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Volume 47 Number 1 Peninsula May 2018 News from the Peninsula Council at New Seabury, Cape Cod at New Seabury Reporter our mission To provide for the maintenance, preservation and enhancement of New in this issue Seabury’s environmental setting and promote the Cape Cod Views 2 safety and welfare of the 3 Peninsula Council Annual homeowner’s investments. Meeting 5 Photo Credits 7 Hoping to Start or Improve Your Bridge Game? 10 Village Reports 19 Schedule of Village Annual Meetings 21 Spring & Summer at Mashpee Commons 22 Flowers of New Seabury 24 Falmouth Commodores 28 A Blast from the Past 31 The Association to Preserve Cape Cod Celebrates 50 Years Hello 33 12th Annual Golf Classic 35 Welcome New Homeowners! 36 Save Popponesset Bay: Rolling Into Spring Sunshine! 38 Women’s Club of New Seabury 41 Men’s Social Club at New Seabury 42 Come & Sit Awhile With Me 44 Country Club Happenings 45 Greetings from the Sales Cottage 46 News You Can Use CAPE COD VIEWS PHOTOGRAPHS BY ToM BONE 2 THE PENINSULA REPOrtER PENINSULA COUNCIL, INC. HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION President’s Report BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joe Fisher THE BLUFF Julie Everett One Pointe (781) 879-0911 One thing for certain is that winter weather on Cape Cod (508) 477-7303 Ken Mellett always has surprises, and this year was no exception. In addition to (703) 442-6518 BRIGHT COVES Jan Swartz cold temperatures and snow, this year had back-to-back, back-to- Eric Peterson, Chair (508) 539-4204 back, back-to-back nor’easters - one of them with 90 mile an hour (781) 856-8873 Susan Sweet Patricia Bell wind gusts on the Cape. Well, we survived albeit a little bruised. (508) 579-0731 (508) 477-2393 Dozens of trees down and a number of them blocking our roads, Andrew Winig Carolyn Donahue but because of Mike Richardson, Tom Caston, and our vendors round-the-clock work, our (617) 794-9797 (617) 755-9401 roads were quickly opened. Thank you, Mike and Tom! Alt: Margie Decter PROMONTORY POINT 6A - Chair - vacant Because of the debris from these storms and the unusually large volume of leaves FELLS POND 6B - Helen Ladd last fall, our spring cleanup is going to be a major project. Your Homeowners Association Catherine Power, Chair (508) 274-9378 has already begun, and it will be completed before Memorial Day weekend. Each of us (508) 477-2839 as homeowners has a responsibility to complete our cleanup at the same time so that the Jack Fitzsimmons SANDALWOOD natural beauty of our community shines through at the beginning of the summer season. (508) 477-4262 Karyn O’Connor, Pres. If you need help finding a landscaper or tree specialist, you can call the Peninsula Council Marty Sullivan (508) 477-7699 (508) 477-7394 Richard Luskin, Vice Pres. office and we’ll supply you with a list of vendors. Our Annual Brush Pickup is scheduled for Alt: Dr. Ed Cohen (617) 721-6583 the week of May 21. Details are in this issue of the Reporter. Please do not place your brush Dick Hayes, Treas. GREENSWARD curbside before the 21st. (508) 539-8578 Alicia Morrow, Chair Joyce Connor, Sec. (508) 477-3877 As a reminder, our Peninsula Council Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, (508) 477-4084 Jeff Aframe August 11. This year’s meeting will include the elections of our Officers for a three-year Mario Vitti (774) 361-6580 term. You’ll receive the full agenda and last year’s meeting notes prior to the meeting. (508) 477-0678 Bill Blaisdell Tony Bolton Please plan to attend. (508) 539-2400 (508) 897-8826 Please remember that if you plan to do any work on the outside of your home, you Alt: Read McCaffrey, need to get a permit from the ARC. Tom Bone at the ARC is available to help you Richard Noonan, SEAQUARTERS II Carol Stenberg 3Sixty (508) 444-6150 and answer any questions you may have. One hundred percent compliance with the ARC Guidelines will ensure that we will continue to have a very beautiful and special HIGH WOOD SEASIDE community. Mariana D’Ambrosio, Chair Joe Pedula, Chair (508) 477-3642 (508) 419-1798 I hope that you, your family and guests enjoy your summer in New Seabury. Pat McKeown Ken Liatsos (508) 477-7113 (508) 477-2834 Alt: Hugo D’Ambrosio, STENDAHL Geraldine Fernandez, Bob Kynoch Cindy King, (508) 479-6264 Marc Silverstein SUMMERSEA THE MEWS Larry Rand, Chair Pat Donohue, Chair (508) 477-5241 (508) 477-1098 Sal DiBuono Charles Robinson (508) 539-0244 (508) 477-1489 Fredda Zaiger Steve Sykes 2018 PENINSULA COUNCIL (617) 680-0522 (781) 775-1878 Alt: Lorraine Ghibaudi, Alt: Rob Bogosian, Phil Sheridan, ANNUAL MEETING Sheila Robinson, Chris Kilburn Tim McMaster TRITON SOUND THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEWS CONDOS George