoing love and support, the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Memorial Foundation and the Xiarhos Gold Star Family will continue to do everything we can to keep his dedication, his legacy, and his dream alive.
Your News: COVID update, Dennis-Yarmouth news briefs, Register Notes
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As of the Register s press deadline, the state Department of Public Health said in its daily report Sunday that Massachusetts had 1,820 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 51 on the Cape and Islands.
Barnstable County had 50 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Sunday for a total of 9,600 since March.
Dukes County on Martha s Vineyard had no new cases Sunday. The total count to date there is 830. Nantucket County, which has had 1,137 coronavirus cases, had one new case reported Sunday.
State public health officials on Sunday reported one new death related to coronavirus case in Barnstable County. Since March, 377 people with COVID-19 on Cape Cod have died.
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