EASTHAM — It started as a quick trip down the steps to the pond, with sandwich in hand, before a run into town to fetch bird seed from the Bird […]
Archives for 2020
TEACAKE’S TAKE
High School
PRESERVATION
Questioning Rock Harbor Plans
Should the Eastham side be developed into ‘a destination’?
EASTHAM — One of the reasons my husband and I decided to move back to Eastham from Orleans was its scenic beauty. When I lived in Orleans, I was a […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 1, 2020
From Todd M. Silva, Anne Greenbaum, Todd Schwebel, Emily Achtenberg, Tricia Aurigemma, and Brent Harold
Noises of the Waterfront To the editor: I am a commercial lobsterman fishing out of Provincetown, as my father and grandfather did before me. After a week of unfishable weather, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Meetings Are Adjourned, for Now
Now that all four of the Outer Cape towns have held their annual town meetings, gathering outdoors on athletic fields and in a parking lot, maintaining safe distancing and observing […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, October 1 - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Know when to hit the flats
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds October 1 – October 6, 2020
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
JOBS Vacation rental coordinator. Part-time year-round vacation rental coordinator for busy Wellfleet real estate office. Excellent organizational and computer skills essential. Current MA real estate license, or obtain one within […]
Real Estate Transactions
Real Estate Transactions Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Sept. 21 to Sept. 25, 2020. PROVINCETOWN Sept. 21. Debora Lyn Charpentier and Christine Erin Smith to Thomas […]
public health
E. Coli Found in Wellfleet Town Water
Many residents are missed by initial warning to boil water
WELLFLEET — The discovery of E. coli bacteria in the town’s public water supply led to a “boil water order” from the state on Saturday evening. Occupants of the 290 […]
AN INVESTIGATION
Why Wellfleet Elementary School Has No Sprinklers
Thirty years ago, the fire chief ‘was asked not to do his job’
WELLFLEET — At the Sept. 12 annual town meeting voters agreed to spend $110,000 to design a sprinkler system for the Wellfleet Elementary School, because, the fire chief said, one […]
HOUSING RELIEF
There’s Financial Help for Tenants and Landlords Hurt by Covid
But a hot real estate market threatens year-round rentals
PROVINCETOWN — First, the good news: checks of up to $5,000 are available to help vulnerable Cape Cod tenants with up to three months of rent payments. The Housing Assistance […]
CIVICS
Cold Hands, Warm Hearts at Town Meeting
Provincetown voters gets things done with unusual speed and harmony
PROVINCETOWN — The long-delayed annual town meeting moved at a brisk pace on Monday, Sept. 21, with the chilly weather perhaps encouraging voters gathered in the parking lot at St. […]
#BLM
Fighting Racism With More Civic Engagement
At a peaceful protest, a call to go beyond policing reform
WELLFLEET — About 100 people marched from the pier to the First Congregational Church in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Sept. 20. The crowd on Sunday was […]
UNRESTORATION
Gravestone Work Is Substandard, Says Restoration Expert
Conde finds entire inscriptions have been ‘cut away and discarded’
WELLFLEET — Three days after town meeting voters agreed to spend another $10,000 to continue a years-long cemetery restoration and repair project, an independent historic gravestone conservator delivered her report […]
CIVICS
Truro Wants Coloradan to Be Town Manager
Tangeman says special forces career made him a social diplomat
TRURO — After heaping praise on Darrin Tangeman, 46, a former Green Beret with municipal and medical experience, the select board on Sept. 22 unanimously picked him to be the […]
