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Mashpee Morning Brief, Tuesday, Oct. 20
Planning Board and community garden group meet Wednesday as town calendar fills with fall sessions.
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Government · Town Meeting
Mashpee Town Meeting Shelves CPA Tax Shift
Mashpee Town Meeting shelved a planned tax surcharge tied to sewer costs and approved 11 other warrant articles.
Morning Brief
Author to visit library Nov. 7
Author Ted Reinstein to discuss nation's founding at Mashpee library Nov. 7. Also in today's brief (9 items): Author to visit library Nov. 7; Conservation Commission meets today; Freshwater Ponds Committee meets tonight; Library trustees meet Tuesday evening.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 12 through October 18
Two Mashpee-resident obituaries were published this week: Shoemaker, Bruce W., and Thibeault, Daniel S. "Dan". Bruce W. Shoemaker, 92, of Mashpee, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, survived by memories of 52 years of marriage to his late wife, Joan (Terry) Shoemaker.
Morning Brief
Early voting opens this week
Early voting is underway in Mashpee this week alongside Monday's Annual Town Meeting. Also in today's brief (8 items): Early voting underway in Mashpee; Conservation Commission meets Tuesday evening; Freshwater Ponds Committee meets Tuesday; Library trustees meet Tuesday evening.
Morning Brief
Annual Town Meeting convenes Monday night
Mashpee's Annual Town Meeting convenes Monday night after a joint Select Board and Finance Committee session.
Government · Water
Sewer Panel Approves Cranberry Point Variance 3-1
The Mashpee Sewer Commission voted 3-1 to grant a flow-neutral bylaw variance for the Cranberry Point project.
Government · Zoning Board
Zoning board denies Oyster Way permit appeal
Mashpee's Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to deny an abutters' appeal and uphold two building permits on Oyster Way.
Morning Brief
Three boards meet same night Oct. 20
Conservation Commission, Ponds Committee and MIDC board all meet the same Tuesday night. Also in today's brief (9 items): Sewer Commission meets Thursday afternoon; Human Services board meets virtually Friday; Middleborough visits Mashpee in JV soccer Oct. 19; MIDC board meets Tuesday a…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 5, 2026 through October 11, 2026
This week's obituary notices column lists one Mashpee, Massachusetts obituary: Portnoy, Marvin (Barry), 88, who died October 1, 2026, at his Mashpee home after a brief battle with cancer. The notice says he grew up in Mattapan, Massachusetts, and that his daughter, Kim, cared for him in…