Last five posts from the CHAT-M-Room (Town Common) are:

Perhaps I exaggerated when I said Dining Room. I think we knew it as the Cafeteria, as there was a cafeteria type line that we all went through. For me, knowing one of the cooks (Burton Ryder's wife) who lived next door to us, was a plus. I think Jenny Cardoza was there as a cook as well.
Lunches were 25 cents, as was a gallon of gas nearby at the local Amoco, Jenny, Gulf, or Esso stations.
Richard Gould Ryder <dickryder413@gmail.com>
Eastham, MA USA - Thu 11/21/2024 - 17:31:55
Sorry to read of the passing of Ivan Bassett at age 99, who was involved with so many aspects of the Town of Chatham. I loved the line in his obituary, which said "his hobby was work". He was a monitor in the Dining Room in the basement of the Main Street school when I first knew of him. A gentle soul, one who seemed to care about us kids. I wish that I had known of his experiences aboard the USS Boston in WWII.
Richard Gould Ryder <dickryder413@gmail.com>
Eastham, MA USA - Wed 11/20/2024 - 17:28:48
If my latest comments appear to be unedited, it is not due to my age, but somehow a glitch in the system that allows some entries to go before the entrant clicks on Submit.
We all miss the open fields that allowed cows and horses to graze in not only West Chatham but on property across the street from us on Old Harbor Road.
Richard Gould Ryder <dickryder413@gmail.com>
Eastham, MA USA - Tue 11/19/2024 - 17:11:46
I hope folks that are concerned about what is going on in West Chatham take time to review the Planning Board meeting from yesterday, Nov. 18th. This was a build out analysis of the future of West Chatham. It is a comprehensive plan of multi, mixed use units. The proposed bylaw is for maximum density of over 400 units over the next 50 years and does NOT include the Buckley property, nor the Meeting House Road property. No regard has been given to water or traffic studies. The entire plan is on the Planning Board webpage in PDF form. They are having these meetings with no regard to the upcoming holidays when folks are not able to be there to comment. Any changes this Board is going to present at Town Meeting needs to be voted down. Please take some time and review the mess they want to make of West Chatham. How these people get away with this type of stuff is beyond my comprehension.
JudyP
WChatham, MA USA - Tue 11/19/2024 - 17:00:35
I am up earlier than normal and saw that Judy had emailed me this morning about a couple of posts. So I deleted the one that broke rules and a followup to it.

As to Wayne and Emily and the double posts: I would remind everyone that it's NOT always the fault of the user! It's even happened to me! I have mentioned this at least twice before. There's a glitch somewhere in the HCoop servers that's occasionally causing a post to get resubmitted at some point in the future...sometimes minutes, hours or more. So please just ignore them and I am presently unable to do anything to fix it, other than at some later time, deleting the duplicates from history and seeing if my contact at HCoop has any clues. The web host I use is a group of nerds who run this low cost service so no real tech support available but for $7 a month, it's a decent setup.
J Hallgren (as Moderator)
S Chatham, MA USA - Mon 11/18/2024 - 08:12:53