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President: Jim Dannhauser April 13 - May 17, 2019 Editor: Theresa Egan So the calendar turns to April and we look forward to the warmth and renewal that Spring can bring. Please join us at Freedom Hall on April 16, starting at 7:30 pm, for a meeting that will cover two important topics. First, the Water Department will conduct an informational session to explain the new base and usage fee proposal. This is an outgrowth of an effort to make the Water Department more self-sufficient for its capital and operational costs. (You can obtain additional information about the water rate proposal at the web site of the Fire District Rate proposal (www.cotuitfiredistrict.org/ waterdepartment/news-announcements/2019). You can also request materials on the 2019 Rate proposal by emailing the Water Department at [email protected]) Following the Water Department, representatives of the Fire Department and the Prudential Committee will make a presentation regarding the Cotuit Fire Space Needs Feasibility Study and a proposed expansion, including the purchased property adjoining the fire station, to address those needs. Both of these topics are of significant import to the Village. We encourage you to make every effort to attend. The Executive Board is planning to organize the second annual Cotuit Clean-Up day. Last year’s effort was a big success, with a number of volunteers pitching in to pick up roadside trash. Our target date is Saturday, May 11. Details are still being finalized at this time, and we will communicate them to you once they are done. As the date for storing kayaks and dinghies at Town beaches draws near, please be aware of the new rules established by the Town Harbormaster requiring a permit to store any vessel on Town property. Jim Dannhauser, President Cotuit District Fire Department: Our new boat needs a name! Please submit your boat name suggestion with your contact information to CFD, POB 1632, Cotuit 02635 or to [email protected] The winner will be announced next spring at the Annual District Meeting. Entries must be received by May 1st. The Fire Commissioners will vote on the winning boat name at the May meeting and announce it at the District meeting. The winner will be awarded a ride on the newly named boat to Martha's Vineyard for coffee and/or ice-cream! maximum of 4 persons for the trip. The winner must sign a liability waver prior to the trip. Good Luck! Cotuit Water Department - Important April 16th Meeting: Learn more about the proposed water rate changes for 2019. At the request of the Prudential Committee of the Cotuit Fire District, the Cotuit Water Commission authorized a study in 2018 by its consulting engineers Tata & Howard to examine making the Water Department more reliant on revenues from water use (ratepayers’ base fees and use rates) and less on District taxes. The study found that Cotuit’s rates are well below those of comparable districts and towns on the Cape. The Water Commission is proposing an increase in base fees and use for Cotuit homeowners and other water users, beginning July 1, 2019. The goal is to make the Water Department more self-sufficient for its capital and operational costs. This proposal may include consideration for cases of financial hardship, and a phased-in schedule. The Water Commission are providing a series of informational sessions and materials to explain this proposal. Cahoon Museum ARTWEEK Open House – Family Friendly Saturday April 27, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Admission Free Stop by the Cahoon Museum of American Art for this free event and see the spring exhibitions, meet the artists, enjoy demonstrations, en plein air painting, artist gallery talks, docent tours, children's crafts and more. Waldorf School April 26 at 6:00 pm - variety show and Mexican dinner fundraiser; and don’t forget May 4th 11:00 - 1:00 pm is May Day - picnic, make flower crowns, maypole dancing. The Cotuit Kettleers are looking for new host families for players for the 2019 season. The season runs from early June through early August. You would need to provide a room for the player, access to a washer and dryer, and three meals a day. In return, you will receive a stipend to help cover costs and lasting friendships with some terrific young men who are working to enhance their futures, not only as baseball players, but also as people. You can be part of that development! For more information, please contact Mr. Terry Moran at 508-951-0802 or [email protected] Cotuit Federated Church invites you to a Community Breakfast at 7:00 am in Bruce Hall following their Easter sunrise service or for community coffee and refreshments in Bruce Hall at 11:15 following their 10:00 worship service. Also, a Baggo Tournament to benefit the Pan Mass Challenge will be held on Saturday, April 27th at noon at the church. There is a $50 entry fee per team of 2 people. 20-foot courts. The PMC donates 100% of every dollar to Dana Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. For more information or to register, contact Tim Wakefield at [email protected] or 508-331-8512. For more information about all church activities, call 508-428-6163. Cotuit Nursery School announces they are accepting registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Please call 508-428-1470, email [email protected] or visit their website at cotuitnurseryschool.org. Cotuit Rowing Club offers one month or seasonal memberships. Recreational rowing in a quad, double, or single. Some rowing experience is required. For more information contact the club at [email protected]. The Cotuit Library Spring visitors to the Library can see Join Executive Director Janet Milkman for a conversation to our beautifully redone patio, steps and ramp. If you learn about conservation land in the Town – what’s would like to purchase a brick engraved with your protected, why; water quality; our future goals, and how the message, please visit cotuitlibrary.org. We're also in community can be involved. Ask questions, hear about our charge of the Redemption Center at the Barnstable projects, and add your voice to the conversation. Please call Transfer Station for the entire month of May, so if you or go to www.blt.org to register and for further information. would like to volunteer for a shift, please give us a call This event is free. or visit the web site to sign up. We've got some great TWO SESSIONS: Wednesday, April 24, 6-7:00 pm, Marstons programs coming up this spring and summer, including the Mills Library! OR Thursday, May 16, 5:30-6:30 pm, join us at following: the Osterville Library! April 15 2:00 - Universe of Songs & Stories with Davis Bates 2nd Saturday Contra Dance at Freedom Hall. May 11, April 16 19 10:00 - C3: Ready for Robots 7:30 - 10:30. The Larkin Family Band with TBA calling the April 17 11:30 - Friends' Luncheon: Monarch Butterflies dance. New to contra dancing? Come at 7:15 to learn the April 20 10:00 - Easter Egg Hunt & Dream Tale Puppets basics, be ready to dance the first set! Singles, April 24 2:00 - Chrome for Beginners couples, families, groups all welcomed. Please May 1-31: Redemption Center Fundraiser - Barnstable bring street-free, soft-soled shoes to protect the Transfer Station newly refinished floor. Contributions to the snack May 18 5:00 - Words and Wine: Author Larry Tye table welcomed. Suggested donation $10 adult, $5 Friends of the Cotuit Library are hosting a lunch with Students. More informations at capecontra.org, or call Laura speakers at the Cotuit Library on at (508) 280-8749. (Please note there will not be a Contra Friends of the Cotuit Library Wednesday, April 17th. Speakers are Kathy Dance April 13 because it coincides with NEFFA.) Koplik and Vince Puleo of the Cotuit Barnstable Clean Water Coalition: Our Monarchs Group. Refreshments at 11:30 and lunch at mission is simple: works to restore and noon followed by the presentation. RSVPs by April 14th to preserve clean water in Barnstable. With Cindy at 508-420-4871. Members $12 and non $15. science as our foundation, BCWC utilizes four core Spring cleaning? Please save your treasures and plants for components to accomplish our mission: educate, the Friends as they will be sponsoring their annual Plant, monitor, mitigate and advocate. bcleanwater.org for more Bake and Treasure sale Saturday of the Memorial Day information on their events: weekend. Collection will be Friday of that weekend. Barnstable’s Wild Watersheds, Wed, April 17, 6 - 8:00 pm, at Cape Cod Beer 1336 Phinneys Lane, Hyannis. Amy Croteau, The Cotuit Bird & Garden Club will be having their Barnstable Natural Resource Officer: Come discover the Annual Plant Sale May 11. We will be located in front of the diverse wildlife that lives in our local watersheds. Coop from 8am to 12noon. Please stop by, as we will have a BCWC is proud to be the beneficiary of funds raised variety of plants. Gifts will be available for Mother’s Day at the 2019 Cape Cod Beer Race To The Pint. Grab from Terrariums, Garden Art, to selected potted plants. The your sneakers and run/walk for clean water at this 5K/10K monies raised go to a Scholarship for a Barnstable High race that starts and ends at Cape Cod Beer (1336 Phinneys School Senior. PLEASE JOIN US. Lane, Hyannis) and winds through scenic roads in Barnstable Two great events coming up at The Cotuit Center Village. Post-Race party at the Brewery features live music at the Arts: Odd Couple, Neil Simon’s and food. Check bcleanwater.org for both of these classic comedy comes Thursday, April 11 events. through April 27. Tickets $35, $30 for Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit Our balcony. museum and gift shop will reopen for the season And on Saturday, May 4 at 3:30 pm, 6th Annual on Friday, May 24, with new expanded hours: 10 Kentucky Derby Gala Fundraising event for Cotuit am to 4 pm Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Center for the Arts - with live betting, a hat parade We are always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in and contest, photo ops with horses, surprise events learning more about local history, please consider becoming and of course, mint juleps! Tickets $25. an HSSC docent. No experience necessary; we will train you. Cape Cod Tango, Thursdays, 7-9:30 pm, Freedom Hall Check our website for more information. Couples or singles are welcome to come, meet and mingle We have extended the application deadline for our annual with members and dance the tango in true Argentine style. Ken Ballou Memorial Scholarship to April 15. Applicants Often there is a lesson from 7:00 to 8:00 followed by a must be graduating high school seniors who either reside or practice session. Drop in fee is $15. A series of beginner attend school in the Town of Barnstable, entering college this lessons will be offered later in the spring. For more fall. One scholarship of $2,000 will be awarded. We’re information: www.capecodtango.org or looking for a student who has an above-average academic [email protected] or 508-428-0143 or on Facebook. record; participates in school and community activities, Barnstable Land Trust their “Conversation with BLT” including part-time work; has financial need; and seeks a series: The Cape Cod Shoreline Wednesday, April 17, career in some aspect of community service. Plans to study history 5-6:30 pm West Barnstable with Professor Gil are a plus! Applications are available from high school guidance Newton, ecologist and author! We will learn about the counselors. ecology of the diverse shoreline that is so unique to The Historical Book Club will meet at 7:00 pm Thursday, Cape Cod. Gil’s numerous books will be available to May 2, at Cotuit Library. The book selection for May is purchase. blt.org to register and further information. Free for “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo’” by Zora BLT members; $5 for non-members. Neale Hurston. 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President: Jim Dannhauser May 18 - June 15, 2019 Editor: Theresa Egan As I write this, I am looking out at another gloomy weather day. Hopefully the recent rain pattern will end soon and a good long stretch of beautiful Cotuit weather will be ushered in. Please join us for an Association meeting on May 21 at Freedom Hall, beginning at 7:30 pm. This meeting, which we call Candidates and Budget Night, is your chance to hear a presentation by the various components of the Cotuit Fire District – the Water Department, the Fire Department and the Prudential Committee – on their budgets for the forthcoming fiscal year, and to ask any questions on those budgets that you might have. You will also have the opportunity to hear from the people who are running for election to the position of Water Commissioner and Fire Commissioner, as well as the Prudential Committee. There are three Water Commissioners and three Fire Commissioners, and three members of the Prudential Committee, each elected for staggered three year terms. As a result, each year there is one vacancy that arises in each of the three bodies that is filled by vote at the Fire District Annual Meeting. The May 21 meeting is your chance to hear from those candidates. We would like to extend our appreciation on behalf of the Village to Don Campbell, who has served the Village ably as a Water Commissioner and has decided not to seek re-election. Don has been a valuable asset to the Village through his competent service over his time as a Water Commissioner and deserves our gratitude for that. The annual Fire District meeting is set for May 29 at Freedom Hall, beginning at 7:30 pm. This is the meeting at which voting takes place on the various warrant items, and the election of District officers for the ensuing year. These are important matters to Village life and you should do what you can to participate. Please take a moment to renew or establish your membership in the Association, using the coupon at the end of this issue of the Currents. We are a totally volunteer organization, and depend upon your membership to carry out our activities. And please be sure to provide us with your e-mail address if you have not already done so. This enables us to communicate much more effectively than otherwise on things that affect life in this place we call home. Jim Dannhauser, President The Cotuit Kettleers The Cotuit Kettleers continue to prepare for the upcoming 2019 season. The Kettleers Season Opener is Monday June 10, 2019 at 5:00 PM at Lowell Park in Cotuit. Check out the entire 2019 Cotuit Kettleers season schedule at https://www.kettleers.org/schedule/ Cotuit Rowing Club offers one month or seasonal memberships. Recreational rowing in a quad, double, or single. Some rowing experience is required. For more information contact the club at [email protected] Cotuit Federated Church Cape Harmony, the Cape’s premier all-female a cappella group, returns to CFC for Wednesday evening concerts from June 12 thru August 14 at 7:30 pm. For more information about these and other church activities, call 508-428-6163. Cotuit Center for the Arts Wine and Music Wednesday is an open house held in our Gallery, with wine tasting and live music. Wednesday, June 12, 6:00pm-7:30 pm. Tickets are just $10 or $5 for members and are only available at the door Fully Committed coming soon In the Black Box Theater: This devastatingly funny one act follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan's number-one restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histrionics—a cast of desperate callers will stop at nothing in their zeal to land a prime reservation, or the right table! June 6-23 Thursday - Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sunday at 4:00 pm. Tickets $20, $15 for Members. Cahoon Museum: Craftfest 2019 is scheduled for August 17 and 18, and we are already busy planning this wonderful summer event. You can become a sponsor. Look for our Craftfest sponsor letter in June. Be part of a special opportunity at the Cahoon Museum this spring! Blue Trees Installation Week: May 27 - 31: As a vibrant and relevant art museum, part of the Cahoon’s mission is to offer transformative cultural experiences. The community is invited to join artist Konstantin Dimopoulos for the installation of The Blue Trees. Be a part of this very special environmental art installation! Many different ways to participate are available during the week of May 27th. Let us know you are interested and we will get back to you soon with dates, times and details! Visit the cahoonmyseum.org website for more details and to Register. Opening Reception with the Artist on Saturday, June 1, 10:00 to 4:00. The Cahoon Museum has commissioned Konstantin Dimopoulos to create a bold and colorful environmental art installation, The Blue Trees. This internationally acclaimed artwork draws attention to deforestation and the importance of trees to the planet. With the help of community volunteers, Dimopoulos will temporarily transform living trees on the Museum grounds by coloring them a beautiful shade of blue. The biologically-safe water-based colorant will slowly wash from the trees and they will return to their natural state. The Blue Trees has been presented in twenty four cities to date and promotes a greater conversation about important ecological issues. Working with Konstantin Dimopoulos was a natural fit for the museum’s 2019 community engagement initiative. Not only will the installation allow the community to participate in the making of a significant environmental art work, it will allow us all to participate in a dialogue about the purposes of art, why it is important, and to discuss whether museums should be places of dialogue on issues of global and cultural significance. A series of related educational programs will also be offered throughout the summer. Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit: We're opening Cape Cod Academy is now enrolling grades K-12 for the for the season on May 24 with extended hours: 10 2019-2020 school year. Cotuit families are invited to CCA on a.m. - 4 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. This year's Wednesday mornings at 9:00 to learn about the academic special exhibition, "Shifting Sands: The Story of Dead opportunities. No need to register. If another time works Neck Sampson's Island," traces changes in the nearby better, call or email Jeff Thompson at 508.428.5400 barrier island's shape, ownership and purpose over time. The or [email protected] to set up a tour. The CCA show is history seasoned with geology, engineering, sliding-scale Personalized Tuition Program gives families ornithology and local legend. affordable access to the best education on Cape The Historical Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at Cod. Visit the school to find out more. Cape Cod Cotuit Library to discuss Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning Academy Summer Camp is open to Cotuit children novel "The Underground Railroad." ages 4-13. Weekly sessions include Our annual Strawberry Festival will be held on HSSC grounds on traditional Seahawk Summer Camp (games, arts & Saturday, June 8, from noon to 4 p.m. -- or until the strawberries run crafts, swim lessons, science, nature, etc.); Red Sky out! The "star" of the event is our iconic strawberry shortcake, made Sports Camp; and Empow Studios Tech Camp, a fun STEM with fresh strawberries, tender biscuits and homemade whipped (science/technology/engineering/math) camp. Summer cream. The cost is $6 per person, $5 for HSSC members. There will Academic Tutoring is also available for CCA/non-CCA be games for children and croquet for the whole family. students entering K-12. Visit capecodacademy.org Cotuit Nursery School announces they are accepting The Cotuit Library Spring and summer visitors to the registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Please call Library can see our beautifully redone patio, steps and 508-428-1470, email [email protected] or visit ramp. If you would like to purchase a brick engraved their website at cotuitnurseryschool.org. with your message, please visit cotuitlibrary.org. We've got great programs this spring and summer, The Waldorf School reminds everyone: don’t forget May including the following: 18th 11:00 - 1:00 pm is May Day - picnic, make flower crowns, maypole dancing. May 1-31: Redemption Center Fundraiser - Barnstable Transfer Station Barnstable Land Trust Announces wonderful walks and exploring adventures. Please see their May 18 @ 5:00 - Words and Wine: Author Larry Tye website for more information and to register: May 25 @ 8:30 - Plant, Bake, & Treasure: Freedom Hall http://blt.org/2019-events/ May 29 @ 2:00 - Indeed.com for Beginners Spring Flora & Fauna Hike: Wednesday, June 7 @ 8:30 - Stargazing - Lowell Park May 22, 10 am-Noon West Barnstable June 9 @ 4:00 - Jazz Concert: Kareem Sanjaghi & Friends Spring Crocker Neck Walk: Saturday, May 25, 10:00 Cotuit June 10 @ 1:00 - Annual Golf - Wianno Golf Club Eagle Pond Sanctuary: Swamp Walk: Saturday, June 12 @ 6:00 p.m. - Family Movie: Spider-Man: Into the June 1, 1:00-2:30 Cotuit Spider-Verse Sandy Neck Plover Walk: Wednesday, June 5, Friends of the Friends of the Cotuit Library 10:00 - Noon West Barnstable Cotuit Library reminders: *Tour de Barnstable Bike Ride* Sunday, June 9, Friday, May 24 and Saturday May 25 morning Annual 8:00 2:00 Hyannis Plant, Bake & Treasure Sale at Freedom Hall (Friday is drop Conservation Workshop for Land Owners: Wednesday, June off morning at Freedom Hall, Saturday morning is Sale). 12 4:00 - 5:30 Barnstable June 1 - 15 - Last collecting of resalable ... good Wildlife Wonders Journal Program: Thursdays, June condition ... books for Annual Book Sale; drop off is at the 13, July 11, August 8, 9:00 -11:00 Cotuit Library during regular hours. Summer Crocker Neck Walk: Saturday, June 15, Cape Cod Tango, Thursdays, 7-9:30 pm, Freedom Hall 10:00 Cotuit Couples or singles are welcome to come, meet and mingle with “Our new Land Stewardship Coordinator Kelly Barber has members and dance the tango in true Argentine style. Often been leading volunteer clean-ups at Eagle Pond to prepare the there is a lesson from 7:00 to 8:00 followed by a practice property for use during the warmer months, including cutting session. Drop in fee is $15. A series of beginner lessons will be back trails. We can’t wait to see everyone out walking, offered later in the spring. Information: capecodtango.org, swimming and relaxing! [email protected], Facebook or 508-428-0143. To keep this beautiful space open and safe for everyone, we 2nd Saturday Contra Dance at Freedom Hall. May 11, would appreciate if the community would be sure to respect 7:30 - 10:30. The Larkin Family Band with TBA calling the the leash laws, and pick up all dog refuse. Keeping your dog on dance. New to contra dancing? Come at 7:15 to learn the the leash helps everyone feel comfortable walking on the basics, be ready to dance the first set! Singles, trails, and prevents dogs from potentially scaring wildlife if couples, families, groups all welcomed. Please they go off-trail. While many see animal refuse as fertilizer, bring street-free, soft-soled shoes to protect the dog refuse contains bacteria that is harmful to humans and newly refinished floor. Contributions to the snack other animals, and should always be collected for proper table welcomed. Suggested donation $10 adult, $5 disposal. Students. More informations at capecontra.org or call Laura at Thank you for helping us keep Eagle Pond clean, safe and (508) 280-8749. beautiful for everyone!” The Cotuit Civic Association Welcomes your Support PMA Cotuit 121 Box O 02635 Our mission is to “educate and communicate”+ 4th of July Parade + Christmas in Cotuit

