Pirates Cove Beach Association
PO Box 362
Mashpee, MA 02649
FALL 2014 NEWSLETTER
The picnic was well attended and everyone commented on the great food, ambiance, the bounce house, door
prizes, and want a repeat next summer. Mark the date: July 18, 2015 Thank you Scott Romero for chairing
this committee.
Please welcome our new neighbors: Sky & Sabrina Huang, 3 Cutlass Lane
Again, all our roads are on the No Plow List:
Due to all the hard work by your Board members, Jim Boutilier, Dave Copotosto, Peter Falco and Dave
Richards, brush has been cleared from the sides of the roads back 2 feet and any overhanging branches below
12 feet have been removed. We have been inspected twice and a couple of small remaining brush areas have
been corrected. There is an overhanging branch on Bounty (near Captains Row) deemed unsafe that the Board
will have to hire a tree service to remove. Once that is completed, we expect all our roads to be removed from
this onerous list.
Reminder:
 All kayaks, dinghys, etc. must be removed from our beaches by November 15.
 This is an election year – start thinking about volunteering for the board. We need your help!! Two
positions to be replaced: President (not running) and one Director (moved). Any/all positions may be
challenged. If interested, contact Nomination Chair Kenneth Chung at kennethdorachung@aol.com
The August voting meeting approved the following:
 2014/2015 budget in amount of $15,975.00 (contact Treasurer for copy)
 Revised by-laws (contact Financial Secretary for copy)
Your Association dollars at work during this past year:
 Berms installed and backfilled where needed to prevent erosion at edge of roads
 Stone installed where needed to prevent erosion at edge of roads
 Sinkholes repaired
 Road stripping completed
 No-Parking signs installed near entrance
 Beaches cleaned and maintained
 Front entrance - new landscaping begun – thank you Igor Duzhich
 “Slow” signs placed in various locations
 Web page in start-up phase
 Audits for years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 completed – thank you Beth Alvernaz

Fence replacement at Orsini to be completed this fiscal year
What two complaints are received consistently year after year?? Excessive Speeding and Loud and Messy
Dogs! Almost every newsletter has addressed these two problems. It’s up to each of us to fix them.
If you have not yet paid your 2014 dues, please send your check as soon as possible. We have completed
$7,000 worth of road repairs and would appreciate folks sharing in this rather large expense. Thank You
Thank you to the following 2014 dues payers, who represent a 70% participation rate – an increase of 3%
over 2013 participation.
William & Lorraine Ahern, Jr.
Tony & Beth Alvernaz
Aja Atwood /Cathie Harrington
Elaine Baker
Robyn Barthlomew
Joseph A. Berrio,
John & Kathleen Bibo
Shirley & Jim Boutilier
Diane Campbell
David S. Capotosto
David & Cheryl Chase
George Chrisis
Kenneth & Dora Chung
Paul J. & Wanda M. Cloran
Charles Coffey
Ron & Donna Cohen
Pamela Coleman
Daniel J. Collins
James & Elaine Coronella
Lenny & Sandra Coronella
Robert & Janice D'Auria
Barbara J. Davis
Gertrude M. Deery
Nicholas M. & Alfred DiGuisto
Grace DiMauro
Patricia A. Dyer
Peter Falco
Robert Fleming
Michael P. & Alice M. Forbes
Andrew.& Stephanie Gagnon
Mark & Robin Galante
Audrey Ghidaleson & Cheryl
Ouellette
T. Dennis & Rachel Hammonds
Scott & Jill Harlow
Richard & Shirley Henshall
Michael & Carol Houle
Paul J. & Linda K. Howell
Kathleen A. Impey
Joseph Jacobs
Walter & Chris Jacobson
Mary Janedy
David & Judith Johnson
Victor Kac
Frederick & Donna Kask
Matt & Jen Keilty
John & Kristen Keilty
Carol & John Kelley
Ann T. Keon
Stephen D. Kota
Stephen & Mary E. Lempitski
Irving & Ellinor M. Lewis
John J. Madden
Albert C. Magurn
Paul Mancuso
Michael & Maria Martone
Louise McDevitt & Michael E.
Piniewski
John McDonough
Effie Mellos & Lambrini
Menounos
Ronald J. & Cathy Meyerowitz
James C. Morgan
Eileen T. Naegelin
Richard Naegelin &
NancyMadden
Peter & Doreen Olivieri
Daniel J. & Margaret O'Neill
Thomas & Paulette O'Rourke
James E. Paquette
Angela W. Patsios
John & Patricia Petrick
Jeffrey Pierce
Robert Pritchard, Jr.
