January 3 2021
House being built on Harding's Beach road with a lighthouse- still in progress it seems.
January 9 2021
At the end of Depot street I saw these in the Catholic church parking lot. At first I thought they were going to have pew pods so people could worship together in small groups during covid times. Looks like they may be a prefab house to replace where Willard Nickerson once lived at the other end of Old Harbor Road. That has been torn down and I will have to check that out.
Same day and crappy weather but I went to Seaside as usual and saw that DelRoy must have been working on the family plot all week. Graded and loam added looks terrific.
on the way back to the apartment I noticed the Shop Ahoy sign- had not noticed it before. I will have to get a better shot on a clear day.
January 10 2021
Looks like Pine Tree Landscaping , or just the nursery is going to return. They were cleaning up the property and re hung the sign! Will be interesting to watch.
January 17 2021
AC Moore gone and the sign letter imprint is slowly fading.That is empty and so is World Market near Christmas Tree Plaza.
This gas station near the airport has had many names. Never lasts.
Bass River Marina renovations coming along.
High Performance Audio used to be here
Kristas ice cream is near this renovation not sure whether it was a Song of India store before or giant T shirts LOL
I often wondered what happened to Parkers Liquors in Hyannis. It was a favorite for Mom and me- and the place to take return bottle when that first started in Massachusetts. You would dump them onto a table the guy would sort and count and hand you your money. Now it is blasted machines that jam. ho hum
now Luke's
Pier 1 Imports empty
There is the stone building on rt 6A in Barnstable I cannot remember what it was years ago. Will find out
Kurt Vonnegut’s Saab dealership, Crane Duplicating and Typesetting. Now some other private business. oh and a gas station.1960s Atwood garage sold Harvester equipment. BP gas station 1969.
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January 17 2021 Hyannis
There used to be a VFW hall here and Mitchell's Steak House. Both popular spots. I have no idea why both are gone BUT... New construction there will be a new Walgreens and to the left of that an oil change place.
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I know this happened long ago- but I often wonder why the police moved from this ideal spot to an isolated area. It is not a visitors center. Yarmouth
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January 23 , 24 , 2021
Those pre fab structures above that were stored in the Catholic church parking lot ended up at 741 Old Harbor Road where Willard and Fran Nickerson of the Chatham Fish Market down at the Chatham fish pier.
This is what it looked like in 2014
now with the pre fab up
others on Old Harbor many changes- a few looks like they did 20 years ago.
near where Earl Hiscock used to live some renovations
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Main street looks like it has curbside pick up parking marked in some places
Chatham Hardware is now that and Island Pursuit which used to be in the old Mark Fore & Strike building across from the Mayflower
Epicure and Chatham Jewelers
Chatham Cookware and where Mark Fore & Strike and Island Pursuit used to be- that building looks empty.
I will get back to Main street in a bit.
Holway street I wanted to check out Mary Gould's old house . Someone in a chatroom said there was a big house going up. As you enter the street there are signs "PRIVATE". I figured construction is going on can't be that private , I just hoped it would be an easy turnaround. I get to the end of the street and there is a small turnaround and signs no parking no standing etc. They always confuse me a bit. Like who monitors this shit. I called the police non emergency line and asked. She said as long as I do not block a driveway I should be fine. I will go back- the view is spectacular.
Mary's house from a google map
the new construction
RThe rest of this street. I might mention as a side note- back in the 60s I was down at the end of this street with someone I forget who and Chicky McAllister ( now deceased) was in the group and he whips out his big red dick to show me. I feel honored. ha ha
Bert and Carols old place on Orleans Road
Donny and Norman St Pierre's gas station- I really miss them.
Dubis's pit- soon to be a solar farm
Dune Drive
Houses at the end of Main street Chatham
Jones house on Barcliff. It was very plain for many years then the occupants died and the people who bought it are making changes.
Joshua Jethro
someone was complaining about the size of homes on lots on this street. I saw nothing offensive but probably referring to a house that fill the lot. They way I look at that is- less lawn and less fertilizer going into the water table. I will go back and try to capture that one some day it was on the other side of the street.
George Ryder road South.
I think this house is on the land where Bill Whelden had a home.
