Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations and any remote options that may be offered.
Thursday, Feb. 10
- Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m., virtual
Saturday, Feb. 12
- Board of Library Trustees, 9 a.m., Eastham Library
Monday, Feb. 14
- Climate Action Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Tuesday, Feb. 15
- Elementary School Committee, 4 p.m., virtual
- T-Time Development Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall
- Board of Highway Surveyors, 5 p.m., virtual
Wednesday, Feb. 16
- Open Space Committee, 3 p.m.
- Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Conversation Starters
Care to Run?
Nomination papers are now available for elected positions on several town boards and committees.
Select board members Jared Collins and Al Cestaro’s three-year terms will be expiring this year. Eastham Housing Authority member Mary Beth O’Shea’s five-year term is also up.
Two three-year seats held by elementary school committee members Ann Crozier and Moira Noonan-Kerry end in 2022. A third open seat on the committee, currently occupied by interim member Mary Lou Sette, carries a two-year term. Ed Brookshire’s three-year term on the Nauset Regional School Committee will also expire.
Derek Burritt and Holly Reeve Funston, members of the board of library trustees, are up for re-election.
Candidates may pick up nomination papers from the town clerk’s office in town hall from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Papers must be returned by March 29 at 5 p.m.
The town election will be held on May 17. Mail-in voting is currently not an option, according to Town Clerk Cindy Nicholson. All candidates must be registered to vote in Eastham. The last day to register as a voter for the election and the town meeting (set for May 2) is April 12.
20-Year Wait List
The select board, harbormaster, and town natural resources staff are looking to revise the marina dockage agreement.
The wait list for docks at Rock Harbor date back to 1999, according to Art Autorino of the select board. At Great Pond, the list goes back to 2016.
The board took up the issue after a resident asked about taking ownership of a slip that had belonged to a deceased parent. Currently, death of the boat owner is grounds for termination of the slip. It does not give preference to commercial boat owners.
No final decisions were made at Monday’s select board meeting. Harbormaster Scott Richards agreed to return once he had come up with a plan to improve the agreement. —Cam Blair
