Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details. All meetings at Town Hall unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, March 16
- Nauset Regional School Modular Building Tour, 4 p.m., Nauset High School parking lot
- Recreation Commission, 5:30 p.m., Recreation and Beach Office
Monday, March 20
- Search Committee, 10 a.m., Town Hall
- Select Board, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall
Tuesday, March 21
- Task Force on Residential Zoning, 4 p.m., Town Hall
- Elementary School Committee, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 22
- Finance Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Thursday, March 23
- Council on Aging, 9:30 a.m., Town Hall
- Nauset Regional School Modular Building Tour, 4 p.m., Nauset High School parking lot.
Conversation Starter
Get Vaxxed and Get $75
Outer Cape residents have a new reason to get a Covid-19 vaccine or booster — a $75 gift card to Stop & Shop or Cumberland Farms at clinics in Eastham and Wellfleet in March.
The shots will be offered on Thursday, March 16 at Eastham Town Hall from 3 to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, March 21 at the 246 Kitchen at the Methodist Church in Wellfleet from 5 to 7 p.m; and Friday, March 24 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Eastham Public Library. Walk-ins are welcome.
The Mass. Dept. of Public Health selected the Outer Cape as one of 14 rural communities to participate in the Rural Vaccine Program. The reasons: demographic makeup, geography, and limited infrastructure make health care delivery harder in isolated places and this contributes to “higher burdens of chronic disease, which can increase Covid-19 morbidity and mortality.
“Extreme isolation, due to both geographic barriers (mountains, reservoirs, rivers) and limited infrastructure (transportation, broadband, social and clinical services), have exacerbated these challenges, as has a historical mistrust of government among some rural communities,” according to the DPH.
Alex Nelson, coordinator of the Outer Cape Community Solutions Network, said the state offered gift cards to grocery or big box stores. She asked that all the cards for the Outer Cape be for Stop & Shop and Cumberland Farms for those with limited transportation. —K.C. Myers