Main Street Chatham near rotary
I used to work in Ron's Sandwich shop in the early 60s it is now Lily's. I also worked at Coach and Four Fudge and Gift shop 2000-2003 until the owner stopped paying me and I quit. 911 happened while I was working there and that really killed tourist industry.
so to the far left and not showing was where Sonny the barber had a shop many years, then Lily's which was Sandy's diner for a while then she retired and sold. Next to that was Barbara Parent's pottery shop. I saw it was gone and when I got back here I immediately searched internet and found her website. I sent a message. She replied that she closed over a year ago- times got bad and bills were piling up. So now it is A Lon Z no clue what that is. Public Cafe and then Rebecca Jean clothing where Coach and Four once was.
above- where Sonny the barber was now Salon Fabulous
Lily's where Ron's used to be
The potter is now A LON Z
Public Cafe is in part of what was Coach & Four
Rebecca Jean's is the other half of Coach & Four
behind this complex on the parking lot level used to be a hair dresser and Dead Zone- Dead Zone moved to Yarmouth Hearth & Kettle plaza many years ago.
I will try to remember to get pix of the back someday!
January 31 2021
round about near Shop Ahoy tire tracks that do not look like a big truck first 2 blurry
round about near gas station
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Still dredging at Harding's Beach
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January 31 2021
went back to Holway street to get a photo of the sign for no parking and no standing. Will try to remember to catch that view on a nice day with sunshine.
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Jack's old house where he lived when Mom met him in the early 1960s
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February 5 2021
Back of Colonial Building- Ron's, revisited.
no businesses on the ground floor-basement any more where Pal Jennings used to have a hobby slot car place and Tavi the hair dresser and Dead Zone. I am told it is now dormitories for seasonal workers.
I will try to remember to get a photo of the area behind the movie theatre
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Power lines all across the Cape are being updated. I noticed on the ones on rt 137 that the "steps" have changed from the long stretch of older poles to closer. Obviously the first step would have to be from a bucket truck. LOL
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ah I had taken a photo of the area behind the CVS movie theatre. used to be many thing one of them Pampered Palette. Now a sub shop and thrift shop
The bays here- the back area where all the utilities hook up- have been over grown for a a year. One guy needs a new gas meter as do we here but our area is clear. BUT National Grid is not doing meter changes during the pandemic. so... but DelRoy cleaned up the back end of January. At the same time the fire department , they have the end bay- have been cleaning up.
so end of January-
Fire department - toilet in truck.
February 5 2021
Main street near Eldedge & Lumpkin Insurance. It has a white chimney with black top which indicates a Tory sympathizer. But I think it is a new structure made to look like something from the 1700s and 1800s. Still interesting change to the scenery.
Old TD Bank formerly CCB&T has changed totally and no more cut through to get to Oyster Pond.
Diagonally across from this is the restaurant Red Nun. Used to be owned by the Snow family. The put this display of lobster pots out each year and I never get to see it lit.Very grateful for them leaving on their wifi- my only form of communication sometimes while doing laundry!
nearby old Dr Weilers office when it was Smith Weiler and Montbach in one building. Now real estate
another white chimney with black rim but building not old enough for it to be historic.
Tina Durham's old place she had real estate in there and a small store if I remember correctly. It was occupied by an artist for about 5 years then all of a sudden I see it empty and for rent/lease
Brewster power lines in Nickerson State Park.
Roundabout West Chatham near Shop Ahoy
February 5 2021
looking less abused with drive overs!
how did those get out of order grrr.?
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February 20 2021
Bass River Marina resurrection still i n progress
dredging again at Harding's Beach
new structure going up in Harding Shores where we once lived. As seen driving out of the parking lot.
Hyannis
AC Moore still empty but soon to be taken over by Home Depot.
KMart- supposedly the entire plaza will come down and be resurrected as something like Mashpee Commons- outdoor shopping strip mall.
Harwich
Holy Trinity Church demolished the home that was to the left of the church. A thrift shop was once there. It was an interesting structure but now gone. We will see what takes its place if anything.
Orleans
Heart n Kettle
still empty
Hyannis
strip mall as leaving going towards Yarmouth- ever changing- used to be a porn shop there.
Bill & Thelma's
VFW & Mitchell's Steak House property
upon entering the KMart plaza there was what appeared to be a cop stopped someone and he was in a grey truck with blue lights flashing, Never seen that before!
March 6th
an old auto store in West Harwich- still empty building- moved to Dennis Port new building
Dead Zone used to be ground level in the back of the Colonial Building in Chatham. Moved years ago to a Boch building in West Yarmouth and is now in the Hearth & Kettle Plaza in Yarmouth. I really miss the store and was finally able to get down there when she was open. Went in and she was very busy so I left. When I uploaded these photos I read the store limit for people and realized I would have been one too many.
