advice from barnstable rec – and an outdoor watering ban?
July 17, 2010 at 12:06 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a CommentFrom Patti Machado:
“With the weather being so hot we are trying to make sure as many people stay safe and hydrate properly with large amounts of water. Other liquids just don’t do it. We have had 4 serious heat stroke incidents at our Barnstable beaches one resulting in a death.”
Please stay hydrated and Continue reading advice from barnstable rec – and an outdoor watering ban?…
boil water order for barnstable village water district
July 17, 2010 at 2:05 am | Posted in barnstable, barnstable water district, boil water | Leave a Commentgot a message that sent me to the computer in the middle of the night – a boil water order once again, this one for the village of Barnstable Fire/Water District is not affiliated with the Town of Barnstable – it is independently managed and legislated …. see the Cape Cod Times Online for the latest http://www.capecodonline.com
Barnstable issues order to boil water
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BARNSTABLE — The Barnstable Fire District’s water department issued a boil water order last night based on testing done Tuesday that showed traces of E. coli and coliform bacteria in water samples.
The announcement comes two days after the neighboring Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills water department issued a boil water order that lasted 18 hours.
Residents of Barnstable Village and Cummaquid were receiving automated messages about the boil water order from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department last night. The boil water order is in effect until Monday night or Tuesday at the earliest, water district Superintendent Jon Erikson said last night. Erikson said he needs to Continue reading boil water order for barnstable village water district…
C-O-MM boil water alert!
July 14, 2010 at 10:25 pm | Posted in C.O.M.M., COMM FIRE, COMM WATER, barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, craigville, marstons mills, osterville | 2 CommentsTags: boil water, centerville, COMM, comm water, marstons mills, osterville, water
Centerville Osterville Marsons Mills Water Department has contacted the town regarding the information that follows.
please note: COMM is independent of the Town of Barnstable and has their own governing board and administration- COMM uses the county’s reverse 911 program that will make calls tomorrow – Thursday.
**UPDATE**
Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Water Department Boil Water Advisory Rescinded
Contact: Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Water Department 508-428-6691 508-428-6691
PWS # 4020002
OSTERVILLE – The Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Water Department is advising all its water customers that it is no longer necessary to boil their drinking water. Recent test samples show the absence of E. coli bacteria.
“Working with the Massachusetts State Department of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection over the last 2 days, we have Continue reading C-O-MM boil water alert!…
fourth of july in barnstable!
June 30, 2010 at 12:44 pm | Posted in All America City, Cotuit, barnstable, cape cod, centerville, council, councilor, covell, craigville, craigville beach, fireworks, fourth of july, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, joakim, july 4, july 4th, long beach, main street, main street hyannis, marstons mills, muncipal government, osterville, parade, town councilor janet joakim, town of barnstable | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable, town of barnstable, town council, janet joakim, hyannis, hyannisport, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, janet swain joakim, janetjoakim, parade, july 4th, fireworks, Cotuit, craigville, main street hyannis, hyannis harbor, aselton park, craigville beach, fourth of july parade, fourth of july fireworks, 4th of july fireworks, 4th of july parade, lewis bay
Town of Barnstable 4th of July Activities:
The following is a calendar of events in the Town of Barnstable for the 4th of July as compiled by the Community Services Department and based on information submitted to the Community Services office as of June 4, 2010.
The Town’s fireworks are being shot off a barge in Lewis Bay. This
year’s fireworks are sponsored by the Town of Barnstable.
Important parking information is included in this advisory.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY: SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010
(There is no rain date.)
Shot off of a barge in Lewis Bay at dusk (approximate time 9 p.m.)
By Atlas Fireworks of New Hampshire
Viewing: The main viewing locations for this year’s fireworks will be Aselton Park, Bismore Park,
and Veteran’s Park Beach.
Fireworks Parking (Barnstable): A Parking Ban will be in effect South Continue reading fourth of july in barnstable!…
barnstable beach sticker and parking permits
June 29, 2010 at 3:21 pm | Posted in 15 precincts, Cotuit, barnstable, beach, cape cod, centerville, covell, craigville, craigville beach, osterville | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable beachs, barnstable resident, beach sticker, covells beach sandy neck, craigville beach, dowses beach, fortes beach, hyannisport, long beach, parking permit, parking sticker, public beach, resident beach sticker
<strong>Parking permits/beach stickers</strong>
are now available for purchase on a walk-in basis.
Permits are on sale at the new Hyannis Youth and Community Center 141 Bassett Lane, Hyannis.
508-790-6345 X 110
Hours of sale: Monday – Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sundays/Holidays 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Documentation required: A vehicle registration for each permit requested. If your vehicle is leased, we will need a copy of the lease agreement along with the registration.
Resident permits are $30. Seasonal permits are $200 (available for non-residents for admittance into our public beaches; valid Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend). Weekly permits are $50 (valid for seven consecutive days). Landlord permits are $275 (transferable from tenant to tenant).
patience – let the plows clear the roads ….
