Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, March 13
- Affordable Housing Trust, 9 a.m.
- Finance Committee, 4 p.m.
- Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m., Nauset Middle School, Orleans
Monday, March 17
- Search Committee, 10 a.m.
- Select Board, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18
- School Committee, 5 p.m.
- Recycling Committee, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19
- Open Space Committee, 2:30 p.m.
- Planning Board, 5 p.m.
Thursday, March 20
- Finance Committee, 4 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Standing With Ukraine
More than 100 Lower and Outer Cape residents attended a rally in support of Ukraine at the Windmill Green between noon and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9.
“Stop Putin,” read a sign painted in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. “This Is What Democracy Looks Like,” read another. It was the first rally organized by the Nauset Citizens Alliance, an activist group started last week by Orleans resident Sheri Tagliaferri.
Tagliaferri estimated that about 150 people came to the rally, which she organized online and by talking with protesters across from the National Park Service Salt Pond Visitor Center on March 1.
“I knew there were people out here who didn’t agree with the new administration,” Tagliaferri said, “but it was difficult to find them. We’re still at the beginning stages of people starting to organize, to find one another, to gather around common causes.”
Tagliaferri said she chose Eastham’s Windmill Green for its visibility on Route 6 and opposite town hall. The Nauset Citizens Alliance is planning another rally there on Saturday, March 15 in support of veterans, Social Security, National Parks, Medicare, and Medicaid — all of which are being threatened with budget cuts and layoffs by Elon Musk’s so-called Dept. of Government Efficiency.
“Democracy is our main goal, and support for these causes starts from the bottom up,” Tagliaferri said. “To remain silent makes it seem like what is happening is OK.” —Parker Mumford
