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Orleans board changes its tune, allows removal of $800k crane

Town sets limits to protect plovers

The crane was used by Mike Winkler to demolish and remove erosion-threatened beachfront cottages. The beach is shared by Chatham and Orleans, which had blocked the move. The crane was used by Mike Winkler to demolish and remove erosion-threatened beachfront cottages. The beach is shared by Chatham and Orleans, which had blocked the move. (Steve Heaslip/ Cape Cod Times)
By Abbie Ruzicka
Globe Correspondent / July 21, 2009

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The Orleans Board of Selectmen voted yesterday to reconsider a vote that prevented a Truro contractor from removing his $800,000 crane and $100,000 excavator from a Chatham barrier beach shared with protected shorebirds, said Jon Fuller, the board chairman. (Full article: 297 words)

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