List, Chair 4C - Emil Chevrette AT NEW SEABURY WILL HOLD ITS (508) 477-5314 POPPONESSET ISLAND Jarred Sherman ANNUAL MEETING AT THE ASSOCIATION (646) 418-7542 Steven Bell Alt: Gene O’Donnell, NEW SEABURY COUNTRY CLUB (508) 477-2393 Mike Murphy Jay Galvin VINEYARD REACH (617) 365-4555 SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 • 9:00 am Steven Kaufman, Pres. Tony Rochte (561) 862-8881 (614) 440-9589 A Continental Breakfast will Connie Strait, Secretary POPPY PLACE (203) 948-4906 be served at 8:30 am George Bell Joe Grainger (508) 477-0076 Prop. Mgr: One Pointe (508) 477-7303 Executive Director’s Report Mike Richardson Peninsula COUNCIL Committees “Move to the Cape”, they said. “It never snows on the Cape”, they said. And I believed them!! SPECIAL MAINTENANCE Committee Tom Caston, Chair • (508) 477-3271 Then we have April showers bring May flowers…. [email protected] Joe Fisher, Bob Biemer, Dick Noonan, Read McCaffrey Does anybody know how to reach Al Gore??? I am beginning to wonder… NEW Seabury Recycling Committee June Levy, Chair • [email protected] We have had one challenging offseason, and here we Tom Caston, Pat Bell are approaching May, and it’s only in the high 30s. It’s WEBSITE Committee almost enough to make me wear long pants. Mike Richardson, Chair • (508) 539-0028 And what else, the sound of the bark in the forest was [email protected] deafening over the past several weeks. Falling left and Peggy Bone, Tim McMaster right, and right on to wires, roads, and houses. It was in fact “tree-mendous”!! We Decorating Committee have handled several hundred trees, from cutting down, cutting up, moving trunks, Tom Caston, Alicia Morrow, Catherine Power, chipping branches, and, in general, cleaning up after what almost was a disaster. Carol Stenberg, Fredda Zaiger Power outages, of course, came along for the ride. Activities Committee In some order, a great big thanks goes to Tom Staruch, owner of Quality Tree, Peggy Bone, Chair • (508) 539-0028 [email protected] who was out and about, moving and shaking on his chipper, his backhoe, his lift and Pat Bell , Pat Donohue his cell phone. He was Tommy-on-the-spot, and everywhere at once. Thanks also goes to Tom Caston who was with Tom Staruch constantly pointing here and there, Security Committee and directing Tom Staruch to his next stop. The third Tom in this drum roll is Tom Joe Fisher, Chair • (508) 539-8623 [email protected] Bone who took tons of calls and made arrangements to handle issues. It was a very well organized and well handled work effort and these three individuals should be heartily embraced. We also applaud the additional tree folks who were out there helping, and of PENINSULA REPORTER course, our residents who were resilient in the face of no power, responsive to requests VOLUME 47, NUMBER 1 from the Peninsula Council, and willing to immediately take action. This is what MAY 2018 New Seabury is about…friends helping friends, and neighbors helping neighbors. MARY JANE RICHARDSON, EDITOR There is more to do to clean up. Brush pickup this year will be substantial, but PENINSULA REPORTER EDITORIAL BOARD will be done the week before Memorial Day. Landscapers are scraping ice off of their Tom Caston • Tim McMaster • Mike Richardson windshields, and they are wearing hoods and gloves, but working hard. Irrigation is being turned on in a week, and we will be ordering flowers and mulch before you Published by: PENINSULA COUNCIL, INC. know it. In essence, we are telling Mother Nature that she may be the ultimate Printed by: Liturgical Publications winner, but we are taking her to overtime each and every game. Designed by: Linda Valente, Typeagraphics, Mashpee, www.typeagraphics.com I am spending less time in this article to discuss finances as they continue to Peninsula Council, Inc. is a voluntary non-profit beat the competition. We are collecting at an extremely high rate as always. Special organization of property owners at Maintenance this year will be challenged a little, but incoming fees will make it a New Seabury, Cape Cod reasonable end result. We will still put funds away for yet another rainy day. Much thanks for all who contribute and shame to those who do not. Disclaimer: All copy and classifieds are subject to approval by the Editorial Board. Advertisements do not imply The northeast seems to be heading in some direction that suggests more and endorsement by the Peninsula Council. more difficult weather patterns, so we will just plan ahead a little better. Keeping the lights on allows for all of us to enjoy the phenomenal success of our sports teams, both locally and nationally. What other part of the country can boast of football, Address inquiries to: basketball, hockey, and baseball play at such high standards.