Native American Stereotypes To the editor: People in Truro who are unhappy with the Massachusetts seal [“State Flag and Seal Question Is on Wellfleet, Truro Warrants,” Sept. 10, page A8] […]
Archives for 2020
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, September 17 - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Know when to hit the flats
Real Estate Transactions
Real Estate Transactions Recorded at the Barnstable Country Registry of Deeds from Sept. 7 to Sept. 11, 2020. PROVINCETOWN Sept. 8. Benjamin I. Dobson and Timothy C. Harrington Jr. to […]
Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, Provincetown Native, 90
The Rev. Manuel Peter Ferreira, 90, died on Sept. 6, 2020, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, after a period of declining health. Father Ferreira was ordained as a […]
Helen Duberstein Lipton, 94, Writer and Artist
Helen Duberstein Lipton died peacefully on Sept. 2, 2020, in North Truro. She was surrounded by her daughters, Jackie and Irene, and close family at Irene’s home, where she had […]
Kathleen F. Connors, 75, Was a Loving, No-nonsense Nurse
Kathleen Forrest Connors, 75, died peacefully on Sept. 13, 2020, at her Wellfleet home, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1945, she was the eldest daughter […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds September 17 – September 23, 2020
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
JOBS Truro Central School, health office assistant. Assist the school nurse with administrative work, student care, and implementing school-wide health and safety protocols. Health-care and/or child-care experience preferred. Send letter, […]
OLD BUSINESS
A Campground for Camaraderie
After 71 years, Maurice’s is still a family tradition in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — Back in 1949, Maurice and Ann Gauthier of New Bedford were in search of a better lifestyle for their growing family. They eventually found it in the woods […]
DEMOGRAPHICS
Real Estate Booms, but Not School Rolls
Just Provincetown and Wellfleet show modest enrollment bump
WELLFLEET — Every Cape Cod real estate agent seems to have a story of this summer’s pandemic home-buying bonanza: homes going under contract the day they are listed, often with […]
CANNABIZ
The Pot Profit Puzzle, Part One
Why local ownership is rare, growers may still get in the game, and the tax promise is enticing
PROVINCETOWN — When b\well opened here on Friday, Sept. 4, it became the second recreational (or “adult-use”) marijuana dispensary on Cape Cod. Nine more dispensaries are on a path to […]
THE 2020 CENSUS
Looming Deadlines and Low Response Rates Raise Concerns
Council on Aging warns of losing ‘millions in federal funding’
As the current deadline of Sept. 30 for completing the 2020 census draws near, low self-response rates and misconceptions about filling out the census questionnaire are lowering hopes for a […]
BLIGHT
To Some, It’s Kitsch; Others See ‘Eyesore’
Nickerson property sparks a debate about vacant buildings
EASTHAM — The old Nickerson Service Center property on Route 6 in North Eastham took a bashing at the select board’s Aug. 31 meeting, as the board considered the idea […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Wellfleet Voters Will Be Asked to Spend $23 Million
One big budget increase was for porta-potties
WELLFLEET — The annual town meeting is set to kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, five months after it was initially postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Truro Pulls Firefighter Override off Warrant
Provincetown fire chief says he’ll stick with Lower Cape Ambulance
TRURO — Town meeting may feel more like recess this year, as voters gather outdoors at the Truro Central School ballfield at noon on Saturday, Sept. 26. Even the warrant […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Laugh! Laugh Out Loud
MIAH NATE JOHNSON / PAINTER, SEWER, CREATOR / WELLFLEET In the 1980s, Miah began traveling the world as a photojournalist, working with major photo agencies and clients like National Geographic. […]