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President: Jim Dannhauser June 15 - July 12, 2019 Editor: Theresa Egan And the summer begins. As always, this brings significant pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic, so please be extra cautious on Village roads. The onset of summer also means that the Fourth of July Parade is happening soon. As always, we need as many volunteers as possible to try to assure safety along the Parade route. If you can, please pitch in! Anyone willing to help should meet at the Post Office parking lot at 10:15 on the morning of the Parade, where we will hand out vests and more specific instructions. A belated thank you to all of those who joined us for the second annual Cotuit Clean Up Day! Area roadways looked much better as a dumpster full of roadside trash was picked up. We plan to make this an annual event each May, so keep an eye out for that as the time approaches. The Board of Health of the Town of Barnstable will be meeting on June 25, at 3:00 p.m. at the Town Hall in Hyannis, at which they will once again consider the relaxation of the regulations that restrict the construction of individual septic systems in the Three Bays watershed. This was last considered at a meeting on January 22. There was a large public turnout at that time, expressing continued concern for the change given the substantial build-up of nitrogen that continues to plague the Three Bays. We encourage you to continue to make your opinions on this proposal known to those who are considering this action, and to attend the meeting on the 25th. Lastly, please join us at Freedom Hall on June 18, starting at 7:30 p.m. David Kuehn, Executive Director of Cotuit Center for the Arts, will discuss the expansion project that the Center is preparing to undertake. This is a major expansion project, and the meeting will provide all Villagers with the opportunity to hear first-hand about the plans and ask any questions and provide any input that you might have. Jim Dannhauser, President Cotuit Fire Department will be hosting a Community Coffee at the Cotuit Fire Station, 64 High Street, Wednesday, June 26, at 10:00 am. Please mark the date on your calendar to join us for coffee & casual conversation with some of our local officials and department heads.