December 20, 2009 at 1:17 pm | Posted in barnstable town council, blizzard, cape cod, centerville, plow, route 28, rt. 28, snow | Leave a Commentjoin the community in a unity rally tuesday november 10
November 9, 2009 at 11:34 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a CommentRabbi Alperowitz is working with community leaders to put together a unity rally in response to the anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalism at the Chabad Center on West Main St.
The hope is that people throughout our community will get word and join us as we celebrate our unity and hope.
The rally will begin at 6pm on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in the Barnstable High School Performing Arts Center.
Please spread the word and join us.
thank you!
November 4, 2009 at 1:04 am | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a CommentThank you to all of the residents of precinct 6, and especially to the 401 who made the trip to the polls to vote for me.
I have heard from a few people that it was difficult to find the polling place.
Please let me know if this was an issue for you.
Regardless of whether you voted for me, for the incumbent or forgot to vote, I am your councilor and I am here to represent you.
Please call me or email me if there is anything I can do for you.
both home and cell -564-542-2632 or home – 508-420-2153
don’t forget to vote!
November 2, 2009 at 9:06 pm | Posted in barnstable town council, centerville, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, precinct 6 | Leave a CommentSee you at the polls – tomorrow, November 3, at Precinct 6′s new polling location, Christ Chapel where Old Stage Rd meets Oak St. If you aren’t familiar with the church, find it on a map here: View Map
A message to the residents of precinct 6;
I have traveled all around the precinct with my husband a few friends during the past few weeks – we didn’t get to every neighborhood, but we met so many nice people.
I have spoken at length to some, and just a quick hello to others.
Questions and concerns this year revolve around the wide-spread misinformation about the sewer issues and the charter question.
Regarding sewers; the claim by my opponent, and the recall group that is supporting him, that I had planned to somehow support or put forward a $150,00 betterment on residents in precinct 6 is FALSE. This statement was taken out of context from a public conversation about how I do NOT support the 100% betterment policy that was created b the council when my opponent was in office.
They even used this comment, in a crude cut, in an XTK radio ad that completely misrepresents my position. My comment was that the 100% betterment policy it is ridiculous and if and when we see sewers in precinct 6, it could cost $150,00 – the point is that this is not feasible! Many of us would lose our homes! The idea of such an enormous betterment is not something I support and not something that will happen as long as I am on the council. It will be a long time before we begin discussing sewers in this part of town. The serious and priority need for sewers is in the waterfront areas. We need to work with other towns to address this problem and come up with a Cape-wide solution.
Regarding the charter question on the ballot; the question most people ask about proposed charter changes is whether or not Continue reading don’t forget to vote!…
see you at the 99 tomorrow night!!!
November 2, 2009 at 4:21 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a CommentIf you didn’t get an email, please consider yourself invited!!
We will begin to gather at 6:30-7:00 … see you there.
signs don’t vote
October 25, 2009 at 12:14 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | 1 CommentIn five elections we have lost 240 signs. They are disappearing as fast as Continue reading signs don’t vote…
important story for precinct 6 in the cape cod times
October 23, 2009 at 12:49 pm | Posted in Barnstable Police, Barnstable Town Councilor, barnstable high school, barnstable high school drama club, barnstable town council | Leave a CommentTags: cape cod, centerville, intersection, lumbert mill, marstons mills, route 28, rt. 28
Traffic lights approved for hazardous Route 28 intersections
CENTERVILLE — Traffic signals will finally replace emergency vehicles’ lights at three of the area’s most hazardous intersections.
State highway planners are moving forward to install traffic signals along Route 28 at the Lumbert Mill Road intersection, at South County Road and at Route 149 in Marstons Mills.
The bid for the $2 million project was awarded last month to P.A. Landers Inc. of Hanover, and workers are now awaiting final word from the state highway department to start construction, according to Adam Hurtubise, a spokesman for the state Executive Office of Transportation. The project, which could break read the rest of this story
lock your cars
October 14, 2009 at 9:31 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | 1 CommentThere has been rash of car break-in’s in the past couple of days.
Multiple cars on Cedric Rd. were hit last night.
Until the police are able to catch the latest car burglars, keep Continue reading lock your cars…
political yard signs cost $
October 14, 2009 at 1:07 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | 1 CommentI just drove home through the neighborhoods and found that all of my signs on two main roads were stolen. Between last year and this year that makes almost Continue reading political yard signs cost $…
have you returned your residential exemption form to the tax assessor’s office?
October 12, 2009 at 10:53 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a CommentIf your home’s assessed value is less than $900,000 and is considered your first home or primary residence, you are saving between $400 and $600 a year on your property tax bills. Your home should be assessed based on the value MINUS $105,000.00 — saving you money.
This year in order to validate that your home is your primary residence you received a form in the mail that needs to be filled out and mailed into the assessors office. If you didn’t receive this form or misplaced it, or if you have any questions at all about this, please Continue reading have you returned your residential exemption form to the tax assessor’s office?…
question 1 – sewers, betterments and misrepresentations
October 9, 2009 at 10:11 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, councilor, janet, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, joakim | 2 CommentsTags: hyannis, October 13, question 1, question one, sewer, Stewarts Creek
There is a lot of misinformation floating around out there with regards to the special ballot question election on October 13. The town council got a closer look at a flyer with misleading statements and figures at recent council meeting. The author of the flyer and a related website is unknown as they have not filed the requisite forms establishing a ballot question campaign with the Town Clerk. Such filings create a record of who is responsible financially, and otherwise, for content and materials supporting a ballot question campaign.