I was able to get the black sunflower seeds I have been looking for for a few months in the Bird Store.
Bishops Terrace in West Harwich and Column in West Dennis are still vacant and look to be falling apart.
Red Cottage restaurant has been closed for almost a year. Been remodeling and taking advantage of closing for pandemic I guess. Very popular place and always busy in South Dennis
Harwich Center- where the tornado 2019 ripped through and took down hundreds of trees. is being cleared.
March 27
I am sure there are pix before this but wanted to get this on here. I was headed out for a cemetery walk and got a better photo of Handler ( not perfect but) and then saw that A&W is for sale. Wow that family has been there for over 50 years.
A&W
update- A&W is reopening April 29 2021 but is still for sale.
March 6
Pancake Man re opening soon I guess
someone altered the sign LOL
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March 7
Pentimento is closing. I wanted to get photos before it disappeared also next door Kahn's antiques to the library.
Jack's old property- 416 & 420 Main street
used to be Chatham Marine Electronics- that burned due to a gas explosion The Perry Building wzas moved to its spot and next door the building where Ed Harding grew up and Jack rented the upstairs and downs stairs to various people over the years. Lelyveds,Duarte upstairs. a few suicides. a lot of history. Now is Mermaids on Main and up for sale.
March 20
Bass River Marina progress
Handler's in Harwich
Old Main South Yarmouth renovation
and rt 28 West Dennis looks like the house that looked like it was going to be demolished is being renovated.
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formerly Mayo Duck Farm
Culture and History in Orleans.
was the the American Legion building I wonder.
April 10
a house on Bridge street once owned by John Pffeffer a lawyer and customer. I noticed the coastline along his property was stripped! lo and behold when I drove by it was an Eastward Homes project. Typical.
Main st Chatham- what used to be Head & Foot many years ago and then recently was many things now is a photographers gallery
Jordan Popkin's home on Stage Harbor Road revamped. Not even sure it wasn't torn down and another in its place
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April 17
Bass River Shoe Repair
once was Baldy's,Silas Fish Company antiques, a restaurant, a bakery,Village Kitchen.
Improper Bostonian Your Father's Mustache up for sale?
new railroad crossing in Hyannis
old gas station in Bass River to be a residence.
VFW and Mitchell's Steak House new businesses.
who knows
KMart almost gone
Mill Hill Club now assisted living for dementia etc
April 23
Yellowbird is in the water
this is what is left of the boat yard below :)
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first week in April I was cleaning the truck for my use when the driver's side door would not open. I thought what the heck is going on. How did the worker get out? Then I realized it was parked too close to a boat and I was denting the cover. At first I freaked out thinking I was denting the boat itself! yikes just the cover. phew. The other tear was done by another bigger truck ha ha.
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First photo in this post and it doesn't look that much different April 25 2021!
well maybe a little
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May 1
Got behind a tractor trailer on rt 28 and kept my distance but wanted to see how he navigated the 2 roundabouts. He did a great job. At the end was what looked like a Karmann Ghia
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Driving down Cedar street looking for a "path" took this photo I guess for the new construction but notice now how crooked all the poles are. The photo after it is a new sign "mocking" the entry signs for each town. Kind of clever .
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May 2
driving by Avelar's I guess that is the old Clark property gone.
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May
Handlers still standing
May 8
Colonial House Inn sold and being refurbished
May 9
a house kind of across from Atwood House on 356 Stage Harbor Road is gone- it used to have a porch and black trim. Looks like activity now.
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May 9
West Harwich
Parked in the vacant parking lot of West Harwich Professional building. It is where Eileen Davidson used to have an electrolysis office. I wanted to take pix of Bishops Terrace and explore the rest of the area.
Diagonally across the street is what used to be a funeral home- has changed over the years- now gift shop
the obligatory mask litter
Then the building that used to be the Irish Pub among other things.
parking lot and view of Herring River. I always wanted to visit the conservation lands in the distance but it involves too many dirt roads etc. But when looking at the area on google maps it appears there is a road that leads in the direction from rt 28. Will explore that someday.
May 25
Too lazy to go through my photos to find the 356 Stage Harbor Road house I googled it. Wasn't black trim though LOL
May 22
Dunkin Donuts changed to Dunkin a while ago- now DNKN'
good grief. I will try to remember to check out the others on Cape for this change.
