Have a couple of hours to spare? AmeriCorps Cape Cod is looking for volunteers to help out at Taylor Bray Farm for a range of activities, such as brush clearing, blueberry patch maintenance, and tree plantings. They also need assistance with their natural resource inventory and are looking for experienced bird watchers and amateur botanists. Click here for more information.

The Yarmouth Planning Board's Architectural and Site Design Standards have been revised. The standards outline the Town's building and site design expectations for all commercial development in the town.
Click here to view the revised standards

The Yarmouth Affordable Housing Trust is accepting applications from income eligible buyers to purchase 2 and 3 bedrooms affordable homes. Buy-down homes are existing houses scattered throughout established residential Yarmouth neighborhoods. These homes have many updates and or have been rehabbed by the Yarmouth Affordable Housing Trust.

Two bedroom homes will be suitable for up to four people and for sale for up to $149,000.
Three bedroom homes will be suitable for up to six people and for sale for up to $165,000.

Click here for application information

The Town of Yarmouth is accepting applications for the Motel Pre-Development Fund. This funding, provided through the Town’s Community Preservation Fund, is targeted at motel redevelopment projects that will result in the development of quality affordable housing opportunities. [Additional info...]

A place for citizens to share their ideas to help DY schools be the best they can be! [Additional info...]

2010 MOTOR VEHICLE BILLS DUE MARCH 3, 2010
for more information please contact the Town Collector's Office at 508-398-2231 ext. 1234

PRESS RELEASE: YARMOUTH TOWN SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Contact Person: John Mincieli 508-362-1661

The Yarmouth Town Scholarship Fund Committee is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year. The applicant must be a resident of Yarmouth and enrolled as an undergraduate at a post-secondary institution as of September 2010. The deadline for receipt of applications at the Yarmouth Town Hall is April 30, 2010.

The Scholarship Fund Committee considers the applicant’s financial need, academic achievement, and school and community involvement, before making any award.

Applications are required and are now available on line at http://www.yarmouth.ma.us/DocumentView.asp?DID=923 or they may be picked up at the following locations:

Yarmouth Town Hall
Office of the Yarmouth Town Administrator
1146 Route 28
South Yarmouth, MA 02664

D-Y Regional High School Guidance Office
210 Station Ave.
South Yarmouth, MA 02664

For those persons or institutions interested in making a donation that will assist the young men and women of this town pursue the goal of higher education, please make your checks out to the Yarmouth Town Scholarship Fun and mail them to Town Hall. Thank you on behalf of all Yarmouth students and the Committee. [Additional info...]

Two Yarmouth citizens worked throughout the Town inventorying street lights and comparing where street lights are located to the street light location policy, which has been in effect since 1990. Street lights are currently authorized at the intersection of streets, at a location where inclines or declines in the road would cause a safety problem and finally at specific locations identified by public safety departments as a hazard area. The process for the lights to be turned off will be to remove the photocell and the light fixture will remain but be inoperable. Those lights which do not comply with the current standards or are unsuccessfully appealed will be turned off beginning on Monday November 2, 2009. Citizens may donate $80/pole/year to keep a light turned on which is scheduled to be turned off. Please contact the DPW department at Town Hall, 508-398-2231 ext. 1290 for more information on how to make a donation.

STREETLIGHT POLICY
POLICY TITLE: Street Light Policy

POLICY CODE AND NUMBER: 03-04

DATE: July 29, 2003

TOWN OF YARMOUTH
HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM STREETLIGHT INSTALLATION

Upon request, the Board of Selectmen may authorize installation of streetlights insofar as the placement of the streetlight conforms with at least one of the following conditions:

A. Intersection of Streets

B. Along curves in the road

C. At locations where there are inclines or declines in roads which would cause safety problems

D. At locations where the safety of the public would be improved by the installation of a light.

Streetlights shall not be installed on straight roads where the only purpose to installing a light would be to light a particular house or location

The Board of Selectmen assumes no responsibility whatsoever for determining which locations within the Town should have streetlights. This Policy Statement is meant only as a guide to inform the general public of circumstances in which the Board of Selectmen will authorize the placement of streetlights, and should in no way be considered as any type of directive requiring streetlight to be placed at particular locations in the Town of Yarmouth.

The South Yarmouth Library Board of Trustees is now accepting applciations for the 2010 Cecilia Siemen Scholarship in the Visual Arts. Applications should be submitted to the South Yarmouth Library Board of Trustees not later than May 15, 2010. Applications should include: the completed Scholarship Application Form, transcripts of all course work, three (3) letters of recommendation, his/her portfolio, and a personal statement.

You can pick up a scholarship application at the South Yarmouth Library or print a copy. [Siemen Scholarship Application]

The Yarmouth Police Department is proud to announce that we have teamed up with a private website named Crimereports.com to provide near-real time crime reporting. Crimereports.com uses the Yarmouth Police Department data along with Google Maps to produce an easy to use interactive crime mapping search engine. This is a service provided free to the public and accessible to all. Citizen’s can search the town of Yarmouth for a variety of types of calls for service or crimes.

Another feature offered by Crimereports.com is an email alert system. Citizen’s can sign up to receive alerts regarding specific crimes or calls for service in their neighborhood. They can also choose how often they receive these updates. Click the link below to access the interactive map.

Yarmouth Interactive Crime Maps