The Cotuit Kettleers The Cotuit Kettleers 73rd Cape Cod Baseball League season is well underway and you can check out the entire 2019 Cotuit Kettleers season schedule at https://www.kettleers.org/schedule/ . For the best and most economical summer entertainment on Cape Cod, visit historic Lowell Park in Cotuit to see the nation's finest collegiate baseball players. Cotuit Rowing Club offers one month or seasonal memberships. Recreational rowing in a quad, double, or single. Some rowing experience is required. For more information contact the club at [email protected] Cotuit Federated Church Cape Harmony, the Cape’s premier all-female a cappella group, returns to CFC for Wednesday evening concerts from June 12 thru August 14 at 7:30 pm. For more information about these and other church activities, call 508-428-6163. Cotuit Federated Church Craftfest 2019 is scheduled for August 17th and 18th, and we are busy planning this wonderful summer event. You can become a sponsor. Look for our Craftfest sponsor letter in June. Also, watch for our Shopping Cart Brigade in the Cotuit 4th of July Parade. We’ll be collecting non-perishable food items along the route to help support local food pantries. For information about all church activities, call 508-428-6163. Cotuit Center for the Arts presents Much Ado About Nothing - The giddiness of the game of love, tempered by conspiracy, enflames this witty and enchanting romantic comedy by William Shakespeare. June 19 - July 21; Tickets $40, $35 for balcony seating. Sweet Charity: This classic musical captures the energy, humor, and heartbreak of Life in the Big City for a hopelessly romantic but comically unfortunate dance hall hostess. June 26-July 28: Tickets $40, $35 for balcony seating

