The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries will be lifting the temporary shellfish closure for Brewster on Sunday October 13th at sun rise. Mants Landing will be open for Oyster Sunday. For additional questions please call 508-896-4546.
The Brewster Town Offices and Brewster Recycling Center will be closed Monday, October 14, 2019 for the Columbus Day holiday.
The Brewster Recycling Center will be open Tuesday, October 15, 2019 to alleviate any inconvenience.
Fall Prevention Seminar
Monday, October 21 1:00pm Brewster Fire Station 1671 Main Street (behind the COA)
Did you know that falls account for about 10% of all calls that the Brewster Fire Department responds to annually? Come discuss ways to prevent injuries due to falls. Refreshments will be served. This very informative seminar will be held at the Brewster Fire Station. Please call the COA at 508-896-2737 to register.
On Monday October 7 Captain Jeff Sturtevant and FF Richard Bunker visited the Town’s local elementary schools to present several classroom and hands-on based fire and life safety education programs to the students and staff. The sessions were designed to educate the attendees on several fire and life safety tips such as smoke detector use, calling 911, kitchen fire safety, crawling low in smoke, stop, drop, and roll, and developing and practicing home escape plans. During the day staff utilized the department’s new Fire Safety Education trailer to create real-life scenarios using theatrical smoke and other built-in props to educate the students in these life-saving techniques.
Brewster Fire/Rescue would like to thank the staff at the Eddy and Stony Brook Schools for supporting Fire Prevention Week and for allowing us to educate the children in these essential fire and daily life safety practices.
A proposal is before the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates that would eliminate the County Board of Regional Commissioners (the “County Commissioners”). This proposal is part of the Assembly’s county charter review process. Every five years the Assembly evaluates the county charter, passed by the State Legislature in 1988, to determine if it continues to function effectively and meet the needs of county residents.
The proposal to eliminate the county commissioners would replace them with a “strong county administrator” and would transfer policy-making duties to the Assembly. It would also give the Assembly authority to hire the county administrator (under the charter now, the commissioners hire the administrator).
The public is invited to express their views on this proposal through any of these:
All comments should be received no later than Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at noon.