Information on this flyer, handed out at public places like flu clinics recently, stated that if the ballot question passed, all property owners in Barnstable will be imposed with betterments up to $150,000. This is simply not true.
The actual question on the ballot on October 13 is specific to the second phase of the project in Hyannis around Stewart’s Creek and effects 120. This is the only sewer project currently planned. An earlier plan that encompassed 1600 houses around Wequaquet Lake was VOTED DOWN by the council.
Further, as suggested in a letter published in the Barnstable Patriot last week, the same people are suggesting Continue reading question 1 – sewers, betterments and misrepresentations…
your new youth and community center
September 27, 2009 at 10:11 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable, barnstable use and community center
We spent Friday and Saturday evening at the new Barnstable Youth and Community Center.
What a wonderful place! A gift to all of us, from all of us. There were so many people who worked hard to put it all together, from staff, philathropists, parents, and residents.
Saturday night we watched two hockey games on one rink, while kids skated to loud music on the next rink, while more kids played pool and other games in the game room downstairs and groups played basketball on two courts and parents and senior citizens walked the track above — oh and the line to get a good hot dog and fried dough was always moving.
The staff was running around fixing the little issues that come with putting all of the new equipment to use while smiling at the steady stream of adults and children.
This is truly one of the best things that our town has accomplished in years.
Make a point to get over to the new center to check it out.
It belongs to you.
ted kennedy — what have you done today to better the world
August 26, 2009 at 10:09 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, joakim, massachusetts | 3 CommentsTags: barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, edward m kennedy, hyannis, hyannisport, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, janetjoakim, kennedy, massachusetts, senator, ted kennedy, teddy kennedy, town council
I was up dealing with the dogs at 1:30 AM and turned the TV on. The late night programming was interrupted with the news that Senator Edward M Kennedy died.
I was surprised at how affected I was by this announcement. I woke my husband who came into the living room and we both watched some of the prepared pieces about Ted Kennedy’s history.
For many of us, regardless of political party, this is personal. Ted Kennedy was our own local connection to Washington. We live in town he called his home. His family celebrations and tragedies came home to Hyannisport, miles from where we sleep. And, that is where he died.
As someone involved in local politics, I have lost count of the times I have been in the Senator’s presence, be it intimate settings or sitting with others on stage with him.
He was never unapproachable, and always listened. I have known other politicians who were not as willing to engage in conversation with anyone in any place at any time. As a town councilor, I found that there was never been a time that he didn’t respond when we called.
My husband’s family had a restaurant in town for 60 years that was opened b their family patriarch, his grandfather John Joakim, a Greek immigrant. Teddy knew the restaurant, the family, and remembered my husband’s grandfather. This personal connection was always important to us, as my husband’s grandfather was such a significant influence in our lives, a wonderful man with a positive perspective on life, who believed in the importance of community and was so proud to be a US citizen.
Teddy was the last of the three brothers whose effect on politics changed the course of our nation in so many ways.
He suffered through difficult times, some of them of his own making. He lived through tragedies and survived scandals. His legislative legacy should never be overlooked, and his ability to work with his foes needs to be replicated now more than ever. His death is an immense loss for our government and this country.
Too many politicians these days are padded by their own personal wealth and supported by those whose mission is to protect their own wealth.
The Kennedy’s have shown us a different course.
They are a family with wealth and power, yet anyone who looks closely at how they lived their lives sees a family guided by empathy and an unending mission to give back.
The Kennedy family has always represented the true meaning of public service, setting an example that I pray will continue: those who are lucky to have must help provide for and protect those who have not.
People who have visited the Kennedy or Shriver homes in Hyannisport will tell you that these are not the ostentatious grand homes of the rich, but homes of people who had means, but enjoyed simplicity. Money was not to be flaunted. Wealth came with the responsibility. Care for those who are less fortunate. Give to the causes that have meaning to you. Volunteer your time in service to others. Consider public service.
It was summed up when Maria Shiver quoted her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver two weeks ago, “What have you done today to better the world?”
Does Teddy’s death leave a legacy of empathy or a loss of empathy?
My favorite anecdote from today’s news coverage:
At his nephew’s funeral, Kennedy said, “We dared to think, in that other Irish phrase, that this John Kennedy would live to comb gray hair… But like his father, he had every gift but length of years.”
Ted Kennedy, unlike his brothers and his nephew, lived to comb gray hair, and for that we are grateful.
He has sailed his boat into the sunset and is at peace.
Now it’s up to all of us to live by his example, to move from the sidelines and get involved.
What have YOU done today to better the world?
summer break
August 20, 2009 at 1:46 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a CommentI have taken some time away from this blog for the summer.
There are several important issues in the pipeline and in the coming days I’ll update this site w/details.
In the mean time – enjoy this summer weather!
check out the senior center this friday!!
