Harwich Morning Brief, Oct. 22: Select Board raises dump fee to $245

From Harwich News

• Traffic panel orders study of Bell's Neck trucks Harwich's Traffic Safety Committee weighed options for Bell's Neck Road after residents described speeding delivery trucks and landscapers on the conservation-area road, with a never-weight-rated bridge raising the stakes for any fix.Harwich News
• Planning Board continues landscaping yard hearing again Harwich's Planning Board pushed a contentious landscaping-yard special permit case to October 27 after an engineer warned that trucks exiting the site could cross into oncoming traffic on Queen Anne Road.Harwich News
• Council on Aging launches meal delivery pilot Harwich's Council on Aging started delivering lunches to homebound seniors twice a week after a regional provider cut Tuesday meals-on-wheels service, while warning of a new phone scam targeting older residents.Harwich News
• Charter panel moves to fix three AG-flagged issues Harwich's Charter Commission agreed to rewrite language in three chapters after the Attorney General's office raised ambiguities, with a public hearing set for next week.Harwich News
• Energy committee flags pipeline hearing, insulation grant Harwich's energy committee reviewed a MassSave insulation grant now covering full costs through April and flagged an October 28 Cape Cod Commission hearing on a gas pipeline expansion under the canal.Harwich News
• Select Board raises dump fee to $245 Harwich's Select Board raised the transfer station's fee for commercial construction debris after a resident challenged the numbers behind it and renewed calls for a long-stalled dump audit, as the DPW director prepares to retire in February.Harwich News
• Health board rescinds deed limit, backs garden well Harwich's Board of Health lifted a sewer-linked deed restriction, endorsed Community Preservation funding for a community garden well serving about 100 plots, and left unchanged a septic-inspection waiver one member called problematic for buyers.Harwich News

Happening Fri, Oct 23

• Monomoy faces Dennis-Yarmouth in freshman soccer Monomoy High School's freshman soccer team is scheduled to play Dennis-Yarmouth Regional on October 23 in a non-conference matchup, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps

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