Taste of Cotuit: July 20th Cotuit Federated Church Cotuit Library 6:00 pm at Annual Craft Fair Dottridge August 17-18th Annual House Tour, Cotuit Bass July 18, 10:00 Homestead and Blue July 6th on Shootout the Village August 10 Friends Green of the Free Fun Friday: The BLUE Trees at the Cahoon Annual Book Sale, August 16th June 27-29th,at Freedom Hall. The Cotuit Library Summer visitors to the Library can see Join Barnstable Land Trust for their upcoming programs, our beautifully redone patio, steps and ramp. If you would like ranging from walks to informational talks. Go to to purchase a brick engraved with your message, www.blt.org/2019-events for further details and to please visit cotuitlibrary.org. Programming for this register. year's Summer Reading Program will begin and Summer Crocker Neck Walk, Cotuit, Sat., June 15, continue through the summer, the theme being 10:00 Universe of Stories. We'll have other great programs for you this summer, including: Which Bugs Can I Eat?! West Barns. Mon., June 17, 6:00 June 25th @ 3:00 PM - UFOs with Don Nardo Walking Iyanough’s Woods, Barns., Sat., June 22, 10:00; July 2nd @ 3:00 - Dino Man Space Program Sponsored by Harwich Conservation Trust and BLT. July 6th @ 2:00 - The Powassan Virus w/ Dr. Lee Gerhke Talking Ticks with Larry: Eagle Pond, Cotuit. Sat., June 29, 10:00 July 8th @ 8:30 pm - Stargazing at Lowell Park Seaweed Wonders of Cape Cod: Tues., July 2, 5:30 pm July 9th - 12th @ 10:00 - C3 Coding Camp: Level 1 West Barnstable July 13th @ 2:00 - Learn About Composting Wildlife Wonders Journal Program, Thursday, July 11, Friends of the Cotuit Library: The Friends renewal of August 8, 9-11:00 a m, Cotuit membership campaign kicks off on June 19th for the fiscal Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit: year beginning July 1st. Membership Friends of the The Shifting Sands of Sampson's Island, June 20, Cotuit Library brochures can be obtained at the Cotuit Library or downloaded from the website Cotuit Library at 7:00. David Churbuck will present www.Cotuitlibrary.org/friends. Fees continue to be our first Chronicles of the season and help us kick $20 for an individual or $30 for a family membership. The off our special exhibit at the Museum. Come hear Friends organization gives the Library $10,000 at the start of about the history of Dead Neck Sampsons Island, each year, funds many of the children’s summer program including the origin of the Wianno Cut, and how the island costs, underwrites the cost of the many museum passes has changed dramatically over the years. available to the community and this contributed to gifts the Saturday, June 22, is Members Day at HSSC! Come in for Library including a brick from the Friends, new vacuum, new deals, donuts and a drawing (for a complimentary ticket to the floor cleaner and the magnificent new outdoor patio lights. Taste of Cotuit) from 10:00 to 4:00. Your membership fees help the Friends sustain their giving to July 7: Historical Walking Tour – Taking in the sights from the Library, the pride of our village. Please join or renew by here to School Street. July 31st. July 11: History Uncorked – Wine and conversation with a Cape Cod Tango Thursdays, 7:00-9:30, Freedom Hall. dash of history from 6:00-8:00 at the Historical Society. Couples or singles are welcome to come, meet and mingle When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win with members and dance the tango in true Argentine style. World War II by Molly Guptill Manning, July 11 at Cotuit Often there is a lesson from 7:00 to 8:00 followed by a Library, 7:00 pm. practice session. Drop in fee is $15. A series of beginner lessons will be offered later in the spring. Information: When America entered World War II in 1941, capecodtango.org, [email protected], Facebook or we faced an enemy that had banned and 508-428-0143. burned 100 million books. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free 2nd Saturday Contra Dance at Freedom Hall. July 13 - books to American troops and gathered 20 7:30pm - 10:30pm Freedom Hall. Come Contra Dance to the million hardcover donations. Come hear more LIVE MUSIC by The Resemblance (Anna Magee and Oliver about this fascinating story. Farrell) while caller Bob Golder guides you through the easy but exhilarating steps. If you don't know how, come at 7:15 for some pointers and you'll be Special Save the Dates: ready to join the dance when the music starts. Cape Cod Chamber Festival at Cotuit Center for the Arts - Singles, couples, families, groups -- all welcomed! August 2019 promises a month-long celebration of the Cape Bring something for the snack table, or just chow down on the Cod Chamber Music Festival’s 40th anniversary year.August treats that arrive. Soft-soled non-street shoes preferable. 6th, Jupiter and one Jon; August 13th Mostly Mozart… Suggested contribution $10 adults, $5.00 students. For more Schubert; and August 20th, Miro Residency: The Miro info visit capecontra.org or call Laura at (508) 280-8749. Quartet at 7:30. For other concerts on Cape see Cotuit Nursery School announces they are accepting capecodchambermusic.org. registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Please call 508-428-1470, email [email protected] or visit their website at cotuitnurseryschool.org. Cape Cod Academy is pleased to offer one-on-one summer tutoring programs for Cotuit students with dyslexia and specific learning disabilities or simply for children who need extra help completing summer homework, specialized reading, writing, and math support. Taught by highly qualified, trained CCA teachers, these programs are tailored for students entering kindergarten through grade 12. One-hour sessions begin on June 24. More information is available at: www.capecodacademy.org/summer/tutoring-programs. The Cotuit Civic Association Welcomes your Support PMA Cotuit 121 Box O 02635 Our mission is to “educate and communicate”+ 4th of July Parade + Christmas in Cotuit

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President: Jim Dannhauser July 13 - August 9, 2019 Editor: Theresa Egan

Another great Cotuit Fourth of July. Tremendous weather, wonderful crowds and the usual happy faces throughout the Village. Thanks once again to the full army of volunteers that help to arrange the parade – this is a much greater effort than many realize, and all done on a volunteer basis. And thanks as well to the folks who run the Cotuit Bass and Blue Fishing Tournament, who generously donate a major portion of the proceeds of that event to help the Association defray the costs of the Parade and Christmas in Cotuit. Summer is now here in full bore. While you are enjoying all that means, please be careful on the roads and walks in town. There are a lot of people about. And lately there have been concerns expressed about the number of landscape vehicles that are parked on streets and sidewalks as work is being done. Please ask anyone providing service to you to pull into your driveway. The streets and sidewalks are narrow, and when they are blocked it can lead to an unsafe situation for other vehicles and pedestrians. Please consider joining us this month as we hear from Janet Milkman, Executive Director of the Barnstable Land Trust, about all of the latest news from BLT. We will have a meeting at Freedom Hall on July 16 starting at 7:30 p.m. 2019 Cotuit Bass and Bluefish Tournament has become a great annual tradition in Cotuit. All of the proceeds of this event help to fund the Fourth of July Parade and Christmas in Cotuit. All are welcome and you don’t need a boat to take part – you can bring your fish to the weigh-in by boat or car. Join in the fun at the dinner at the Cotuit High Grounds even if you don’t take part in the Tournament. This year’s Tournament will be held on Saturday, August 10. The captains’ meeting will be held on Friday, August 9, at 5:30 p.m. at Freedom Hall. The weigh-in will take place at Cotuit Town Dock on Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Awards and dinner will be at the Cotuit High Grounds on August 10 starting at 5:30 p.m. Lastly, if you have not already done so, please renew your membership in the Association. You can use the coupon at the end of this newsletter to do that. And please send us your e-mail address so we can add you to our contact list to keep you up to date on the latest Village news. Jim Dannhauser, President In April the Water Commissioners voted to raise the water rates and annual fees to reflect the true cost of operations for Cotuit's domestic water supply. The rate changes will begin July 1st. More information will be mailed to each ratepayer in July and can be viewed on the Cotuit Water Department webpage. Cotuit’s Fire Boat now has a new name.....Candoit. The name comes from a bit of Cotuit history....Camp Candoit, which trained three World War II units and it was home to the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, which was a branch of the 4th Engineer Special Brigade. Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to two of our residents that discovered the history and submitted the name...Barbara Webb and Liz Pappas. Cotuit Nursery School announces they are accepting registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Please call 508-428-1470, email [email protected] or visit their website at cotuitnurseryschool.org. They are excited to be celebrating their 40th year educating preschoolers at Cotuit Nursery School! They are asking for your help with our fundraising campaign so that they can continue to make a difference in the lives of local families. Your generous donation of $40 will allow them to continue offering field trips, guest speakers, art projects, play and socialization as well as help maintain the playground on the Village Green. They would greatly appreciate a donation of any amount and thank you in advance for your generosity! Thank you! Cotuit Nursery School Teachers and Students Cotuit Federated Church Craftfest 2019 is scheduled for August 17th and 18th, and we are busy planning this wonderful summer event. Watch for our Shopping Cart Brigade in the Cotuit 4th of July Parade. We’ll be collecting non-perishable food items along the route to help support local food pantries. For information about all church activities, call 508-428-6163. Cape Harmony, the Cape’s premier all-female a cappella group, continues their tradition of Wednesday evening concerts at CFC at 7:30 thru August 14th. Also, save the date for our annual Community Potluck and Block Party on Sunday, September 15th at 11:30am. For information on all church activities, call 508-428-6163. Cotuit Center for the Arts We Are The Champions is an original musical celebration of Queen, featuring songs drawn from their 14 studio albums including hits “You’re My Best Friend”, “Killer Queen”, and “Bohemian Rhapsody” among many others. August 8-18: Thursday-Saturday at 7:30, Sunday at 4:00; Tickets $40, $35 for balcony seating Cotuit Rowing Club offers one month or seasonal memberships. Recreational rowing in a quad, double, or single. Some rowing experience is required. For more information contact the club at [email protected] Cotuit Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit The Taste of Cotuit will be held 6:00 to 9:00 Saturday, July 20, on the Historical Society grounds. Our signature fundraising event will feature food and wine from local eateries, live jazz, a wine grab and “Sitting Pretty,” a live auction of chairs decorated by local artists. Tickets are $60 for members, $75 for nonmembers. Reserve by calling (508) 428-0461 or visit www.cotuithistoricalsociety.org. Two Cotuit Chronicles lectures are coming up. Philip Odence and Jim Gould will present “Meet Cotuit’s Mansard Ladies” on Thursday, July 18. Greg Ketchen, president of Coast Guard Heritage Museum, will speak on “Shipwrecks Along the Cape Cod Coast” on Thursday, August 15. Both lectures will be at 7:00 at the Cotuit Library. The Historical Book Club is reading “The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero” by Timothy Egan for its meeting at 7:00 Thursday, August 1, at Cotuit Library. Cape Cod Tango Thursdays, 7:00-9:30, Freedom Hall. To register for either class visit cahoonmuseum.org, email Couples or singles are welcome to come, meet and mingle with [email protected] or call 508-428-7581 x5. members and dance the tango in true Argentine style. Often Monarch Madness: Join Barnstable Land Trust and there is a lesson from 7:00 to 8:00 followed by a practice the Monarch Project of Cape Cod for a four-week session. Drop in fee is $15. A series of beginner lessons will be program on Monarch butterflies! offered later in the spring. Information: capecodtango.org Introduction: Saturday, July 20, 10:00, Osterville [email protected], Facebook or 508-428-0143. 2nd Saturday Contra Dance July 13 & August 10, singles, Enclosure Building! Saturday, July 27, 10:00, friends, families, couples -- all are welcome at 2nd Saturday Osterville Contra Dance at Freedom Hall, 7:30 to Field Trip! Saturday, August 3, 10:00, TBD 10:30. Come at 7:15 for a quick lesson and Care and Feeding of Monarchs at Home: Saturday, August dance the night away to live music and a 10, 10:00, West Barnstable caller to keep you moving with ease. On July 13 we welcome back some of our Which Bugs Can I Eat?! Thursday, August 1, 11:00 and favorite local talent with Bob Golder calling again Thursday, August 15, 11:00, West Barnstable and The Resemblance delighting us with Wildlife Wonders Journal Program Thursday, August more variety than the average duo. Rumor has it that a very 8, 9-11:00, Cotuit special local lady will be celebrating her birthday with us, so we expect a wonderful, frolicking evening. Sandy Neck Summer Flora & Fauna Hike Wednesday, August 14, 10:00-noon, West August 10th will also be a WOW with Laura Barnstable: Johannes slated to call the dance with Contra Dance trio Accentricity -- all well known For all workshop details see BLT.org. Boston talent. Check out the details at capecontra.org or call (508) 280-8749 for more details. Cotuit Kettleers Cape Cod Chamber Festival at Cotuit Center for the Arts - Date Day Opponent Time August 2019 promises a month-long celebration of the Cape 12-Jul Friday Harwich 5:00 PM Cod Chamber Music Festival’s 40th anniversary year. August 13-Jul Saturday @ Bourne 6:00 PM 6th, Jupiter and one Jon; August 13th Mostly Mozart… Schubert; and August 14-Jul Sunday Orleans 5:00 PM 20th, Miro Residency: The Miro 15-Jul Monday OPEN Quartet at 7:30. For other concerts on 16-Jul Tuesday @ Orleans 7:00 PM Cape see capecodchambermusic.org. 17-Jul Wednesday Hyannis 5:00 PM Cape Cod Academy Cotuit kids entering grades 5 to 12 this 18-Jul Thursday @ Falmouth 6:00 PM fall are invited to attend Cape Cod Academy Flight School, a 19-Jul Friday @ Hyannis 6:00 PM basketball camp that runs August 12-16. Join us for our one- 20-Jul Saturday Hyannis 5:00 PM week specialty camp of basketball skills and drills, 21-Jul Sunday All-Star Game 6:00 PM tournaments, and competitions. This specialty camp is run by 22-Jul Monday OPEN CCA’s Varsity Basketball Coach Adam Rose who brought his 23-Jul Tuesday Bourne 5:00 PM team to the championships this past year. Fee is $295 for the 24-Jul Wednesday @ Brewster 5:00 PM week. 25-Jul Thursday OPEN Flight school for Grades 5-7 runs from 9:00 to noon. 26-Jul Friday Wareham 5:00 PM Flight school for Grades 8-12 runs from 12:30 to 2:30. 27-Jul Saturday @ Chatham 7:00 PM Register at capecodacademy.org/about/summer or call 28-Jul Sunday Y-D 5:00 PM 508.428.5400 ext 260 29-Jul Monday @ Wareham 6:45 PM Cahoon Museum invites you to a lecture on Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession book signing/ talk 30-Jul Tuesday Falmouth 5:00 PM with author John Whitenight, Friday, 31-Jul Wednesday @ Falmouth 6:00 PM July 26, 4:30–6:00. Admission $20, 1-Aug Thursday OPEN $15 members includes wine reception. 2-Aug PLAYOFFS begin August 2nd & finish August 10th Join John Whitenight to explore the fascinating world of shell grottos, shell houses and follies, sailor valentines, and extraordinary shell art found under antique glass domes in an illustrated lecture. Cotuit Library - Check out these upcoming events: John Whitenight began collecting glass domes in 1973 and • Jul. 13th @ 2:00 - Learn About Composting currently owns 175 domed displays. • Jul. 18th @ 10:00 - Annual House Tour 2019 * Flower Shell Workshop with Sandi Blanda Tuesday & Wednesday, July 30 and July 31, 9:00 - 1:00; $525, $500 • Jul. 19th @ 8:00 PM - Outdoor Movie members; limited to 6 participants, registration required with • Jul. 13th @ 6:00 - Harry Potter Trivia $250 non-refundable registration fee. • Aug. 2nd @ 7:00 - Campfire Singalong Learn to wire 4 flowers and work them into a shadowbox. All materials provided. Everyone will leave with an original • Aug. 5th @ 8:30 - Stargazing design. Suitable for all levels. Skills are transferable to Sailors’ • Aug. 10th @ 11:00 - Chamber Music Kids Valentines. Concert Sailors Valentine Workshop with Sandi Blanda, Tuesday, • Aug. 14th @ 5:30:00 - Family Movie August 13 - Thursday, August 15, 10:00 – 4:00; $875, $850 members; limited to 12 participants, registration required with

