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Jan 17, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Town Manager Rodney C. Collins was chosen as the new chairman of the Mashpee Charter Review Committee this week. The committee made the selection at its meeting on Monday, January 13. The move comes after member John Miller resigned from his position as chairman in December. Mr. Miller will continue to be a member of the charter review committee. “For me, it’s been a stimulating process over the 22 months since our first meeting in May 2023.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Mashpee’s Health Department and Human Services Department are working together to start a behavioral health program for the town called Behavioral Health 360. Health Agent Zachary Seabury spoke about the program at the Mashpee Board of Health meeting on Wednesday, January 15. “It’s an online program that we’re hoping to get set up in the town,” he said. Behavioral Health 360 is designed to provide local resources to communities.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Mashpee Health Agent Zachary Seabury announced this week that the health department is looking to hire an assistant health agent and an additional board member. The announcement, made at the Mashpee Board of Health’s meeting on Wednesday, comes after former board member Edward Raposa resigned. “We do have an opening for a chair on the board, so hopefully we’ll get someone there,” Mr. Seabury said.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Representatives from the Mashpee Conservation Commission were tapped on January 9 as focus group members to discuss and work on the commission’s co-management of town conservation lands with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The commission members chosen are Sarah Thornbrugh, Seanna Pitt and chairman Paul D. Colombo. “I just talked to the Tribe.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Mashpee residents have likely taken notice of the restaurant Freshroll at the Mashpee Farmers Market, at town events such as Oktoberfest, or at its new location at Mashpee Commons. What they cannot see, though, is what lies behind the scenes: owners Channa and Chhay Chou, a couple who use their business to help feed the town’s hungry. Mr. and Ms. Chou, originally from Cambodia, keep printed receipts in front of the restaurant’s cash register for customers to see.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Town manager Rodney C. Collins recently informed the Mashpee Select Board that the Massachusetts State House is in the process of updating the town’s flag in its building. “The State House has a town flag for every community in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” Mr. Collins said. “They did have our old flag. I am going to correct that.”Mr. Collins said he is working with department of public works director Catherine Laurent to add the town's flag in Mashpee Town Hall.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Mashpee's Charter Review Committee met with Town Clerk Deborah H. Kaye on Monday, January 13, to continue discussing how public meetings are posted to the town's official bulletin boards. “What started this topic was this ongoing discussion about bulletin boards and whether or not there should be a single central one and an online version of it, or multiple physical bulletin boards as we have now,” said charter review member John Miller, who is also the outgoing chairman.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Mashpee Water Quality Coordinator Ashley Fisher told the select board on January 6 that the contract for Ashumet Pond's Nutrient Inactivation Project has been awarded to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's School for Marine Sciences and Technology Coastal Systems Program. In November the town submitted a request for proposals to remove phosphorus from Ashumet Pond by monitoring, permitting and dosing aluminum sulfate treatment to improve water quality.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
The Mashpee Select Board confirmed the resignation of the affordable housing committee’s vice chairwoman and longest-standing member, Noelle Pina, on Monday evening, January 6. “This is a sad one, unfortunately. I really hate to lose her from that committee,” select board chairwoman Carol A. Sherman said. “Can we deny a resignation?” board member John J. Cotton asked jokingly. Select board clerk Michaela Wyman-Colombo made the motion to accept Ms. Pina’s resignation, which was approved.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
capenews.net | Lauren Surbey
Mashpee Town Manager Rodney C. Collins announced this week that Brian Tobin, former assistant town counsel in Falmouth, has been hired to be Mashpee’s new town planner. “I am pleased to bring his name before the board this evening for confirmation and certification,” Mr. Collins told the Mashpee Select Board at its meeting on Monday, January 6. Mr. Tobin was interviewed by Assistant Town Manager Wayne E.
