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, July 10
- Affordable Housing Trust, 9 a.m. — cancelled
- Historical Commission, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, July 11
- Nauset Regional School Committee Building Use Subcommittee, 8:30 a.m., NRHS
Monday, July 14
- Energy & Climate Action Committee, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 15
- Recycling Committee, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 16
- Search Committee, 11 a.m.
- Open Space Committee, 2:30 p.m.
- Planning Board, 5 p.m.
- Nauset High School Building Committee, 5:30 p.m., online only
Conversation Starter
More Water Issues
South Sunken Meadow Beach was closed on Thursday, July 3 due to an excess of enterococci bacteria in the water — a species that indicates the presence of fecal matter.
After South Sunken Meadow tested above acceptable levels on July 1 and 2, the beach was closed on the morning of July 3.
The mechanics of the closure annoyed people at the beach, according to select board member Robert Bruns. He told the board at its July 7 meeting that nobody who was already in the water had been told that the beach had been closed. He also said that several swimmers told him they had tried to call the health dept. but no one had answered the phone.
“I think we probably need to look at the process of how beach closures are going to work,” Bruns said. He said it wasn’t in the health dept.’s job description to “start shooing people off the beach,” so he suggested having police officers accompany them to assist.
Assistant Town Manager Rich Bienvenue, who was sitting in for Town Manager Jacqui Beebe at the meeting, said he would be talking with the health dept. later in the week about how to handle future closures.
Results from tests done on July 7 indicated that swimming still wasn’t safe at South Sunken Meadow, according to Sam Poyant, administrative assistant for the health dept.
The water at South Sunken Meadow will be tested every weekday, and the beach will remain closed until the water is determined to be safe, Poyant said. —Parker Mumford