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President: Jim Dannhauser August 17 - September 13, 2019 Editor: Theresa Egan August is now in full swing. Summer seems to fly by more quickly with each passing year. Please join us on Tuesday, August 20th for our Annual Meeting at Freedom Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m. As is the case each year, the term in office for four of the twelve members of the Executive Board of the Association expires in August, and an election is held to fill those four positions for a three-year term. The Executive Board has nominated the four following persons to stand for election this year: Mike Scanlon, Carol Zais, Mark Lynch and Mark Stranberg. Mike Scanlon and Carol Zais are standing for re-election. Mark Lynch was elected by the Board to fill the vacancy created when another board member had resigned and is standing for election to a full three-year term, as is Mark Stranberg. We are fortunate that these individuals are prepared to volunteer their time to fill these roles. We would also like to express the Board’s appreciation for the many contributions made by two former members of the Board who have chosen to step down during this year. Dick Hamilton and Leslie Leveille made many contributions to the Association and the Village during their years of service, and are very deserving of all of our thanks for their work. At the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, we will open a regular meeting of the Association. Representatives of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod and Horsley Witten will present a discussion of their stormwater management projects that have been undertaken in the Three Bays Watershed and the projects that are being planned for the coming year. We look forward to seeing you all there! And thank you to everyone who has paid their membership dues and made additional contributions to the Association already this year. Please consider doing so if you have not already. Jim Dannhauser, President

