Popponesset News

Larry Dapsis, entomologist and deer tick project coordinator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, tells the newspaper that our local Deer Tick population has a two-year cycle with odd-numbered years having fewer ticks than even numbered years.

Mashpee shellfisherman Richard J. Cook's second attempt in as many years to win final approval to grow oysters in Popponesset Bay hit another roadblock at last Thursday's Mashpee Conservation Commission meeting.

The first meeting of the Mashpee Board of Selectmen in 2012 featured what appears to be a recurring theme in town - controversy surrounding a proposed project in south Mashpee.