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Sandwich Public Library Board approves administrative updates, hears leadership changes

Sandwich Public Library board hears updates on transitions and budget challenges. Library Director Diane Costagliola reported strong 2025 circulation — 136,000 items borrowed and renewed, 52,000 e-books checked out — as the Public Library Board of Trustees received updates on a new integrated

Board of Assessors approves four exemptions

Sandwich Board of Assessors approves four real estate exemptions. Chair Larry Harrington, Vice-Chair Nick Fernandes, Director of Assessing Ben Styche, and member Robert James convened on January 13 in an executive session to review exemption applications under state law. All four applications were

Board of Appeals approves special permit for floodplain reconstruction

Board of Appeals approves floodplain-property special permit at 8 White Cap Path. Attorney Christopher Kirrane represented the applicant and architect Anne Michniewicz on the Lemire proposal to raze and rebuild a single-family dwelling on a nonconforming oceanfront lot with a current rear setback

Sandwich Historic District approves 10 projects; tables design dispute

Historic District Committee approves 10 projects; continues contentious home debate. The Sandwich committee approved 10 certificates of appropriateness January 12 for solar installations, dormers, additions, and other improvements. One contentious application continued: Charles Perfetuo's 2.5-story

Board enforces three tobacco violations with five-day sales suspensions

The Sandwich Board of Health enforces tobacco-sale violations at three retailers. The board unanimously imposed five-day suspensions on tobacco sales at Meetinghouse Package Store on Cotuit Road, Shell on Route 130 in Forestdale, and Speedway #2444 on Route 130, each receiving a $1,000 fine for