Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:42:30 -0400 https://barnstablestuffyouneedtoknow.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 BarnstableWatch Buzz - Stuff You Need To Know yes bd4a7842-77fa-517e-b1ae-55cc140a9d77 Heather episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Heather https://storage.buzzsprout.com/hw0tb0dcqnwmp4bg1y86e8n19kuu?.jpg What's On Tap Jan 2, 2022 This episode let's you know public body meetings of note coming up in the first week of January 2022. It's about housing and planning this week! 

]]> This episode let's you know public body meetings of note coming up in the first week of January 2022. It's about housing and planning this week! 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9820754 Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:00:00 -0500 274 2 1 full false Local Comprehensive Plan - Status, Public Views on LCP Committee This episode reports on the status of the Barnstable Town staff's recommendation to the Town Council on the 2021 Local Comprehensive Plan Committee, and its composition. It also brings visibility to the public's comments on the Town staff's recommendation as the Town has not posted the public comments submitted in mid-November. 

Transparency into public comment helps inform our thinking and enables assessment of whether and how responsive the Town is to it.  Sunlight! 

]]> This episode reports on the status of the Barnstable Town staff's recommendation to the Town Council on the 2021 Local Comprehensive Plan Committee, and its composition. It also brings visibility to the public's comments on the Town staff's recommendation as the Town has not posted the public comments submitted in mid-November. 

Transparency into public comment helps inform our thinking and enables assessment of whether and how responsive the Town is to it.  Sunlight! 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9790191 Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0500 989 1 11 full false U.S. Post Box Fraud and Your Checks - Be Afraid! This episode shares information about an apparent breach of U.S. Postal Service boxes in Barnstable and subsequent check fraud.  Check your statements. Call your bank. Alert family and friends. This is unofficial word based on experience and community conversations pending word from public officials who are presumably on this matter for you. 

]]> This episode shares information about an apparent breach of U.S. Postal Service boxes in Barnstable and subsequent check fraud.  Check your statements. Call your bank. Alert family and friends. This is unofficial word based on experience and community conversations pending word from public officials who are presumably on this matter for you. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9767728 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:00:00 -0500 246 1 10 full false A Vision for Your Village: The Story of a Warehouse This episode poses questions about the use of property as a warehouse in zones that permit residential and retail use. Lots of questions. If you care about your Village as a place to live, work and play, you gotta care about zoning. 

]]> This episode poses questions about the use of property as a warehouse in zones that permit residential and retail use. Lots of questions. If you care about your Village as a place to live, work and play, you gotta care about zoning. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9668203 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 19:00:00 -0500 1163 1 9 full false Housing Committee Dec. 1, 2021 The Housing Committee will meet on December 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.  This episode shares what the Housing Committee will discuss that was to be guided by Town Council direction. 

]]> The Housing Committee will meet on December 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.  This episode shares what the Housing Committee will discuss that was to be guided by Town Council direction. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9626424 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 20:00:00 -0500 637 1 8 full false What's On Tap Nov. 22, 2018 This episode spotlights some Town meetings during the week starting November 22, 2021. Town business is your business. Find out more about town committee agenda items at the Town of Barnstable website under 'Official Agendas'. 

]]> This episode spotlights some Town meetings during the week starting November 22, 2021. Town business is your business. Find out more about town committee agenda items at the Town of Barnstable website under 'Official Agendas'. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9588989 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:00:00 -0500 404 1 7 full false Town Council in Ten - Nov. 18, 2021 Town Council meetings are long and not always covered by local media. This is a quick (6 minutes and 30 seconds!) summary of some highlights from the November 18, 2021 meeting. 

Go watch the full meeting on Channel 18 through the Town of Barnstable website for more on the punchlines we give and matters we didn't cover. 

]]> Town Council meetings are long and not always covered by local media. This is a quick (6 minutes and 30 seconds!) summary of some highlights from the November 18, 2021 meeting. 

Go watch the full meeting on Channel 18 through the Town of Barnstable website for more on the punchlines we give and matters we didn't cover. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9588770 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 18:00:00 -0500 404 1 6 full false What's On Tap Week of Nov. 15, 2021 A quick look ahead at Town and other meetings of interest this coming week. Town business is your business so tune in. 

]]> A quick look ahead at Town and other meetings of interest this coming week. Town business is your business so tune in. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9542841 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0500 420 1 5 full false The Local Comprehensive Planning Process - Getting it Right, Right from the Start The Town staff has set out its preferred way to approach the 2021 Local Comprehensive Planning process. That's a plan that will determine what your street, your neighborhood, your village and your community looks like a decade from now. The process affects the plan's content and the end product, so it has to be right. This episode explains what the Town staff wants and what changes to that would help to get it right, right from the start. 

]]> The Town staff has set out its preferred way to approach the 2021 Local Comprehensive Planning process. That's a plan that will determine what your street, your neighborhood, your village and your community looks like a decade from now. The process affects the plan's content and the end product, so it has to be right. This episode explains what the Town staff wants and what changes to that would help to get it right, right from the start. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9499692 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0400 870 1 4 full false What's 'Stuff You Need To Know'? What's up with a podcast by BarnstableWatch?  

Listen here to find out what 'Stuff You Need To Know' is all about and why it makes sense to check in and give it a listen on a regular basis.

As always, thanks to resident volunteers who listen hard to what's up at Town Hall and help us  share! 

]]> What's up with a podcast by BarnstableWatch?  

Listen here to find out what 'Stuff You Need To Know' is all about and why it makes sense to check in and give it a listen on a regular basis.

As always, thanks to resident volunteers who listen hard to what's up at Town Hall and help us  share! 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9499606 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0400 270 1 3 full false A Massive Zoning Change to Drive Density - Formed Based Zoning 101 The Barnstable Planning Department has been working on a huge zoning change for Hyannis with commercial interests for years. It's point? Drive density. In fact, leave density up to real estate developers. And stop caring about how properties are used. And if you listen close, you'll hear staff say it's plan has always been to duplicate it elsewhere. It's called Form Based Zoning. This episode gives you the basics. 

]]> The Barnstable Planning Department has been working on a huge zoning change for Hyannis with commercial interests for years. It's point? Drive density. In fact, leave density up to real estate developers. And stop caring about how properties are used. And if you listen close, you'll hear staff say it's plan has always been to duplicate it elsewhere. It's called Form Based Zoning. This episode gives you the basics. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9440501 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0400 1493 1 2 full false Housing Committee - Back in Biz Fall 2021 We're in a housing crisis, nationally.  Yet Barnstable's Housing Committee has been somewhat inactive over the last few years.  In the fall of 2021, it got back to business. In this episode, we'll explain what issues are on deck, what housing issues Town staff told the Housing Committee not to work on, and what to expect next. 

]]> We're in a housing crisis, nationally.  Yet Barnstable's Housing Committee has been somewhat inactive over the last few years.  In the fall of 2021, it got back to business. In this episode, we'll explain what issues are on deck, what housing issues Town staff told the Housing Committee not to work on, and what to expect next. 

]]> Heather Buzzsprout-9440276 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 21:00:00 -0400 1101 1 1 full false