June 11, 2009 at 9:24 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, town council, town of barnstable | 1 CommentTags: barnstable, town of barnstable, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, barnstable senior center, senior, senior center, larry swain, dixieland
Barnstable Senior Center Annual Open House & Community Awareness Day Cook Out
Friday, June 12th
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
At the Barnstable Senior Center
825 Falmouth Rd., Hyannis
HYANNIS – The Barnstable Senior Center will host our Annual Open House & Community Awareness Day Cook Out, on Friday, June 12th starting at noon.
The BSC celebrates community by awarding the Boston Post Cane Award, bestowed to the oldest resident of the Town of Barnstable, The Spirit of Ruth Rusher Award, presented to a senior who embodies the spirit and dignity in aging exemplified by the late Ruth Rusher and the Legacy Award, given to a local business or organization that has positively impacted the lives of Barnstable’s senior citizens.
Please take this opportunity to tour your Senior Center and learn about all the progressive, as well as, affordable programs we have to offer. The Barnstable Senior Center is not just for Seniors, don’t let the name fool you!
Free hot dogs and burgers on the grill will be served by the Break Away Grill and Larry Swain will perform live Dixieland music. This is a free event and open to the public.
For more information, Continue reading check out the senior center this friday!!…
hyannis public library funding
June 1, 2009 at 6:43 pm | Posted in hyannis | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable town council, hyannis, hyannis library, janet joakim
Like towns all over Massachusetts and across the country, Barnstable is making deep cuts throughout all departments and funding this year.
The town provides funding to the libraries each year that is distrubed via a formula set by the Library Committee, a town-wide committee made up of trustees from each library. The formula is developed by the library committee without oversight or input from the town council or the town manager.
This year the town has had to cut the overall library funding budget by 4% – similar to the cuts made in all town departments. Additionally, it appears that the library committee has made a change to the formula. All of this has resulted in a more significant loss of
Continue reading hyannis public library funding…
h1n1 virus (swine flu) update
May 1, 2009 at 10:48 pm | Posted in barnstable, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | Leave a CommentTags: h1n1 flu, swine flu
H1N1 (Swine Flu) Update: May 1, 7:00 p.m — from the Mass Department of Public Health
UPDATE ON CASES: This evening DPH confirmed 4 additional cases in Massachusetts, which brings the total case count to 6. We expect that we will see more cases in the coming days and weeks, and as new cases are confirmed, we will update this blog.
The CDC has confirmed 141 cases of swine flu 19 states in the U.S., including the death Continue reading h1n1 virus (swine flu) update…
rt 28 and lumbert mill road traffic light intersection
April 30, 2009 at 2:52 pm | Posted in barnstable, centerville, route 28, rt. 28 | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable, janet joakim, barnstable town council, lumbert mill, intersection, precinct 6, rt. r8, traffic light
There have been several issues recently that need clarification and updating. Over the next few days I will update you on these issues.
First is the plans for a traffic light on Rt. 28 and Lumbert Rd, further down I have provided a direct link to MHD records of this project.
The concerns from residents have been that the state will cut this project as budgets tighten in all areas of the Commonwealth.
At this point the project is on track for this coming fall. Mass Highway has held several public hearings asking for input that included testimony from local residents and town councilors. The designs have been approved, permits have been issued and Continue reading rt 28 and lumbert mill road traffic light intersection…
how does this happen?
January 31, 2009 at 6:36 am | Posted in Governor Patrick, barnstable town council, buy forclosure, buy foreclosure, cape cod, cape cod living, centerville, cost of living, councilor, exxon, foreclosure, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, muncipal government, municpal politics, seven villages | Leave a CommentTags: janet swain joakim, exxon, exxonmobile, janetjo, GNP, foreclosure, forclosure, bankruptcies, cuts in aid, cuts, unemployment
The NY Times has a story yesterday (posted below) about Exxon’s record breaking profits … (again?)
Of course we are also Continue reading how does this happen?…
story in yesterday’s boston globe
January 13, 2009 at 5:29 am | Posted in barnstable town council, hyannis, janet, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, janetjoakim, mary lyons, seven villages
A short life in the Cape’s underside
Death of 16-year-old closes a grim family cycle
By Keith O’Brien, Globe Staff | January 12, 2009
HYANNIS – Long before he was shot, stabbed, dumped into a shallow hole, and set afire last month in Hyannis, Jordan Mendes, an alleged drug dealer at 16 years old, was just a boy, watching police storm into his grandmother’s home.
It was April 21, 2000, just before 10 p.m. Barnstable Police, along with other agencies, had spent a year investigating a cocaine distribution ring organized by Jordan’s father, Manuel Mendes, and now they were moving in, entering through an unlocked door, guns drawn.
Inside, police seized cocaine, marijuana, and bundles of cash, including $70,000 stashed away in the attic and another $10,000 in a closet. The drug ring – considered to be one of the largest on the Cape at the time – was busted. Manuel Mendes was sitting handcuffed on the couch, bound for prison, while his son, Jordan, then just 8, made a simple request of Continue reading story in yesterday’s boston globe…
happy new year!!
