Jim ‘Butch’ Ellis is best known as our village blacksmith, but he is also a seasoned fisherman with years of experience working in and out of Barnstable harbor.  Starting in the late 1940’s when he was 9 years old, Jim …

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Edward Otis Handy, Jr., aka Ned Handy… My father, Ned Handy, loved Barnstable Harbor.   His was a long and active affection – from the time he was a boy, he fished and hunted, walked the flats and clammed, watched birds, …

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