Centerville neighborhood group unites to preserve cranberry bog as open space
CENTERVILLE — They are neighbors but didn’t really know each other until the 11-acre cranberry bog at 1246 Bumps River Road sold, and the new owner announced plans to put up a chain link fence.
That’s when Helen Banevicius, Mary St. George, Ellen LaBerge and Nancy Murphy joined forces in hopes of preserving the 20 acres adjacent to their homes. They say it is one of the last open spaces in Centerville.
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Centerville has the most complete residential development of Barnstable’s villages, with some 9,800 year-round residents and 5,600 homes.
The one and a half-mile stretch of Main Street and Old Stage Road features 1800’s sea captains’ homes which are listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Also on the national register is the 1871 Craigville Tabernacle, located in Craigville Village along with the Craigville Conference Center.