Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from June 1 to June 4, 2021. PROVINCETOWN June 1. Paul O. Groipen to VanBergen-Stumpe LLC [Catherine Van Bergen, manager]. 11 Bradford […]
Archives for June 2021
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The CDC’s Garbage Data
An Independent reader who has been closely following news of the Covid-19 pandemic pointed out a strange fact some weeks ago: the federal Centers for Disease Control’s Covid Data Tracker […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 10, 2021
From Karen Strauss, Tim Trott, Alexandra Marshall, Francie Williamson, Sheree Brekke, Sally Digges, and Rachel Brown
Buying the Plaza Is Smart To the editor: The Eastham T-Time Committee unanimously supports the purchase of 4550 State Highway, the Town Center Plaza, and urges Eastham residents to vote in […]
ON MACMILLAN PIER
Pirates Move Out, Sharks Move In
Barry Clifford’s Whydah building is for sale for $9.75 million
PROVINCETOWN — Visitors to MacMillan Pier this summer are guaranteed a sighting of a great white shark — 12 feet long and with plenty of teeth. But the toothed creature […]
TOWN MEETING
Eastham May Buy Town Center Plaza
No price has been named for the property, home to 6 businesses
EASTHAM — The final version of the annual town meeting warrant posted on May 28 has a surprising twist: voters at the June 12 meeting will be asked to authorize […]
THE HOUSING CHALLENGE, PART 2
The Complex Funding Behind Affordable Units
All agree that no one is getting rich building them
One of the reasons so few developers are interested in building affordable housing on the Outer Cape is the extreme complexity of funding such projects. Another reason: the profits are […]
FRAUD ALERT
Online Rental Scam Targets the Desperate
Craigslist users are victimized, with no recourse
WELLFLEET — Gordon Kahn had spent an entire day searching online for an apartment for his daughter when he found a cute cottage on Craigslist. The 14 interior and exterior […]
THE HOUSING CHALLENGE, PART 2
Towns Pay Little to Develop Affordable Apartments
Large projects are a bargain, but finding land is the problem
PROVINCETOWN — For Outer Cape communities that have been relentlessly squeezed by the housing crisis, producing new housing has been a primary policy response. In particular, affordable housing developments — […]
HOUSING CRUNCH
A Neighbor-to-Neighbor Rental Market Falls Short
Six months in Facebook’s outermost housing rental group
PROVINCETOWN — Someone in the Facebook group “Provincetown: Housing for Rent” called finding housing here “an impossible dream.” The page is a trove of tales of housing plans that have […]
JOBS UNFILLED
Truro, Down by 11 Employees, Faces Worker Shortage
Without enough staff, summer camp spots will be limited this year
TRURO — The town’s popular and affordable summer day camp will be able only to take children of Truro residents this year, the result of a failure to attract enough […]
OLD EXIT 12
Sherman Defeats Hastings in Brewster Vote
School choice petition fails at Orleans town meeting
BREWSTER — Sarah Harlow Sherman won a one-year term on the Brewster School Committee in the May 25 town election by defeating Rheanna Hastings. The vote was 1,675 to 839. […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Weekend Nor’easter Turns Waterfront Into Dead Zone
The storm demonstrated the value of new wave attenuators
The Provincetown waterfront season certainly has gotten off to a less than auspicious start. We had a classic winter-like nor’easter for the holiday weekend. This one was in no hurry […]
OBITUARY
Columnist Marguerite ‘Beata’ Cook, 96, Was Up-Front About Everything
A gay woman who stayed centered in her Portuguese family
PROVINCETOWN — The day before Beata Cook drew her last breath, her niece and caregiver asked her, “Auntie, are you getting ready to die?” To which Cook replied, “I don’t […]
FROM THE LARDER
A Sweet Celebration of Vanilla Cupcakes
An uncle and his niece bake up a forever family connection
Picture a plateful of little lemon and vanilla cakes, perfectly risen, and frosted with buttercream swirls strewn with sparkling sanding sugar. How can cupcakes not be the dessert of this […]
MEET THE MAKER
Vintage Clothing, Deconstructed, Acts Up With Style and Grace
A nonconformist’s take on who should wear what to the wedding
Maureen Leavenworth takes a pantsuit (black with white lapels that puff up from the coat like unfurled scrolls) off a rack in her Orleans bridal shop and, using her hands, […]
