Bourne approves Catania Fish liquor license, 5-0
Bourne's Select Board approved a long-delayed all-alcohol package store license for Catania Fish after a multi-year process involving a 2023 approval, a state appeal, and special legislation.
Select Board · Meeting of October 27, 2026
Bourne's Select Board approved a long-delayed all-alcohol package store license for Catania Fish after a multi-year process involving a 2023 approval, a state appeal, and special legislation. Attorney Adam Barnosky called it "in substance the same application as was approved by the board in 2023," and the board voted 5-0 to approve the license for co-owners Patrick and Jenny Ross at 1360 Route 28. The board also appointed five residents, including Andrew Harcourt, Jack DeWitt, Margaret Song, Charles Perry and Perry Davis, to a reconstituted Charter Review Committee with a report due by July 2027.
Chair Melissa Ferretti used public comment to respond to a letter questioning her impartiality on Cape Cod Canal bridges matters, saying it was "difficult for me to view it as anything other than a personal attack." The board also approved FY27 parking rate increases, raising the resident rate from $25 to $35, and heard a marina reconfiguration plan projecting a jump from $370,130 to at least $607,200 in annual revenue.
In the full story:
- Sewer Commission: Preliminary Allocation and Fee Correction, 203 Main Street
- Sewer Commission: Abatement for 14 Taylor Road and Abatement Request for 140 Main Street
- Select Board: Public Comment on Bridge Mitigation Correspondence
- Utility Pole Hearing: Eversource/Verizon Petition, Clay Pond Road
- Liquor License Hearing: Sea State Foods LLC (Catania Fish)
- 61A Land Conversion Notice: Bourneville Road Appraisal Update
- Charter Review Committee: Candidate Interviews and Appointments
- Southside Fire Station Building Committee Update
- Department of Natural Resources: Monument Beach Marina Reconfiguration
- Shellfish and Waterway Regulations: First and Second Readings
- Parking Rates for FY27
- Middle School Project Contract Amendments and Consent Agenda
- Who Was There
- Organizations And Documents Referenced
- The complete report: 4,142 words
Source: the Select Board meeting of October 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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