January 1, 2009 at 1:50 am | Posted in All America City, Barnstable Town Councilor, barnstable, cape cod, happy new year | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable, happy new year, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, town of barnstable
Wishing everyone PEACE in 2009.
I have never seen so many people ready to welcome a new year! 2008 is in one we will all be happy to see in the rear view mirror.
We still have tough times ahead, but 2009 is this generation’s year of hope.
Happy New Year!
don’t forget – centerville christmas stroll today!
December 14, 2008 at 5:06 am | Posted in Christmas Stroll, Christmas activities, barnstable, barnstable high school, barnstable town council, cape cod, cape cod christmas, centerville, christmas, council president janet joakim, holiday, hyannis, janet swain joakim, marstons mills, municpal politics | 1 CommentTags: cape cod, centerville, christmas, centerville christmas stroll
The Centerville Civic Association is ready for the Annual Centerville Christmas Stroll — the weather is going to be JUST RIGHT for an evening on Main Street in Centerville…
Sunday, December 14 from 4PM to 7PM.
It is anticipated that this will be Continue reading don’t forget – centerville christmas stroll today!…
a cape cod christmas in hyannis
December 5, 2008 at 6:54 pm | Posted in All America City, Barnstable Town Councilor, Christmas Stroll, Christmas activities, barnstable town council, cape cod, cape cod christmas, christmas, holiday, hyannis | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable town council, boat parade, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA, cape cod, cape cod christmas, christmas, Christmas Stroll, Harbor Lighting, holiday, hyannis, hyannis main street
SPECTACLE OF TREES — BREAKFAST WITH SANTA — HARBOR LIGHTING AND BOAT PARADE — CAPE COD MARITIME MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE — HYANNIS MAIN STREET STROLL — RESTAURANT SPECIALS
The Hyannis Christmas Stroll is all day and evening this Saturday. It is going to be new and different and fabulous this year so please join us. You can even get your Country Garden Christmas tree in front of the JFK Museum, visit the Spectacle of Trees, go to open house events all along Main Street, shop, stroll, lots of stuff for the kiddies, go for a hayride, go to the harbor lighting and on and on. Please see below for all the details:
SPECTACLE OF TREES
Thursday, December 4th 10am-4pm; Friday, December 5th 10am-8pm;
Saturday, December 6th 10am-7:30pm
Presented by Cape Cod Charitable FunRaisers at the JFK Hyannis Museum, 397 Main Street
Seventeen Cape Cod nonprofit organizations have decorated 20 trees, each with unique themes using decorations, presents, tickets, gift certificates, and more.
The trees can be viewed and bid on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The winners for each tree will be announced by Continue reading a cape cod christmas in hyannis…
christmas activities in hyannis this weekend
December 4, 2008 at 12:59 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | Leave a CommentTags: christmas, Christmas activities, Christmas Stroll, holiday, holiday activities, hyannis
For those of you who may be looking for something to do this weekend, check out the Hyannis Holiday “ARTtivities” on Pearl Street!
Friday night (December 5th) from 6:30PM-9PM is the Pearl Street Holiday Art Show and Guyer Barn Opening Reception.
Enjoy the colorful street walk and visit the strand of galleries down Pearl. Sarah Holl’s Artspace, the artist workspace at Shirley Blair Flynn Center for the Arts, the Pottery Shed, The Gallery at 20 Pearl, Breakdown Lane and the Guyer Barn are all participating in the evening event.
You can mingle with the artists and Continue reading christmas activities in hyannis this weekend…
veteran’s day
November 11, 2008 at 2:32 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | Leave a CommentTags: janet joakim, parade, veteran, veteran's day, veteran's services, veterans, viet nam
I wrote this speech to read at today’s event. We read the CC Times a little while ago and from what appears on the editorial page, it seems there is a common theme. Ask a veteran to tell you a story – and pass that story along.
Let’s thank Sid Chase again for putting together today’s event and so many others.
Welcome, veterans and those of us who come together here to appreciate, honor, recognize, celebrate, and thank the veterans among us here at home and those who are serving this country in places far from home that many of us will never visit.
Just as we gather here, so do communities across the country, at a time when our nation is experiencing some of the most difficult circumstances in years, but also at a time of fresh optimism about our future.
Our care and respect for veterans and their families has been a part of a national discussion throughout this recent political season. As veterans who served in past wars are growing older, we have a new influx of younger men and women returning from a war that continues. And regardless of your political positions, Continue reading veteran’s day…
political signs are personal property
October 25, 2008 at 2:33 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | 8 CommentsSunday – Last night two signs were stolen from our yard and the property across the side street. Signs on the neighborhood triangles were stolen a few nights before. Those islands, or as we call them, the triangles, are NOT public property. The owners have approved those signs. As of today we have new measures in place to try to catch this — tall as one witness described her – person. If you see anyone removing signs, please let us know or call the police. This is a crime – it is considered stealing personal property.
This year our yard signs cost us, with the wires – a more than $6 a sign.
The amount of signs that have been stolen is creeping into the hundreds of dollars.
This is sad.
It is also a crime.