Cotuit Federated Church’s Craftfest 2019 is August 17th and 18th on the Village Green! Join us at one of the premier summer events on Cape Cod, featuring over 100 artisans and crafters, delicious food, live musical entertainment and children’s activities. All proceeds support the ministries of the Cotuit Federated Church. Also, we will host our annual Community Potluck and Block Party on September 15 at 11:30. And, save the dates for our annual Fall Rummage Sale on October 18 and 19. For information, call 508-428-6163. Cotuit Nursery School announces they are accepting registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Please call 508-428-1470, email [email protected] or visit their website at cotuitnurseryschool.org. They are excited to be celebrating their 40th year educating preschoolers at Cotuit Nursery School! They are asking for your help with our fundraising campaign so that they can continue to make a difference in the lives of local families. Your generous donation of $40 will allow them to continue offering field trips, guest speakers, art projects, play and socialization as well as help maintain the playground on the Village Green. They would greatly appreciate a donation of any amount and thank you in advance for your generosity! Thank you! Cotuit Nursery School Teachers and Students Cotuit Bird and Garden Club announces their next two events: August 19th: the Club will be leaving from Lowell Park, first destination is Point Judith, then taking ferry over to Block Island. A luncheon will await at the National Hotel. Then to enjoy an hour tour of the Island, with a native Block Island guide. September 11th, 10:00, they will be going to Harwich for a Cranberry Garden Tour. We will follow up with lunch at the Sesuit Harbor Café. For Information, please call Joanne at 508-524-1817 Barnstable Land Trust Seaweed Wonders of Cape Cod Wednesday, August 22, 5:00 pm Osterville Nature Art Explorations Friday, August 23, 10:30-11:30 am West Barnstable Nature Trail Treasure Mapping Saturday, August 24, 9:30-11:30 am West Barnstable Cape Cod Wildlife Festival Saturday, September 7, 10:00 – 3:00 pm Cummaquid The Cotuit Kettleers organization would like to thank fans, volunteers, and supporters in the wonderful village of Cotuit and surrounding communities for a fantastic 2019 season of Kettleers baseball at Lowell Park. Check out the Kettleers website for all your merchandise needs at www.kettleers.org/shop/ Cotuit Center for the Arts JIMMY TINGLE: 20/20 Vision returns to Cotuit with his new one-man show, "20/20 Vision," a funny, thought provoking and hopeful look at contemporary life and politics through his experience as a comedian, commentator and political candidate. Thursday, August 22 at 7:30. Tickets $35, $30 for balcony seating. Cotuit Corridor August 31st at 12:00 pm. This block party marks the first ever collaboration between the Chapman Gallery, the Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Isaiah Thomas Bookstore, Turtleback Limited, and Villaggio Restaurant, all located along rte. 28. Each venue will be open and free to the public. Visitors may park at any of the participating venues and enjoy complimentary shuttles that will be making the loop from Noon to 4pm. Get to know us for the first time or come say hello to a good friend and find out what’s coming up at your wonderful local cultural destinations! Cotuit Center & Mark Cortale Present Marilyn Maye or [email protected] to set up a tour. Visit with Billy Stritch at the piano; Tuesday, capecodacademy.org to learn more. August 27 at 7:30. Tickets $60, $40 for Cotuit Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit Visit balcony seating. HSSC’s Museum Store booths at Cotuit CraftFest on Aug. 17 Enjoy visual art, food, drink, and 18! You’ll find lots of gifts expressing your affinity for tours, music, literature and bring your Cotuit. Look for us at School and High streets, friends, family and neighbors. Everyone is across from the post office. cordially invited to an open house, end of summer Casual History Uncorked evenings will be held celebration of arts and culture on Cotuit’s stretch of Rte. 28. from 6:00 to 8:00 August 29th and September 12th. Visit our museums and gift shop, while Friends of the Cape Cod Tango Thursdays, enjoying complimentary wine and cheese and a brief talk Cotuit Library 7:00-9:30, Freedom Hall. Couples or spotlighting a historical object in our collection. singles are welcome to come, meet and The Historical Book Club will meet at 7:00. Thursday, mingle with members and dance the tango in true September 5th, at Cotuit Library to discuss "Above and Argentine style. Often there is a lesson from 7:00 to 8:00 Beyond: John F. Kennedy and America’s Most Dangerous followed by a practice session. Drop in fee is $15. A series of Cold War Spy Mission" by Casey Sherman and Michael beginner lessons will be offered later in the spring. Tougias. Information: capecodtango.org [email protected], Facebook or 508-428-0143. A Historical Walking Tour will begin at 10:00 Sunday, September 8th, at our Dottridge Homestead. Tom Burgess The Friends' Membership Campaign is continuing will lead a one-mile, two-hour walking tour through Cotuit throughout the month of August. If you haven't renewed Center, sharing anecdotes about historical homes and your membership or you are new to town, please support buildings. Rain date is September 15th. the Friends of the Cotuit Library. Membership for Cotuit Library Individuals $20 and Family $30. Friends will be mailing postcards to their membership to help everyone "SAVE Summer is winding down at the Library, so check the DATES" for their six educational Luncheons for this out these free programs. You can support Cotuit fiscal year held in the Library. Beginning Wednesday, Library by adding your engraved brick to our new September 18th. "The Auction Business" will feature patio! Bricks purchased by September 15th will be Josh Eldred, president of Eldred's Antiques and Auctions in installed this fall. Visit cotuitlibrary.org for more Dennis. Seating is limited. RSVP to Cindy or volunteer to information. bake or cook at 508-420-4871. August 23rd @ 6:00 - Board Game Night We are also looking for volunteers interested in continuing August 30th @ 6:00 - Magic Night (Card Game) to help with Library gardens and plants. Volunteers Kathy September 4th @ 8:00 - Stargazing - Lowell Park Koplik and Vince Puleo will be coordinating. If you are interested in being part of a team of volunteers, please call September 13th @ 6:00 - Board Game Night Kathy or Vince at 857-366-2927 to let them know you are Barnstable Clean Water Coalition’s 10th Annual Cape able to help. Kathy coordinate the volunteers. Cod Wildlife Festival will be held 2nd Saturday Contra Dance With Freedom Hall closed on Saturday, September 7th, to have the floor refinished, both the 2nd Saturday Cotuit 10:00-3:00, Long Pasture Wildlife Contra Dances in both September and October Sanctuary, Barnstable will be held down the road at Liberty Hall in And join their 9th Annual Paddle Marstons Mills. The dance will resume at for the Bays: RACE Cape Cod: Freedom Hall on November 9. For more Saturday, September 14th, 9am information about Contra Dancing on Race Start Time, 12pm Beach Cape Cod, go to capecontra.org Party, Oyster Harbors Club, Osterville or more Event details, Cape Cod Chamber Festival at Cotuit Center for the visit our website at BCleanWater.org Arts - August 2019 promises a month-long celebration of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Cahoon Museum invites you to an Artist Gallery Talk Festival’s 40th anniversary year. August 13th with Sandy Moran: Free with museum admission; members Mostly Mozart… Schubert; and August 20th, Miro free. Stop by Tuesday, August 20, 2:00, for our final sailors Residency: The Miro Quartet at 7:30. For other concerts on valentine artist talk. Sandy will discuss how Cape see capecodchambermusic.org. these incredibly intricate artworks are created and what inspires her as an artist. Cape Cod Academy Cape Cod Academy is hosting an She’ll answer questions about her work, the Admission Coffee & Conversation art form and the exhibition. Don’t miss the gathering on Tuesday, September 10th at Exquisite Shells show! 9:00 a.m. Cotuit families of students in grades K-12 are invited to join the Head of Fall Art Exhibitions Opening Reception for Through the School, Chad Small, and the Director of Admission, Jeff Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks from the Thompson, to learn about the academic, athletic, and arts Dawn of Photography Jodi Colella | Jackie Reeves | opportunities at Cape Cod Academy and the school’s sliding- Kimberly Sheerin presenting Friday, September 13, 4:30 – scale Personalized Tuition Program that gives families 6:00. Admission Free affordable access to the best education on Cape Cod. Stop by the Museum for the opening of our fall exhibitions. Student-led tours will follow. Enjoy refreshments, meet the artists and be the first to see the new shows. 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President: Jim Dannhauser September 14 - October 11, 2019, 2019 Editor: Theresa

At our Annual Meeting in August, four people were elected to three-year terms on the Executive Board of the Association – Mike Scanlon, Carol Zais, Mark Lynch and Mark Stranberg. We thank these four for agreeing to serve the Village in this capacity, and express our deep appreciation to Dick Hamilton and Leslie Leveille for their years of service. At our August meeting, we also heard from representatives of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod and Horsley Witten Group. They reviewed the projects that they had undertaken at Prince Cove and Cordwood landing, and announced that they plan to resume their storm water management project at Ropes Beach this fall. They also described a new project that they are planning to pursue at the Library – a bioretention project at the back end of the parking lot which will include educational and interactive elements. Details on these efforts can be found on the web site of the APCC. I am sure that everyone appreciates the challenges facing the Three Bays watershed, and these projects can be of some help. There is also information on that web site about what individuals can do to help to reduce the flow of nutrients into the Bays. We can all play at least a little part in this regard! Remember to check the Calendar of Local Events on the web site of the Association for information about things going on around town. Thanks to all for your support of the Association this year. Jim Dannhauser, President

Cotuit Nursery School announces they are accepting registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Please call 508-428-1470, email [email protected] or visit their website at cotuitnurseryschool.org. They are excited to be celebrating their 40th year educating pre-schoolers at Cotuit Nursery School! They are asking for your help with our fundraising campaign so that they can continue to make a difference in the lives of local families. Your generous donation of $40 will allow them to continue offering field trips, guest speakers, art projects, play and socialization as well as help maintain the playground on the Village Green. They would greatly appreciate a donation of any amount and thank you in advance for your generosity! Thank you! Cotuit Nursery School Teachers and Students

Barnstable Land Trust Sandy Neck Fall Migration Hike Wednesday, September 18, 9:00-Noon Sandy Neck, West Barnstable Free, donations appreciated. Fall Crocker Neck Walk Saturday, October 5, 10:00-Noon Crocker Neck, Cotuit Free for BLT members; $5 for non-members. Seaweed Wonders of Cape Cod Saturday, October 12, 10:00 Osterville Free for BLT members; $5 for non-members. $8 for families.

