Government · Conservation
Mashpee Panel Approves Red Brook Culvert Fix
Mashpee conservation board approves Red Brook culvert, stalls four other projects over flooding and fill questions.
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Government · Water
Sewer Commission Delays Cottage Hookup Hearing Again
Mashpee Sewer Commission continues cottage sewer hookup hearing to October 15 on a 3-1 vote.
Government · Planning Board
Board Hears Fin Landing Workforce Housing Plan
Mashpee Planning Board hears signage fix and housing-conversion talk at renamed Fin Landing complex.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Executes October Town Meeting Warrant
Mashpee Select Board executes fall town meeting warrant, appoints Russell to EDIC over an abstention.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 7, 2026 through September 13, 2026
This week's Mashpee obituary column carries one notice: Barlow, John Langley III, 89, of Mashpee and formerly of West Roxbury, who died suddenly on September 3, 2026, at Falmouth Hospital. He was the husband of Eileen Mary (Lyons) Barlow, with whom he shared 64 years of marriage. His ob…
Government · Zoning Board
ZBA Delays Quaker Run Road Garage Ruling
Mashpee's Zoning Board postpones ruling on a part-built garage snagged by a decades-old "paper road." Chair Ron Bonvie told the applicant's attorney, Christopher Crane, he was "leaning towards" finding that a 15-foot strip behind 34 Quaker Run Road is a road, not private land, after neighbors includ
Government · Conservation
Conservation Board Approves Six Projects, Continues Four
Mashpee's conservation board, now down to three voting members, unanimously clears a six-case hearing docket.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 24 through August 30, 2026
This week's Mashpee obituary column lists three residents: Shaw, Ralph B. "Bud" (98), DeForest, Michele (Gaulin) (75), and McDonald, Joan M. (91). Shaw, a longtime Mashpee resident originally from Taunton, was days from his 99th birthday when he died August 13. DeForest, a Mashpee resid…
Government · Zoning Board
Zoning Board Extends 40B Hearing To Sept. 23
Mashpee's Zoning Board of Appeals extended review of a scaled-down 40B housing project and approved a home addition elsewhere in town.
Government · Other Committee
CPC Clarifies True $7.4 Million Surplus
Mashpee's Community Preservation Committee found its real surplus is $7.4 million, not the $7.1 million cited publicly.