Signs are personal property. If you steal a sign, you are stealing personal property.
There are claims by the people behind this recall, that people on this side, the vote no side of this campaign, are also stealing signs.
I only know of constituents who have contacted me, who found signs in their yards that were not invited.
No one has “stolen” signs that we know of, but there seems to be wide reaching level of support that I am only just becoming aware of and I am asking that any who is against this recall who feels inclined to steal or damage signs belonging to the others side, please don’t.
Lots of great people have stepped forward with donations, some of whom I know have more important places they need to put this money. Out of respect for them, I am asking for decency from the other side: stop stealing signs.
We have added a level of security to several of our signs that we are changing from sign to sign daily and in some cases a couple of times a day.
We have already had interesting results that we will share after the election. Additionally, signs that were found on property where the owner’s of the homes found them placed w/out permission reveal some interesting handiwork that might explain where some of my signs, and Demetrius’s Atsalisis’s signs, are going.
If you have one of the other side’s signs because it was somewhere it shouldn’t be, please leave it out in public someplace, but get in touch with me first. We need you to take a close look.
If you would like a sign in your yard, we have a list and will be putting them out in the next few days as well as replacing signs that were stolen.
If you would like to help with the campaign, we still have a lot to do, so please get in touch.
I am very busy and come home to loads of messages each day, but I WILL get back to you.
Thanks for all of the support.
Janet Joakim
508-420-2153 janetjoakim@aol.com
(I had intended to give positions on this blog regarding the petition etc… but the reasons for this recall keep changing, despite what is on the petition, I am done posting and providing fodder for the unscrupulous. This campaign, along with my own family and work responsiblities, don’t allow enough hours in the day to post right now.)
a question of accuracy — part one
October 17, 2008 at 1:17 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, council president janet joakim, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, marstons mills | Leave a CommentTags: janet joakim, recall, split tax, town council, town councilor
RECALL PETITION – THE SPLIT TAX
This past summer the group behind the recall circulated three different affidavits and two different petitions before finally getting the signatures they needed in the time allotted.
The final petition gave two reasons for a recall.
The first reason for a recall stated on the petition states that I voted against the split tax three times after it was on a ballot as a non-binding question –
This is not true.
After the tax classification issues were on the ballot as non-binding questions in 2005 and passed I voted on the issue when it came before the council as my constituents had voted:
– In 2005 I voted FOR the split tax – the council majority voted to shift the tax to businesses by 1.15.
– I also voted FOR the residential exemption — something never mentioned in any of the stories or letters about this issue – this saves the people in my precinct between $450 and $650 each year, varying only by the value of the home.
Here in Barnstable our Continue reading a question of accuracy — part one…
are you ready for christmas? mark your calendars!
September 27, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, christmas, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | 2 CommentsTags: barnstable, centerville, centerville civic association, christmas, Christmas Stroll, janet joakim
The Centerville Civic Association has announced the date for the Annual Centerville Christmas Stroll:
Sunday, December 14 from 4PM to 7PM.
Planning for all the Continue reading are you ready for christmas? mark your calendars!…
september column
September 23, 2008 at 10:33 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, marstons mills, municpal politics | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable, barnstable town council, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, town council
http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php? tion=com_content&task=view&id=16017&Itemid=50
another great weekend outdoor event – cape cod pathways!
September 17, 2008 at 9:59 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, cape cod pathways, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable town council, cape cod pathways, janet joakim, seven villages
Mark your calendars!
15th Annual Cape Cod Pathways Walking Weekend ; October 10–13, 2008
BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MA — The 15th annual fall Walking Weekend sponsored by Barnstable County’s Cape Cod Pathways program will take place Friday, October 10, through Monday, October 13, 2008, at walking trails across the Cape. More than 25 walks or hikes are Continue reading another great weekend outdoor event – cape cod pathways!…
reminder – mark your calendars for this saturday at the beach!
September 15, 2008 at 8:50 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, seven villages | Leave a CommentTags: Add new tag, centerville, craigville, craigville beach, craigville beach road, janet joakim, seven villages, sevenvillages
COASTSWEEP 2008: HELP KEEP OUR BEACHES CLEAN!
Now is your chance to give back to the special place you treasure and protect marine life from Continue reading reminder – mark your calendars for this saturday at the beach!…
recall election
September 14, 2008 at 11:00 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, capeCOG, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, municpal politics, recall | 16 CommentsTags: barnstable, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, janetjoakim, recall, recall election, seven villages, sevenvillages, sevenvillagesblog, town council, town council president
After careful consideration and discussion with family and friends I have decided that I will fight the recall attempt.
Throughout the past few weeks I have heard from so many people who are concerned about who is behind this recall effort and the vendetta that drives it, and what this means to our town.
The reasons for the recall as presented on the petition misrepresent my record and place blame and responsibility for the decisions of others at my feet.
According to several people who were met at their doors by someone asking them to sign a petition, my record, motives, and reputation were misrepresented in those discussions.
