Select Board approves fire-station design in 4-1 vote
Orleans Select Board approved fire-station design in 4-1 vote, selecting clapboard-and-brick exterior with standing-seam metal roof for new Fire Rescue Station. Board members debated durability and longevity of proposed materials.
Select Board · Meeting of August 5, 2026
Orleans Select Board approved fire-station design in 4-1 vote, selecting clapboard-and-brick exterior with standing-seam metal roof for new Fire Rescue Station. Board members debated durability and longevity of proposed materials. In other votes, the board unanimously approved multiple licenses for The Cormorant, a new year-round restaurant at 89 Old Colony Way expecting 10 to 12 employees; approved one-half-acre expansion of shellfish grant in Little Pleasant Bay for Bethany Gibbons and David Reed; appointed Mark Russo to Open Space Committee and Richard White to Affordable Housing Trust; approved Select Board policy amendments in 5-0 vote; and sent letter of support for Centers for Culture and History in Orleans' lifeboat museum project.
The board rescheduled Special Town Meeting from November 18 to November 16, 2026.
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