main street hyannis has a new -free- shuttle – more on that and other news and events

June 29, 2007 at 11:27 pm | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, hyannis, janet swain joakim, main street, main street hyannis, marstons mills, osterville, seven villages, town of barnstable | Leave a Comment

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what are you doing for the fourth of july (week)?

June 29, 2007 at 11:25 pm | Posted in All America City, barnstable, barnstable town council, centerville, council president janet joakim, fireworks, fourth of july, hyannis, john klimm, july 4, july 4th, main street, marstons mills, osterville, parade, seven villages, town of barnstable | Leave a Comment

**THIS POST IS DATED 2007! TO SEE FIREWORKS INFO FOR 2008 CLICK HERE:
http://sevenvillagesblog.com/2008/06/13/fourth-of-july-in-the-town-of-barnstable
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http://sevenvillagesblog.com/2008/07/03/fireworks-and-weather-in-barnstable 
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“in papelbon we trust”

June 29, 2007 at 11:24 pm | Posted in barnstable town council, papelbon, red sox, red sox fan | Leave a Comment

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A ballot question to consider: are 15 councilors too many? what do you think?

June 22, 2007 at 6:58 am | Posted in 15 precincts, ballot question, barnstable, barnstable charter commission, barnstable town council, cape cod, centerville, charter, charter ballot, city charter, council, councilor, councilors at large, hyannis, janet joakim, janet swain joakim, marstons mills, municpal politics, osterville, politics, population increase, precinct councilors, seven villages, town charter, town manager, town of barnstable | 2 Comments

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A new domain name: sevenvillagesblog.com

June 22, 2007 at 6:55 am | Posted in barnstable, barnstable town council, blog, blogger, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, marstons mills, osterville, seven villages | 1 Comment

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ridding ourselves of the hate-blogs

June 20, 2007 at 6:14 am | Posted in barnstable town council, blogger, hyannis, janet joakim, john klimm, main street, marstons mills, municpal politics, politics, rage, rants | 3 Comments

Time to let them be. 

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It’s official

June 19, 2007 at 12:28 am | Posted in barnstable town council | Leave a Comment

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Nobody Perfect – It’s all about the effort!

June 15, 2007 at 9:56 pm | Posted in All America City, barnstable town council, blog, blogger, capeCOG, centerville, council president janet joakim, hyannis, janet joakim, john klimm, klim, main street, marstons mills, municpal politics, osterville, politics, real estate, team, town manager, town manager john klimm, town of barnstable | 1 Comment

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*National Recognition* – Barnstable is an All America City

June 13, 2007 at 11:04 pm | Posted in All America City, barnstable, barnstable town council, blogger, cape cod, centerville, hyannis, janet joakim, john klimm, main street, marstons mills, municpal politics, osterville, politics, team, town of barnstable | 2 Comments

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Did you hear the *GOOD* news?

June 12, 2007 at 11:25 pm | Posted in All America City, barnstable, barnstable town council, blog, blogger, cape cod, centerville, hyannis, janet joakim, john klimm, main street, marstons mills, municpal politics, osterville, politics, town of barnstable | 1 Comment

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Helping a local Mom

June 11, 2007 at 10:39 pm | Posted in Perry's, barnstable town council, donate money to support cancer victim, hyannis, janet joakim, main street, teresa dillon, theresa dillon, tonsillar cancer | Leave a Comment

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‘Subprime’ Aftermath: Losing the Family Home

June 11, 2007 at 10:38 pm | Posted in 300, bank foreclosure, barnstable, blog, buy forclosure, buy foreclosure, cape cod, cape cog, centerville, charter ballot, charter comission, citizens for open government, foreclosure, hyannis, janet joakim, john julius, jon julius, main street, marstons mills, mortgage, osterville, phsychosis, politics, predatory lender, rage, rants, real estate | 16 Comments

 couple faces losing their homeI have cut and pasted an article from the Wall Street Journal below about predatory lenders and the system that allows the mortgage companies, banks, and real estate companies that take dreams and transform them into nightmares should be tarred and feathered.  

FORCLOSURES – WHO IS AT FAULT?  

Our local critics have often thrown the current foreclosure statistics at us in town government as some sort of issue for which we are responsible. I have family members and close friends who have either retired from, or are selling real estate in different places from here to California.  RE agents often give advice regarding financing for the purchases of homes.  Whether ethical or not, mortgage companies and brokers woo real estate sales people in hopes they will send customers their way.  Continue reading ‘Subprime’ Aftermath: Losing the Family Home…

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