Taryn Thoman, who initiated this petition drive and collected signatures, and the group calling itself COG, have been relentlessly Continue reading recall election…
one of the community preservation victories on craigville beach
September 13, 2008 at 8:11 am | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | 4 CommentsTags: barnstable, barstable town council, cape cod, centerville, centerville river, community preservation act, craigville, craigville beach, craigville beach road, land bank
The Community Preservation Act is what replaced the Land Bank a few years ago. This was something that was approved by voters at the polls. The Act provides that 3% of the town tax be added to our tax bills and the money is put into a fund. The state provides additional matching funds from the Community Preservation Trust as percentage – this amount changes each year.
The town has an appointed committee that accepts applications for distribution of these funds, holds public hearings and makes recommendations for funds distribution in one of three general categories – conservation, historic preservation, and housing.
In the past when the town had land bank funds set aside, those funds were used to buy mostly Continue reading one of the community preservation victories on craigville beach…
update regarding recall decisions and statement
September 11, 2008 at 4:32 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, marstons mills, municpal politics | 4 CommentsTags: barnstable, centerville, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, janetjoakim, precinct 6, recall, recall petition, town
There have been a lot of inquiries about the timing of decisions and discussions and votes… thus the following.
The Charter of the Town of Barnstable with regards to steps during the recall petition process states as follows:
Recall Election
(in our charter, five days means five business days)
If the petition shall Continue reading update regarding recall decisions and statement…
coastsweep – barnstable beaches annual cleanup
September 10, 2008 at 2:01 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, covell, craigville, craigville beach, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | Leave a CommentTags: barnstable town council, centerville, centerville beach, covell, covells beach, craigville beach, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, janetjoakim, Nantucket Sound, nantucket soundkeeper, town council
The annual beach clean-up day known as CoastSweep is coming to your favorite beach this month!
The event is explained on the Continue reading coastsweep – barnstable beaches annual cleanup…
difficult decisions
September 10, 2008 at 11:30 am | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, capeCOG, centerville, council president janet joakim, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, municpal politics, recall | 9 CommentsTags: barnstable, barnstable town council, capeCOG, cog, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, recall, seven villages, town councilor janet joakim, town of barnstable
Thank You.
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to stop me in public, or call me at home, or send me an email.
Your support is important as we wrestle with difficult decisions.
I am taking it all in and discussing it with family and friends.
Unfortunately, the ugliness continues.
There have been over 90 message left for me on this blog – most likely from the same person or persons – in the past few months, many Continue reading difficult decisions…
smoking ban … on the beach?
September 5, 2008 at 11:52 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, cigarette, cigarette filter, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, smoking, smoking ban | 6 CommentsTags: cigarette, cigarette filter, smoking, smoking ban, smoking on the beach
There have been several newspaper articles and discussions in different venues about town about whether Barnstable should consider Continue reading smoking ban … on the beach?…
the rumors of barnstable’s (aaa) demise are greatly exaggerated!!
August 29, 2008 at 6:15 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | 21 CommentsTags: AAA, AAA bond, AAA bond rating, barnstable, bond, janet swain joakim, standard and poor's, town of barnstable
UPDATE: Massachusetts Muncipal Association has updated the article on their website to include Barnstable:
http://www.mma.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3035&Itemid=92
A story posted on the MMA website seems to have generated a little flurry of concern among those who pay attention to these things …
The MMA story was Continue reading the rumors of barnstable’s (aaa) demise are greatly exaggerated!!…
bring gifts for the needy when you go to the beach!
August 23, 2008 at 7:54 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, council president janet joakim, craigville, craigville beach, donate, help homeless, homeless, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, municpal politics | 6 CommentsTags: centerville, champ house, craigville, craigville beach, donate, help homeless, homeless shelter
The Tabernacle Worship Committee is leading a
Craigville-wide collection for Continue reading bring gifts for the needy when you go to the beach!...
opportunity to give input regarding design of three rt. 28 intersections – lumbert mill, south county, and rt. 149
August 18, 2008 at 10:46 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, council president janet joakim, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, marstons mills | 8 CommentsTags: barnstable, centerville, dangerous intersection, intersection, lumbert mill, lumberts mill, mass highway, route 28, rt. 28, traffic lights
The meeting last week with Mass Highway was productive and informative. We were presented with the plans for the three intersections with Rt. 28 and invited to give input.
Lumbert Mill and Rt 28 (!!!)
South County and Rt 28
Rt. 149 and Rt. 28
There were lot of questions about sightlines – about whether people will be able to see the stoplights before the Continue reading opportunity to give input regarding design of three rt. 28 intersections – lumbert mill, south county, and rt. 149…
another recall attempt in precinct 6 – which precinct will it be tomorrow?
August 16, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, capeCOG, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, municpal politics | 20 CommentsTags: barnstable, barnstable town council, capeCOG, capecog.com, centerville, cog, gary lopez, janet, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, joakim, recall, recall petition, taryn thoman, town of barnstable
August 15, 2008
It is discouraging and disheartening after seven years of dedicated service to our town to be living through yet another recall attempt initiated by someone who doesn’t live in my precinct, who has a personal grudge and vendetta against me, my children, my husband and family — and is someone whom I have never met.
