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Having returned to the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, the annual Yule for Fuel benefit concerts — host Stephen Russell and Chandler Travis, above, at last weekend’s jamboree — will have a new lineup this Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m.: Richard Archer, the Beat Greens, Susan Blood, Broadway Central, Dennis Cunningham, Indira Ganesan, Candace Hammond, Gregory Hischak, the Bert Jackson Quartet, Tom Leidenfrost, Fred Magee & the Fabulous Rudolphs, Larry Marsland, Rose Martin with Summer Town, Dick Morrill, the Off-Track Bettys, and Jordan Renzi. It’s a fund-raiser for the Lower Cape Outreach Council’s fuel assistance program; tickets at what.org. … ▶

THRIFT

Mass Appeal Told to Vacate by Landlord

‘We are hoping we can change their minds,’ says its director

WELLFLEET — After 23 years in the same location on Route 6, Mass Appeal must find a new home. The nonprofit that gives out free used clothes to residents of the … ▶

TAXES

Eastham May Adopt Resident Tax Exemption

Select board is considering new policy that assessors oppose

EASTHAM — The select board is considering making Eastham the seventh Cape Cod and Islands town to implement a residential tax exemption [RTE] that could give an … ▶

HEALTH

New Laws Would Help Teens Get PrEP and Abortions

Sen. Cyr and Rep. Peake would allow access without parental consent

Two bills being promoted by the Outer Cape’s representatives in the Massachusetts legislature would expand minors’ access to medical care without the consent or … ▶

CIVICS

Truro Planning Board Called Out for Opposing Housing

A lobsterman takes the board to court and wins

TRURO — A local lobsterman feels vindicated after a judge reversed two conditions that the Truro Planning Board had imposed on his building proposal. Orleans … ▶

OBITUARY

Donald Thomas, Who Danced to Traffic Cop Fame, Dies at 92

His defining trait, besides stubbornness, was selflessness

DEVELOPMENT

A Hotel on the Beach Gets Past the ZBA

Former Old Reliable Fish House is one step closer to becoming a hotel, bar, and restaurant

STEAMERS

Help Thyself

QUEER ‘I’

Buttigieg and Blacks, Homophobia and Racism

Accusers beware: no group is immune to prejudice

CHESS

Playing in Memory: Nauset Club Honors Miles Tibbetts

High school chess players prepare to defend their first championship

KITCHEN TABLE

How I Recreated the Rye Bread of My Childhood

Discovering the secret to the perfect crust

CLIMATE

Another Winter Without a Dune Protecting Gosnold St.

Shifting sands and legal tangles lead to temporary measures

PROVINCETOWN — The Jan. 4, 2018, nor’easter brought a storm surge with it that seemed to lift water out of Provincetown harbor and pour it down Gosnold Street like a … ▶

ECONOMY

The Counterintuitive Possibility of Becoming a Cape Cod Fisherman

Alliance offers class on everything from knot-tying to networking

CHATHAM — The Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance (CCCFA) plans to offer a six-day course to teach people the basic skills needed to work on a commercial … ▶

HOUSING

Cloverleaf Foe Raises Fears of Blue Baby Syndrome

Truro ZBA to weigh affordable housing benefits against health issues

TRURO — Several residents, including three members of the Truro Planning Board, objected to the so-called Cloverleaf affordable housing development during a zoning … ▶

DEAR INDIE

Making Your Case With Adults and Toddlers

How to hold your own through the holidays

Dear Indie, When I go home for the holidays, I find myself among friends who are more conservative than my Cape Cod ones. I usually try to avoid political talk. … ▶

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