Handlers
They finally paved Church street, my short cut to get to Orleans. It was bumpy corduroy for a long time. I bet the neighbors are happy as well.
Art shacks in Hyannis
I see Baybridge has moved to Bassett Lane
KMart gone and Kohls parking lot full of storage pods!
Melody Tent will open in July after being closed all last year
What used to be Moby Dick
across the street a strip of stores that are mostly empty now but were thriving years ago.
Pancake Man open
Red Cottage closed an entire year and still no activity- but they did do renovations.
Star Market in Orleans now has drive up and go special parking spots
Willow Street changes- still an uninteresting stretch
DNKN in Dennis on rt 28 but Chatham still has Dunkin Donuts
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June
Senior center proposed- land where Sibley's house used to be
and the signs to vote for it.
Handlers still standing and the land to its right- never noticed the old structure there.
Dennis Port
Old Mobil station was a Schluter's and was a Griswold's
now Sam's Automotive Center
June 13
After laundry I wanted to catch the progress on what is going on behind Avellar's house on rt 28. The Cockle Cove parcel was once in the Clark family. It was abandoned and run down. Last year some time it was leveled. and now this. Never seen that building material before - kind of like particle board. Looks like two separate structures.
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Handlers out building - I must try for a better close up. Not easy though.
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Looks like Pine Tree is back in business- they have re-shingled some of the buildings
June 19
Dubis Pit now solar farm
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Pine Tree Landscaping getting new shingles
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June 20
New House on Cockle Cove Road - progress. Other lot still a big hole.
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June 20
Handlers . Finally pulled off to the side of the road for a close up- well as close as I dare to get. Who knows what lurks in the new field.
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Sam's automotive where Schluter's Mobil Station in Dennis Port used to be also Phil Griswold's
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well that was a long restless night and a hot sticky day But leats snow and ice I guess.
June 26
When I worked at Sears and the carnival showed up it promised to be an interesting visit to the rest rooms each time. Someone from the carnival would always be in there doing something strange. Burnt into my memory banks - I was peeing and looked at the floor next to me and saw what looked like baked beans being dropped to the floor.
I think it was not hear in 2019 and 2020- last year because of covid not sure but it is back. While taking these photos I got out of the truck for better views . A woman was in the bus depot kiosk and would pop out and watch me. I so wanted to get a photo of her but was seriously afraid she would come after me and destroy the camera and me LOL
but ah ha! I see one of the photos includes her partially LOL
June 26
my usual stop at Seaside and I noticed right off it was very bright- something missing! They had cleared the Grenya Fishback plot of shrubs. wow what a difference.
Then I walked over to Senters' plot and Elaine's stone was removed- the lettering had disappeared. but Shep's which is older was still dark.
others for sale: Chatham Health Club, Riverway Lobster House no longer...
Leaving here to shop I noticed where the flagpole was knocked down there is a parking spot for like 3 vehicles now paved with bluestone dust I guess. Then on my way back here there was a car parked there for sale and that was gone the next day ha ha ha
Trampolines are back in Harwich
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July 3
house on corner of Parliment and Crowell I think has always been hidden by shrubbery- it has been cleared!
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July 4
Dubis 's pit now a solar farm. progress in the panels
Chatham Health Club on Crowell Road for Sale
July 11
I don't think there was a Arts & Crafts fare last year but it is back in a smaller form
Kettle corn caught my eye
new house on Cedar street
two stores on Main street across from Kate Gould Park
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July 19
walk to post office noticed National Grid is using a new paint yellow for markings LOL
The Catholic church is open again. uprooted shrub shows how windy it gets here.
looks like Colic Chapel
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July 22
New neighbor in the Oyster River Boat Yard storage area.. Roger says it is just like Charlie Kelly's
July 24 & 25 because I had to go BACK to Hyannis..
AC Moore sign still fading
and carriers.
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Chatham
Cumberland Farms at the traffic lights rt 28 finally sold
Drews Sport shop closes
New Cuffys structure in Dennis
Riverway Lobster house soon to be a farm to table restaurant
I worked with a woman at Sears who owned a motel along rt 28 in Yarmouth it needed a lot of renovations. It was torn down and recently I saw this in its place!
It will be interesting to see what it is!