In addition to the woman who initiated the recall, the effort is being organized, conducted and managed via a website/blog that operates solely on the assumption that every aspect of our town government is corrupt and most who are associated with any of its successes or failures are also corrupt.
I was recently contacted by someone who pointed out several instances of racial, ethnic, anti-Semitic and sexist slurs that are used constantly by the author of this website/blog, who is also the leader of the group known as COG, to incite its base.
This group seems to operate on the fuel of hate, distrust and a darkness that is in some ways sad and in other ways frightening. And, for two years they have had their sights on me, and, for over a year they have had their sights on my daughters, my husband, my brother and others in my family.
The latest recall petition that is being carried on clipboards from door to door in my neighborhood gives two Continue reading another recall attempt in precinct 6 – which precinct will it be tomorrow?…
tonight! – mass highway hearing re: rt 28 and lumberts mill road, south county and rt 149
August 13, 2008 at 10:14 am | Posted in barnstable town council, centerville, janet joakim, janet swain joakim | 2 CommentsTags: janet, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, joakim
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A Design Public Hearing will be held by MassHighway to discuss the proposed Signal & Intersection Improvements on Route 28 at 3 Locations Project in Barnstable, MA.
WHERE: Barnstable Town Hall
Town Council Meeting Room, 2nd Floor
367 Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
WHEN: Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
PURPOSE: The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed Signal & Intersection Improvements On Route 28 at 3 Locations Project. All views and comments made at the hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.
PROPOSAL: The proposed project consists of signal and intersection improvements on Route 28 at three locations: Lumbert Mill Road, South County Road and Route 149.
A secure right-of-way is necessary for this project. Acquisitions in fee and permanent or temporary easements may be required. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is responsible for acquiring all needed rights in private or public lands. MassHighway’s policy concerning land acquisitions will be discussed at this hearing.
Written views received by MassHighway subsequent to the date of this notice and up to five (5) days prior to the date of the hearing shall be displayed for public inspection and copying at the time and date listed above. Plans will be on display one-half hour before the hearing begins, with an engineer in attendance to answer questions regarding this project. A project handout is available on the MassHighway website listed below.
Written statements and other exhibits in place of, or in addition to, oral statements made at the Public Hearing regarding the proposed undertaking are to be submitted to Frank A. Tramontozzi, P.E., Chief Engineer, Massachusetts Highway Department, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116. Such submissions will also be accepted at the hearing. Mailed statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be postmarked within ten (10) business days of this Public Hearing.
The community has declared that this facility is accessible to all in compliance with the ADA / Title II. However, persons in need of ADA / Title II accommodations should contact Angela Rudikoff by phone at (617) 973-7005 or email angela.rudikoff@eot.state.ma.us. Requests must be made at least 10 days prior to the date of the public hearing.
In case of inclement weather, hearing cancellation announcements will be posted on the MassHighway website http://www.mass.gov/mhd.
LUISA PAIEWONSKY FRANK A. TRAMONTOZZI, P.E.
COMMISSIONER CHIEF ENGINEER
Boston, Massachusetts
west nile virus confirmed in a dead bird from barnstable
August 12, 2008 at 6:53 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, west nile virus | 2 CommentsTags: barnstable, janet joakim, mosquitoes, standing water, west nile, west nile virus
DATE: August 12, 2008 CONTACT: David Stanton
TOWN: Barnstable TELEPHONE: (508 ) 862-4644
The Public Health Division announced this afternoon the first West Nile virus (WNV) positive bird of 2008 in the Town of Barnstable, Cummaquid area. In 2007, 3059 dead birds were reported to MDPH and forty-three tested positive for WNV. No birds submitted from the Town of Barnstable were positive for WNV in 2007.
Cape Cod Mosquito Control was contacted. They will treat catch basins with larvicides in the area tomorrow morning.
While WNV can infect people of all ages, people over the age of 50 are at higher risk for Continue reading west nile virus confirmed in a dead bird from barnstable…
update! governor’s town meeting moved to high school
August 11, 2008 at 4:17 pm | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a CommentThe governor’s town meeting will be held indoors at the Knight auditorium 6:00
reminder – important meetings! governor is coming – mass highway is coming – please be there!
August 11, 2008 at 9:52 am | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a Commentgovernor patrick is coming to hyannis for a town hall meeting
Governor Deval Patrick’s Summer Town Hall Meeting Tour
Monday, August 11, 2008 — 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Village Green Bandstand, Hyannis
HYANNIS, MA – Town Manager John Klimm and Town Council President Janet Joakim are pleased to welcome Governor Deval Patrick to Continue reading governor patrick is coming to hyannis for a town hall meeting…
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important reminder – mass highway hearing regarding rt 28 and lumberts mill road
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
A Design Public Hearing will be held by MassHighway to discuss the proposed Signal & Intersection Improvements on Route 28 at Continue reading
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please make your voices heard regarding the massachusetts clean water act!
Below is a message from Senator O’Leary regarding a piece of legislation that effects all of us as we consider the options facing us regarding Cape Cod’s waste-water management.
Please consider the news story in Continue reading please make your voices heard regarding the massachusetts clean water act!…
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