From the Falmouth Enterprise · June 1, 1984
Guided walks and summer programs on Washburn Island were to start in mid-June, the state Department of Parks and Recreation said. Two state interpreters would lead tours of the island’s natural and historic areas, and the island would be staffed seven days a week, with the interpreters also helping at South Cape Beach State Park. Deputy environmental management commissioner Robert F. Yaro said the state would not provide boats, so visitors would again have to arrange their own. The story also retold the island’s history, from Captain Henry Bryant through the Washburn family to Army training in World War II.
The partnership that had planned 50 house lots still had not appealed the $2.1 million the state paid when it took the island in 1983. Frank M. Webber, a general partner, said the matter was not settled in the partners’ minds and that they were consulting experts but had not gone to court. The owner of land taken by the state has three years to appeal, and the partnership’s lawyers first had to decide who legally owned the island. A reported $7 million development value had not been confirmed by the partners.
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