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DOWNTOWN

Bylaws Aimed at ‘Keeping the Life in Provincetown’

Boards consider zoning changes and funding for accessory dwellings

PROVINCETOWN — If an autumn evening spent in a meeting room with the select board, planning board, affordable housing council, and Year-Round Market-Rate Rental … ▶

EARTH KEEPERS

Middle Schoolers Study Indigenous Past and Present

Farming, cooking, and time outdoors are part of ‘place-based education’

ORLEANS — A pair of place-based education classes at Nauset Regional Middle School aim to help students gain a deeper understanding of their home by putting … ▶

RADIOACTIVITY

NRC Finds Apparent Security Violations at Pilgrim

‘Escalated enforcement action’ may be needed to protect spent fuel storage area

PLYMOUTH — Inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have found apparent violations in the security measures being used to protect the spent fuel … ▶

TRURO HOUSING

Five Years of Fits and Starts for Walsh Property

A new ad hoc committee is told that water supply is the project’s next major hurdle

This article was updated on Dec. 10, 2024. TRURO — Political roadblocks, infrastructure challenges, and bureaucratic delays have kept the 69.9-acre Walsh property … ▶

PUBLIC HEALTH

Officials Want Handlers of Rabid Raccoon to Seek Care

If tests show the animal was from here, wild animals will be vaccinated in spring

EASTHAM — A dead raccoon that turned up on Smith Lane with a face full of porcupine quills on Nov. 17 tested positive for raccoon variant rabies — a variant that is … ▶

IN THE DEEP

$2M Grant to Fishermen’s Alliance Means More Boats Gathering Ocean Data

Center for Coastal Studies will install sensors to expand a measurement network

CHATHAM — Strange things have been happening in recent years in the Gulf of Maine, the 36,000 square miles of relatively enclosed ocean stretching from Cape Cod to … ▶

MEET THE MAKERS

Finding Flow and Balance in Metal and Stone

A shop where two sisters sketch, weld, grind, hammer, and polish their jewelry into existence

FAMILY RECIPES

Abuela’s Arroz con Dulce

A Puerto Rican dessert is well loved by (almost) everybody

GRAVEYARD SHIFT

The Sea Captain’s Daughter Who Sang Puccini

A once-famous Wellfleetian didn’t seem to merit a grave marker

THE SCUTTLEBUTT

A Look Back on the Fishing Season

In 2024, fewer bass and blues on the bay side and the return of fluke

MORNING FLIGHT

Not Just Birds of a Feather

In the off-season, mixed flocks of disparate birds work together instead of apart

GAMBITS

Nauset Chess Is a Winning Tradition

Lucas Wilson-Bevington bests Joey Smith in Miles Tibbetts Tournament

BULLY FOR YOU

Cats ’n’ Dogs

RARA AVIS

This Week’s Bird Sightings

ASTRAL PROJECTIONS

Most Everyone Is Mired in Making Hard Choices

A time to react gently and be quick to forgive

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PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Market-Rate Rental Project

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the … ▶

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Longnook Revisited

Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to … ▶

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Budget Burnout

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are held online and in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then … ▶

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Salt Pond Is Closed Again

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at … ▶

Upstairs, Downstairs

Going big on design gives a small house room for entertaining and for retreat

Provincetown is a high-density town. Case in point, what once was a small home in the East End with two buildings on a narrow lot recently became three condos … ▶

In Truro, Memories of Old Provincetown

At home with Nate McKean and Braunwyn Jackett

Braunwyn Jackett and Nate McKean describe their North Truro house as having an “old-school Provincetown” aesthetic. “This is how we grew up,” Jackett says. The … ▶

Scratch Circles

Stories of the winter wind, the compass grasses, and the sand

We stood on the steps of the dune shack, chipped enamel cups full of strong coffee in our hands, and looked out over a world made clean and new. The footprints we … ▶

Blurring the Edges

A landscape architect’s advice on how to help your garden — no matter how big or small — fit in an Outer Cape setting

Keith LeBlanc has focused for years on designing landscapes and gardens that eschew suburban ideals of clipped lawns and formal flower beds while seamlessly blending … ▶

A Craftsman Finds the Power of Punk in Plywood

Thomas Moses builds his own riffs on Cape Cod modern design

When the Cape Cod Modern House Trust was a fledgling organization, Thomas Moses signed up to advance its mission to restore the Outer Cape’s modern houses, many of … ▶

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