The Cotuit Kettleers organization shares the 2019 Cape Cod Baseball League Championship trophy with the Village of Cotuit and the surrounding communities! The final Kettleers Store Openings for 2019 at Lowell Park will take place on Black Friday, November 29th from 11:00-4:00 and Christmas in Cotuit, Saturday December 7th from 10:00-4:00. If you can't make it to Lowell Park....Shop online at www.kettleers.org. We have a very large volume of Kettleers Championship items for sale! Cotuit Federated Church We kicked off our new program year on Sept. 8th and will continue our celebration with our annual Community Potluck and Block Party on September 15 at 11:30am. Everyone is welcome. Also, our annual Fall Rummage Sale will be held on October 18 from 9:00 – 4:00 and on October 19 from 9:00 – 2:00. Donations of fall and winter clothing (no rips or stains), toys, books, jewelry, kitchen items, household items, and some furniture (nothing broken) will be welcomed October 14 thru October 16 from 9am – 4pm each day; and donations except clothing will be accepted on October 17 from 9am – 12noon. And, our annual Blessing of the Animals will take place on October 6th at 4pm on the Village Green. Please leash or crate your animals for everyone’s safety. For more information on all activities, call (508) 428-6163. The Friends' Membership Campaign is continuing throughout the month of August. If you haven't renewed your membership or you are new to town, please support the Friends of the Cotuit Library. Membership for Individuals remains $20 and Family is $30. Help the Friends support the Library and its programs. Friends of the Cotuit Library Friends will be mailing postcards to their membership to help everyone "SAVE the DATES" for their six educational Luncheon Programs for this fiscal year. All will be held in the Library living room. The first event of the fiscal year will be Wed. September 18th. "The Auction Business" will feature Josh Eldred, president of Eldred's Antiques and Auctions in Dennis. Josh will share interesting and fun experiences from his career. Don't miss out. Seating is limited. RSVP to Cindy or volunteer to bake or cook at 508-420-4871. Cotuit Center for the Arts Cotuit Center presents As the fourth of five Cotuit Chronicle lectures for 2019, Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim’s Zenas “Zee” Crocker, executive director of Barnstable Clean classic musical comes this Fall! On the Water Coalition, will speak on The Health of the Waters in Main Stage October 10-27th, Thursday- Three Bays at 7:00. Thursday, September 19th at Cotuit Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sunday at 2:00 pm. Library. Admission is free. Tickets $40, $35 for balcony seating. The Historical Book Club will meet at 7:00. Thursday, Discounts: $5 for members, $2 for seniors/veterans. October 3rd, at Cotuit Library to discuss The Johnstown Cape Cod Tango Thursdays, 7:00-9:30, Freedom Hall. Flood by David McCullough. All are welcome to attend. Couples or singles are welcome to come, meet and mingle Barnstable Clean Water Coalition with members and dance the tango in true Argentine style. 9th Annual Paddle for the Bays: RACE Cape Cod Often there is a lesson from 7:00-8:00 followed by a practice session. Drop in fee is $15. A series of beginner Saturday, September 14th, 9:00 Race Start lessons will be offered later in the spring. Information: Time, 12 noon Beach Party, Oyster Harbors capecodtango.org [email protected], Facebook Club, Osterville or 508-428-0143. 2nd Annual SHUCK! A Day of Oysters and Beer The Friends' 2nd Saturday Contra Dance With Saturday, October 5th, 1:00 - 5:00 , Cape Cod Beer, Hyannis Freedom Hall closed to have the floor refinished, both the 2nd Saturday Cotuit Contra Dances in Cotuit Library Now that things have slowed down both September and October will be held down a bit here on Cape, enjoy some of the following free the road at Liberty Hall in Marstons Mills. The programs at the Cotuit Library as we anticipate the dance will resume at Freedom Hall on November Fall season. 9. For more information about Contra Dancing on Cape Cod, go to capecontra.org September 13th @ 6:00 - Board Game Night September 23rd @ 6:00 - Democracy Lecture Part 1 Cape Cod Academy is hosting an Admission Coffee & Conversation gathering on Tuesday, September 30th @ 6:00 - Democracy Lecture Part 2 October 8th at 9:00. Cotuit families of October 3rd @ 7:30 - Stargazing at Lowell Park students in grades K-12 are invited to join October 5th @ 2:00 - Archaeology for Kids w/Craig Chartier the Head of School, Chad Small, and the Director of Admission, Jeff Thompson, to learn about the October 7th @ 6:00 - Democracy Lecture Part 3 academic, athletic, and arts opportunities at Cape Cod October 9th @ 3:00 - Cotuit Library Writer's Group Academy and the school’s sliding-scale Personalized Tuition Cahoon Museum of American Art Program that gives families affordable access to the best Director’s Gallery Tour: Southworth & Hawes: Early education on Cape Cod. Student-led tours will follow. Photography in Boston Friday, September 27th, 11:00 No need to register. If another time works better, call or Director Sarah Johnson will share history on the firm of email Jeff Thompson at [email protected] Southworth & Hawes, who operated in Boston or call him at 508.428.5400 to set up a tour. from 1843-1863 and are renowned as the first Visit capecodacademy.org to learn more. great American masters of photography and Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit: whose work elevated photographic portraits to the level of fine art. Free with museum Our fall festival, Autumn in Cotuit, will be held admission. Members free. from 11:00 - 3:00. Saturday, October 12th on the HSSC grounds. We’ll have home-baked pies for Smithsonian Museum Day is a one-day event in which sale and our first ever Cotuit Chili Challenge. participating museums and cultural institutions across the Sample the entries and vote for your favorite! country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Other attractions include open-hearth cooking in the Day ticket. Participants are allowed to download one ticket Dottridge Homestead, games and artisan demos. Admission per email address. The ticket provides free general $5 for members, $6 for nonmembers. admission on Saturday, September 21 st, for two people. For free admission to the Cahoon Museum, visit the Are Your Pies Simply Upper Crust? Smithsonian Day website and register! Join us on Saturday, Willing to make a pie or chili? Call (508) 428-0461. September 21, 10:00am – 4:00pm. Admission free With a touch of fall in the air, it's time to start planning for Director’s Gallery Tour: The Impact of Daguerreotypes our Autumn in Cotuit festival! You'll want to circle Saturday, Friday, October 4, 2:00. From the ancient discovery of the October 12, on your calendar. And if you have culinary camera obscura to the 18th century mechanical devices used talents, we definitely need your help! to create silhouettes, Director, Sarah Johnson will talk about Our bountiful spread of homemade pies – sold whole and by early inventions that preceded photography and the impact the slice – is always a highlight of our fall festival! We'd be of the daguerreotype – the first successful form of so grateful if you’d volunteer to bake a pie or two. Any kind photography- as a new form of visual communication. would be fine, except for cream pies or others requiring Fall Open House – Celebrating 35 Years! refrigeration. Call (508) 428-0461 or send an email to Saturday, October 12, 10:00 – 4:00. Admission Free [email protected]. Stop by the Museum for a fun day of family friendly Please let us know we can count on you! activities as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Cahoon Museum. 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President: Jim Dannhauser October 12 to November 15, 2019 Editor: Theresa Egan As most of you know, the Waldorf School lease of the Cotuit Elementary School property was terminated last spring by the Town of Barnstable School Committee. At the time, it was indicated that the building would be used by the Cape Cod Collaborative going forward. Since then, a review of the building indicated that an investment of as much as $1.3 million over three-four years would be needed to address structural and other capital deficiencies to make the building one which the Collaborative would utilize. This entails structural and mechanical issues that are a result of the age of the property and under-investment for many years, and not the fault of the Waldorf School. The School Committee has now indicated that it plans to have the school building revert to the Town so that the Town can evaluate what is the right course of action for the property, including alternative uses other than as a school. This is likely to occur at next month’s meeting of the School Committee. The Committee has invited public comment on this matter, and we encourage interested residents to submit any comments that they have to the Committee by e-mail. The addresses can be found on the Town web site. You can review the Committee’s recent discussion of this matter at its October 2 meeting on the Town web site as well. There was a special meeting of the Barnstable Town Council on Thursday, October 10, at Town Hall to consider the Town’s Comprehensive Waste Management Plan. This is an important matter to all of us, and when you can, we encourage you to view the meeting video on the Town’s web site. Remember that all vessels stored on Town property need to be removed by November 14th. Jim Dannhauser, President

