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25,000-Square-Foot Parcel Donated to Marblehead

The Board of Selectmen unanimously accepted a 25,000-square-foot swath of Land off of May Street Wednesday night.

Every week, we set out to answer a question submitted by one of our readers as part of our You Ask...Patch Answers column. On Friday, we received an email from a local resident who wanted us to nail down exactly where a recently-donated stretch of land was located off of May Street. They asked: I heard the Selectmen accepted a big chunk of land off of May Street Wednesday night but I can't picture in my mind exactly where that is? Do you know what the plan is for the parcel? Thanks! --- At their meeting at Abbot Hall Wednesday night, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to accept the recent donation of a 25,000-square-foot swath of land located off of May Street. As a result of the board's vote, the land will now be "held in the care, …

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ConsCom Approves Emergency Order, Bails Out Local Float Owners

The Conservation Commission unanimously approved an emergency order to move along the annual process of removing and storing of floats and docks at Riverhead Beach.

At a meeting Thursday night that drew an overflow crowd to the lower-level conference room of the Mary Alley Municipal Building, Conservation Commission members unanimously approved an emergency order granting the Recreation and Parks Commission permission to move forward with the annual task of pulling seasonal docks and floats from Marblehead Harbor. Prior to approving the emergency order, a public hearing was held regarding a notice of intent filed by the Recreation and Parks Commission to haul and store seasonal docks, floats and lobster traps at Devereux and Riverhead Beach. Until the Conservation Commission officially ruled on the application, the hauling in of floats and docks and the storage of boats and lobster traps had been …

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ConsCom Float Hearing Tonight

The local Conservation Commission will host a public hearing at the Mary Alley Municipal Building tonight regarding the seasonal operations at Riverhead Beach.

The Conservation Commission will host a public hearing tonight regarding an application filed by the Recreation and Parks Commission to haul and store seasonal docks, floats and lobster traps at Devereux and Riverhead Beach. Last week, Conservation Commission member Fred Sullivan dismissed claims that the commission had issued a cease and desist order to prevent locals from hauling in their floats and docks for the season and asserted that the commission's aim is to have the Recreation and Parks Commission "clean up their act." The public hearing will begin at 7:15 p.m., in the lower-level conference room of the Mary Alley Municipal Building on Widger Road. "We just want to take a look at how things are being done down there, that's all," …

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Conservation Commission Wants to 'Clean Up' Beach Operations

The local Conservation Commission will host a public hearing at the Mary Alley Municipal Buidling next week regarding the seasonal operations at Riverhead Beach.

The Conservation Commission will host a public hearing next week in regard to an application filed by the Recreation and Parks Commission to haul and store seasonal docks, floats and lobster traps at Devereux and Riverhead Beach. On Thursday, Conservation Commission member Fred Sullivan dismissed claims that the commission had issued a cease and desist order to prevent locals from hauling in their floats and docks for the season and asserted that the commission's aim is to have the Recreation and Parks Commission "clean up their act." The public hearing will be held on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7:15 p.m., in the lower-level conference room of the Mary Alley Municipal Building on Widger Road. "We just want to take a look at how things are being…

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Seasonal Docks, Floats Stranded in Marblehead Harbor

The Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing next week regarding an application from the Recreation and Parks Commission to haul in floats and docks at Riverhead Beach.

Marblehead Harbormaster Webb Russell said the seasonal docks and floats that populate Marblehead Harbor have been hauled in at Riverhead Beach in the late summer and early fall "for as long as anyone can remember." The docks and floats, he said, are typically towed toward the beach, anchored near the shore, and hauled out of the water at low tide to be stacked and stored on land for the winter months. So Russell, and the local marine equipment workers who typically haul the floats this time of year, were surprised Thursday to hear that the Conservation Commission will be reviewing the operations at Riverhead Beach. "They couldn't have done it at a worse time," Russell said Tuesday afternoon, adding that the removal of between 100 and 120 …

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No Ruling On Gerry Island Causeway

Peter Noyes unsuccessfully asked the town's Board of Selectmen to issue a ruling on the right of way to the Little Harbor island.

If Peter Noyes was waiting on the town counsel to issue an opinion on whether he has the right to drive trucks across a causeway between Gas House Beach and Gerry Island, he learned Tuesday that he may have a long wait. In a meeting with Town Administrator Tony Sasso and Town Engineer William Lanphear, Noyes was told that the town will not issue an opinion on whether he has a right to drive vehicles across the causeway to reconstruct seawalls on the island and ultimately to store boats on the island. He was also told he would have to hire his own lawyer to issue an opinion on the question, and that opinion could be challenged by the town or by individuals opposed to expanded use of the island. Noyes said he had taken the question to the …

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