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    This Week in Wellfleet

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    Meetings Ahead

    From wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar, click on the meeting you’re interested in to open its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take part remotely.

    Thursday, April 23

    • Town Administrator Screening Committee, 2 p.m.
    • Local Housing Partnership, 4 p.m.

    Tuesday, April 28

    • Select Board with Emergency Management Team: COVID-19 Updates, 10 a.m.

    Thursday, April 30

    • Cape Cod Commission, Herring River Restoration Project Phase 1, 4:30 p.m.

    Conversation Starters

    Coronavirus Update

    As of April 21, Wellfleet had zero active cases of Covid-19, four cleared cases, and one death as a result of the coronavirus.

    Taxation Aid Fund Donation

    The Wellfleet Taxation Aid Fund Committee is asking the public to consider a donation to the fund when you submit your tax payment. The fund helps to pay the property taxes of low-income seniors and the disabled. To donate, write a separate check to the “Taxation Aid Fund” when you pay your taxes. These donations are tax-deductible.

    Social Distancing and Recycling

    The Department of Public Works is in the process of retrofitting the Wellfleet transfer station to accept recyclables in a hands-off way while respecting social distancing. DPW Director Mark Vincent said he hopes to open up the recycling area of the station within the week.

     Soup for Those in Need

    Chef Maryann Lucas of the Wellfleet Council on Aging’s Iris’s Café will be making soup to be packaged and delivered by volunteers on Friday, April 24 to people who could use the help, said Suzanne Grout Thomas, director of community services. —Devin Sean Martin

     

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    This Week in Wellfleet

    By

    Meetings Ahead

    All meetings are held remotely. To watch or participate in meetings live, go to the town website, wellfleet-ma.gov, and click on the link to the meeting in the calendar. To watch older meetings held remotely click on the red bar on the top of the website stating “Covid-19 Information Page,” click again on a second link to “Covid-19 information page” and then look on the left and scroll down to “Board/Committee Meetings Recorded Virtual During Covid-19.”

    Friday, April 17

    • Wellfleet Covid-19 Needs Response Task Force Community Calls, 10 a.m.

    Tuesday, April 21

    • Select Board with Emergency Management Team: Covid-19 Updates, 10 a.m.

    Conversation Starters

    Coronavirus Update

    As of April 13, Wellfleet had two active cases, two cleared cases of Covid-19, and one death as a result of Covid-19.

    Birthday Caravans in Wellfleet

    Wellfleet Recreation will be holding birthday caravans for all Wellfleet Elementary School birthdays. The first one is Thursday, April 16, for a second-grader at the school. If you are interested in participating, private message the recreation committee’s Facebook page or email [email protected].

    Public Call-in About Covid-19

    The public is invited to the first bimonthly Zoom call to ask questions of health, safety, and town officials about the coronavirus on Friday, April 17 at 10 a.m. Community members may call in and talk to people from Outer Cape Health Services and the Lower Cape Outreach Council, and others involved with food and mental health delivery. This is a Zoom remote meeting. The link is on the town’s website.

    Do You Need a Mask?

    If you need a mask to comply with health and safety recommendations to protect yourself when out in public, Wellfleet Health and Conservation Agent Hillary Greenberg-Lemos is working to obtain them for members of the public. Contact her at [email protected].

    A Mail-In Meeting Idea

    Town Administrator Dan Hoort says town meeting is June 1, and he’s recommending the town election be scheduled for June 18. Hoort is pursuing the possibility of allowing town meeting participants to vote by mail. [See separate story on page 1.] He said he needs to ask state government for special legislation to make it possible. It would involve a “live forum” where people can discuss the warrant articles together before the vote. —K.C. Myers

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