Thayers florist closing after many decades in this spot. Harwich
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I wonder where the "before" photo is? Likely in rants LOL
found it ^
this is where a flag pole was knocked down.
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August 1
Drew's Sports and Thayers better pix
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August 8
Former Doyles a popular bar restaurant in South Yarmouth is now Crazy Rooster.
Now Black beard bait and tackle near Harwich Dennis border
better photo on the 15th
Riverway becoming a Farm to table restaurant soon. Many a Cape Cod Boat Dealer's meeting there. I never cared for the way they had salad dressing bottles on the table and would marry one to the other when it got low. yuck
August 14
Chatham Health Club for sale. They had a pool
Craigs gardens gone in Dennis
New Cuffy's complex
can't seem to get a clear photo of the only new DNKN sign I have seen. this at rt 134 & 28
empty business in Dennis Port.
Thayers closing end of August
August 22
I think I can stop taking pix of Drew's Sports until something new goes in there.
new miniature golf near where the go carts are in Harwich
Drainage work on Crowell Road near old health club
Lilly Pulitzer back in Chatham
August 28.
KMart Plaza- Airport Plaza will eventually become The Landing at Hyannis
while there I noticed Spirit of Halloween and it reminded me of Borders closing and aHalloween shop going in there before Whole Foods was completed, And American Space & Air,
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I forget what this used to be but it is shut now! Near Staples in Hyannis
September 6
the house at the top of this post looks like it is at a standstill.
September 11
Worden Hall built in 1841 used to be DeVito Art Gallery in Dennis
September 12
new construction Barn Hill Road near where Ron McIlvin used to live
September 18
while doing the Yarn Haul and leaving from Salt Farm Studio, something new across the way
Friday Club in Yarmouth Port- looks like a yard sale
Old Friendly's in Hyannis still vacant
Mel Pet Farm from 2012- I have to drive by to capture the housing in its place.
Optimist Cafe
open to private functions
and last but not least the house next to Sagamore Cemetery has taken on a new life
Youth Center West Harwich
From facebook memories 2012 Mansard roof across from Hallets Ice Cream Yarmouth Port
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New ice cream shop where Western Auto was.
Shop Ahoy sign moved
October 3
behind Ben Franklin oh what a hot parking lot and those stairs!
Chatham Hardware and Island Pursuit
Dave Morgan's old house looks like it will fall down. Built 1920
October 3 & 9
Sur Mer sold to a neighbor for 12,000,000.00
not much I could see from the road a dumpster & red scooter.
Built 1820
9th what a difference sunshine makes and a walk down the driveway.
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Jones place on Barcliff
October 10
new structure near Cedar Swamp Lane off of Stage Harbor Road
October
Chatham's old bowling alley - now CBI storage
Handlers gone
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Staples Plaza in Orleans used to have a Booksmith Musicsmith store
now Brazilian Self Defense
house on Barn Hill road
October 21
walk back from the post office I smelled new wood. I looked to my right and there it was a new structure
October 31
house on Barn Hill progress
October 30
Optimist Cafe says open for catering but now there is a sale sign
Hyannis- Mitchells and VFW area
Smith's Clock in West Dennis- gone
White Hen in West Harwich gone
November 21
something going on at Snow Library in Orleans
November 20
Ed Noyes Parliament drive sale pending
corner of Parliament and Crowell- being spruced up to say the least stone walls and everything
I hear that Chatham Hardware will be a thing of the past in downtown Chatham, rumors that Harwich Paint & Supply will move in.
Cuffy's on rt 28 Chatham and the one in Orleans will close and central store will be in Dennis which looks like a entertainment complex.
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November 28
house near McIlvin's progress
house rt 28 Harwich
I thought it had a condemned sign on it. not now
Thayers Flowers some construction going on
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December 12
near Cedar Swamp Lane new dwelling- Stage Harbor Road
December 27
had many errands in Hyannis, Macy's, check out Hathaway Pond ( creepy huge disappointment), Joann Fabrics and Whole Foods, Really want ed to get to Kohl's but ran out of steam. While at Joann Fabrics noticed the sign for Cardi's. I saw it driving into Hyannis from rt 28. I guess this is where they will be until the new Kmart Plaza is complete. Looks great!Where Bed & Bath was years ago and World Market recently
something going in beside Roma restaurant in Harwich on rt 28
leaving Joann's and headed to Whole Foods I cut through the parking lot where the Fair Grounds used to be each Summer and saw all these pipes!
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