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Ninety-Nine Red Balloons? Not If Some in Cape Cod Town Get Their Way

Ninety-Nine Red Balloons? Not If Some in Cape Cod Town Get Their Way

Matthew McDonald

The town of Orleans on Cape Cod is considering a ban on selling and releasing helium balloons.

Selectmen voted this week to set a public hearing on a bylaw proposed by the town's Conservation Commission that would set a fine at $50 per offense.

Text of Proposed Bylaw Banning the Selling and Releasing of Helium Balloons in Orleans
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Text of Proposed Bylaw Banning the Selling and Releasing of Helium Balloons in Orleans

NBP Staff

Editor's Note:  Below is draft language for a proposed bylaw that would ban selling and releasing helium balloons in the the town of Orleans, Massachusetts, which is on Cape Cod. The language comes from the packet of documents for the Orleans Board of Selectmen meeting of Wednesday, January 2, 2019.

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