Lawrence & Antonia Proulx
Boris & Lyudmila Rakita
Lynissa Rich & Jonathan
LaMagna
Lauren & David Richards
Amy Rogers
Scott C. & Mary Ann Romero
Steven V. & Cheryl Rotella
Albert J. & Margaret A. Rotti
Daniel Jr. & Mary Ellen
Saccoccio,
Walter R. & Janet F. Sarvela
Charles E. & Eileen Sheehan
Masashi & Lorriann Shimojo
Dean Siflinger
James Sivco
Marilyn & Gale Sinkiewicz
Donald & Beth Silvio Sloan
Beth, Donald & Mike Sloan
Richard L. Stafford
Richard H. & Nancy Stearns
Allan C. & Carol A. Taylor
Mark & Mary Beth Tobin
Dennis & Janet Tracey
Robert M. Valletta
Kathy Walsh
Walter T. & Paula C. Webster
Gilbert White
Linda & Michael Whiteside
Ann M. Whitlow
John J. & Patricia York
Thank you also to Hal Giancola
for payment of past dues.
Dates for Meetings/Summer 2015 Picnic:
Board: 8 Nov 2014, 7 Feb 2015, 11 Apr 2015, 13 Jun 2015
General: 11 Jul 2015, 15 Aug 2015
Picnic: 18 Jul 2015
Please contact any of the following Pirates Cove Beach Association Board members with questions and/or comments:
President
Jim Boutilier
508-477-5017
jboutilier@comcast.net
Vice President
Dave Capotosto
daverstr@yahoo.com
Financial Secretary
Shirley Boutilier
508-477-5017
shirleyboutilier@gmail.com
October 2014
Secretary
Kathy DiGiusto
508-539-0052
MEZZA385@aol.com
Director
Paula Webster
508-477-0182
topaweb1@verizon.net
Treasurer
Peter Falco
81-526-4493
pcba_2011@yahoo.com
Director
Grace DiMauro
dimauropastel@yahoo.com
President’s Message
Following story from Fall 2003 reprinted by permission from author:
The assessment letter for $4,000 was still in my small bag. We were shocked when it finally caught up with us
in Bali. Dick and I cut short our around the world trip and boarded the next plane. It was time to come home
and find out what was going on at Pirates Cove.
As we drove down Mashpee Neck Rd., the first thing we noticed was the road seemed wider or maybe it was the
sidewalks that made it appear wider. What happened to the bulletin board and the “PRIVATE Residents and
Guests Only, No Trespassing“ sign? Dick and I looked at each other puzzled, but slowly continued down
Captains Row. There were stakes and markers all down the street and several pieces of DPW equipment lined
up as though ready to start work.
At Bay Shore Beach there was a policeman talking to a woman in a station wagon loaded with kids. The sign
on the post read “Town of Mashpee Parking $10.” My mouth must have dropped open; I couldn’t believe it!
There was a large moving van at Lempitski’s. “Oh, Dick, something terrible has happened. Mimi and Steve
would never leave The Cove, they love it here.” Next we saw the cars with boat trailers lined up at Old Colony
Beach, a lifeguard stand near the water and a line of port-a-potties along the fence. Ed and Amy were in the
front yard with Sarah and Abigail, both girls 3 years older than when we saw them last. We stopped to talk.
Amy had tears in her eyes as she told me that the Board finally had given up. Taxes and liability insurance had
gone sky high, the Cove didn’t have the money to fix the roads and just more than half of the Pirates Cove
residents care about keeping it private. They know $75.00 / year is a small price to pay to keep Pirates Cove to
ourselves. The others use the roads, attend the parties and enjoy the benefit of having a private community, but
let their neighbors do the work.
Dick was shaking me, “Come on, it’s time to get up.” Is the coffee on? I’ve had a terrible nightmare.
By Shirley Henshall
The moral of this story is the same today. If the Association doesn’t have the funds to maintain the private
roads, eventually the roads will fall into very bad condition, property values will decrease and , eventually when
the roads are bad enough, the Town will take the roads; the property owners will be assessed (by State law)
thousands of dollars betterment fee for the removal of these roads and the construction of new roads brought up
to Town standards – just a matter of time.
The Association has just spent $7,000 for repair of sink holes and crack sealing. As the roads continue to age,
these maintenance amounts will increase. At present slightly over 70% of owners are paying annual dues,
leaving almost 30% of owners (about 40 properties) that do not share in the maintenance. Some of them do not
pay simply because they do not HAVE to, and others use the EXCUSE that paying dues may make them
potentially liable in some potential future legal action. The Association has never been sued, and at least one
known attorney/owner always pays the annual dues.
As I have previously said – in this free society it is up to each of us to decide through personal responsibility to
be a good neighbor, or an irresponsible bad neighbor.
I wish all a happy and healthy Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year season.
Jim Boutilier, President