Cape Cod Tango Thursdays, 7:00-9:30, Freedom Hall. Couples or singles are welcome to come, meet and mingle with members and dance the tango in true Argentine style. Often there is a lesson from 7:00-8:00 followed by a practice session. Drop-in fee is $15. A series of beginner lessons will be offered. Information: capecodtango.org [email protected], Facebook or 508-428-0143. The Friends' 2nd Saturday Contra Dance For more information about Contra Dancing on Cape Cod, go to capecontra.org Cape Cod Academy invites Cotuit families to an Admission Open House and Homecoming BBQ, Saturday, October 19th at 10:00. Families of students in grades K-12 are invited to attend and learn about Cape Cod Academy’s signature programs and personalized tuition; meet faculty and staff, tour our 46-acre campus, and enjoy an outdoor BBQ and games. If you cannot make it and would like to visit Cape Cod Academy, call or email Jeff Thompson at 508.428.5400 or [email protected] to set up a tour. Visit capecodacademy.org to learn more. Historical Society of Santuit & Cotuit: Our fall festival, Autumn in Cotuit, will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, October 12, on the HSSC grounds. Buy a homemade pie – or just a slice! Sample any or all of the batches in our Cotuit Chili Challenge and vote for your favorites! Other attractions: open-hearth cooking in the 1808 Dottridge Homestead, fly-tying with Mike DeSisto, Cape Cod recipe book signing (with Annie Copps) and children’s games. Admission: $5 members, $6 nonmembers. Joe Yukna, co-founder of Cape Cod Military Museum, will speak on The Role of Animals in World War I at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 17, at Cotuit Library. This is the final Cotuit Chronicles lecture of the season. Admission is free. The Historical Book Club will meet at 7:00, Thursday, November 7th, at Cotuit Library to discuss The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage and the Founding of America by Rebecca Fraser. All are welcome to attend. Cotuit Nursery School announces they are accepting registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Please call 508-428-1470, email [email protected] or visit their website at cotuitnurseryschool.org. They are excited to be celebrating their 40th year educating pre-schoolers at Cotuit Nursery School! They are asking for your help with our fundraising campaign so that they can continue to make a difference in the lives of local families. Your generous donation of $40 will allow them to continue offering field trips, guest speakers, art projects, play and socialization as well as help maintain the playground on the Village Green. They would greatly appreciate a donation of any amount and thank you in advance for your generosity! Thank you! Cotuit Nursery School Teachers and Students Cotuit Federated Church’s Annual Fall Rummage Sale will be held on October 18 from 9am to 4pm and October 19 from 9am to 2pm. Donations of fall and winter clothing (no rips or stains), toys, books, jewelry, household items and some furniture (nothing broken) will be welcomed October 14 through October 16 from 9am to 4pm each day. Donations, except clothing, will be accepted on October 17 from 9am to 12noon. Also, please make a note that we will host a Blood Drive on Monday, November 25th from 9am – 3pm. Appointments preferred but walk-ins welcome. For more information about all church activities, please call (508) 428-6163 or email [email protected]. Friends of the Cotuit Library Barnstable Land Trust LAPC Walking Weekend: Don't miss the Friends Fall Fashion Show, Raffle and Sunset Walk at Crocker Neck Monday, October 14th, 5:30 Silent Auction that will be held on Tues. October 22nd at Do you like sunsets? Join Barnstable Land Trust for a Hyannisport Club. Your $45 payment per guest -submitted sunset walk! We will trek along the 1.5 mile trail loop with Registration Form (with all your guests listed) - is your through the 97 acre conservation area, pausing to reservation. Only 150 seats available in total. Lunch will be catch the view at Wading Beach, and finishing delectable and the raffle and silent where we started. Please dress in layers and wear Friends of the auction items desirable. Cape Chic of appropriate walking attire. Bringing water is Cotuit Library Falmouth will be featuring the latest in suggested. Meet on Santuit Road; park at the 2nd fall fashions. It's the Friends' largest gate (across from 92 Cotuit Cove Road). Free! Space is fund-raiser of the year. Don't miss out! limited, please reserve your spot. Save the date for the Wednesday, November 20th Are you looking to volunteer? Looking for other ways to Luncheon Program-Saving Sea Turtles. Kathy Zagzebski, support us? Consider volunteering! President and Director if the National Marine Life Center in We’re always looking for people to help Bourne is the guest speaker. She'll overview the science, us with our land projects, rehabilitation and conservation of sea turtles on Cape Cod. administrative support at our office, Registration is required. Register to Cindy at 508-420-4871 and spreading our message at walks or process on-line at cotuitlibrary.org Members $12; and events! Community $15. If you’re interested, tell us more about Cahoon Museum of American Art yourself by completing our interest Curious Exposures: A Victorian Celebration survey: contact us at 508-771-2585 or [email protected]. We of the Photograph, Friday, October 25th, have a place for you! 5:00-7:00 Cotuit Center for the Arts: Sweeney Todd Join us for an evening of curious vintage fun! Come ready Stephen Sondheim's tasty, for your closeup, as six lucky winners will get their tintype thrilling, theatrical treat has portrait taken by fine art photographer Craig Murphy. simultaneously shocked, awed Nibble Victorian tea sandwiches while you have your and delighted audiences across the silhouette portrait drawn or enjoy costumed performers world. Awarded eight Tony Awards, while you sip a delicious seasonal cocktail. Peruse the new including Best Musical, for its Broadway premiere! On the art exhibitions on view. Visit cahoonmuseum.org for Main Stage October 10–27th, Thursday–Saturday at 7:30, details! Sunday at 2:00; Tickets $40 Gallery Talk & Demonstration with Craig Murphy, Terra Incognita: Exploring New Terrain - A dynamic "Through the Lens of the Past: Capturing Contemporary display of eye popping color contrasted with a unique Subjects using 19th Century Photographic Processes”. exhibit based around black and white marked a must-see Friday, October 25th, 2:00-3:00. Free with Museum new exhibition. Opening October 12th thru November admission, Members free 16th. Free admission. Photographer Craig Murphy brings his traveling tintype Black and White: Launch Point: What do we think about studio to the Cahoon Museum for a lecture and a live when we hear the words Black and White? For years, demonstration of this historic photographic process. contemporary artists have explored both the literal and Winter Art Exhibition Opening Reception for Soo Sunny figurative ideas expressed in the term Park and Gretchen Romey-Tanzer; Friday, November 8, “black and white." 4:30 - 6:00. Admission Free A collective of twelve artists explore the Stop by the Museum and be the first to meet the artists and various ideas of black and white related view the new art exhibitions, Soo Sunny Park: Boundary to our lives and living spaces. They will Conditions creating monumental, immersive installations create a gallery that looks and feels like you are walking into that transform their environments into realms of moving an artist’s studio, or a collector's home - a space that uses light, reflection, and shadow. Meet Weaver Gretchen artisan created furniture, utilitarian objects, art objects, and Romey-Tanzer whose double layer technique, intricate lighting to set a stage that highlights each artist’s reference design, and brilliantly colored cotton fiber create works that to the idea of Black and White. Opening October 12th thru appear to collect light, cast shadow and sparkle with November 16th. Free admission. prismatic ebullience. Enjoy lively conversation, a wine Cotuit Library reception and a great time! October 19 @ 10:00 AM - Scarecrow Making Soo Sunny Park will also present a gallery talk on November 8th at 2:00. October 19 @ Noon - Haunted Stacks October 22 @ 11:00 AM - Friends' Fashion Show October 23 @ 4:00 PM - Smartphone Workshop October 25 @ 6 PM - Song Sisters Concert October 26 @ 2:00 PM - Seducer of Souls Talk October 30 @ 2:00 PM - Twitter Tips The Cotuit Civic Association Welcomes your Support Our mission is to “educate and communicate”+ 4th of July Parade + Christmas in Cotuit

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President: Jim Dannhauser November 16 - December 31, 2019 Editor: Theresa Egan

December 7th - Christmas in Cotuit Schedule 9:00 - 3:00 Arts and Crafts Fair at Cotuit Center for the Arts: Cotuit Center for the Arts will hold its 6th annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair in the Gallery. 10:00 - 4:00 Christmas in Cotuit’s 19th Annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival at Freedom Hall: Creations of Cotuit's own artists: Belts and Buckles and paintings, pottery, photographs, prints, drawings, jewelry, ornaments, marlin spike art, jams, jellies and Christmas wreaths. 10:00 - 5:00 Historical Society - Visit the Gift Shop for holiday shopping! We have new and unique items for the holidays as well as our great selection of “Cotuit-wear”. 10:00-12:00 Historical Society - Bring the children to paint a wooden ornament for your tree and enjoy some cookies and cider. Come early as this is a popular event! 10:00 - 3:00 The Cotuit Kettleers Store at Lowell Park will be open. This will be your last chance to purchase those great holiday gifts for your family, friends, co-workers, etc. 10:00 - 3:00 At Cotuit Federated Church, Bruce Hall, don't miss the 18th Annual Small Works Art Show & Sale, featuring original works by local artists, perfect for holiday gift-giving! 10:00 - 4:00 Free admission all day! Come explore the Cahoon Museum with your friends and family. See the Twisted, Twined and Woven exhibition of innovative fiber art. 10:00 - 2:00 CFC”s Cotuit Women’s Fellowship Gift Baskets Sale at Bruce Hall. 11:00 - 5:00 Cotuit Fresh Market Main Street Tastings. Music from 11-12:00 12:00 - 2:00 Cotuit Fire Station Open House with free Firehouse Chili 12:30 - 3:15 Horse Drawn Carriage Rides starting at the Post Office COOKIE MAKERS!! 1:00 - 3:00 Face Painting at the Kettle-Ho Let the Village taste your special cookies! 2:45 - 3:30 At the Cotuit Library, Malik the Magician Magic Show. Please bring cookies for the 3:30 - 3:45 At the Town Dock - DJ Lisa Z and Pizza by Zoe Pizza of Mashpee Christmas in Cotuit Celebration Commons to the Cotuit Federated Church December 6 (9am – 1pm) or 3:45 Santa’s Arrival by Boat at the Town Dock December 7th after 9am. 4:00 Tree Lighting on the Cotuit Village Green: Invocation by Pastor Angie. 3:00 - 5:00 Hot Chocolate at the Village Green by Cotuit Fresh Market on the Village Green followed by refreshments at

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