Staring in January, the retail sale of water in single-use plastic bottles will be forbidden in Sandwich.
That is what voters at Town Meeting decided Monday night, May 3, after what amounted to the only lengthy debate of the evening.
âI am beyond thrilled,â said Mary Cote, Sandwich spokeswoman for the environmental group sponsoring the bottle ban. âI had a feeling it would pass when I saw all the people coming in with their reusable water bottles.â
The ban applies only to single-use, personal-sized plastic bottles of water. More specifically, it will curtail the sales and distribution of all plastic bottles that contain less than a gallon of non-carbonated, unflavored drinking water, according to the petition re-filed this year by the Brewster-based group Sustainable Practices.
Residents living on half-acre lots behind Holly Ridge Golf Club have signed a citizens petition that, if approved, would give them something to crow about.
If the petition wins voter support at the annual Town Meeting next month, roosters would be banned from residential zones in Sandwich.
âRoosters crow in the morning and all day long,â said Annie H. Adler, whose said she and her neighborsâwhose homes are located near the golf courseâare losing sleep from a cacophony of crowing from roosters in the neighborhood.
Town Meeting voters will be asked to ban roosters from the townâs residential zones.