WELLFLEET — The National Park Service plans to treat six Outer Cape kettle ponds for the invasive weed Phragmites australis, which is threatening the ecology of Herring, Gull, and Higgins […]
Archives for 2022
RADIOACTIVITY
State Legislation to Stop Radioactive Water Release Fails
Those fighting Holtec ask the attorney general to act
PLYMOUTH — A plan to release one million gallons of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s systems into Cape Cod Bay, announced last fall by Holtec Decommissioning International, […]
FLUSHED OUT
Provincetown’s 4-Day Sewer Emergency Started With a Storm
How a blackout on Tuesday canceled dinner on Friday
PROVINCETOWN — The “sewer emergency” — a cascade of wastewater problems that shut down most of the town’s central business district for all of Aug. 11 and 12 — began […]
STATE HOUSE RACE
Peake and Stanton Face Off in Sept. 6 Democratic Primary
Their only in-person debate is Sept. 1 at 9 a.m. on public radio
PROVINCETOWN — Democrats Jack Stanton and state Rep. Sarah Peake both entered politics to take on Republican incumbents. Peake ran her first race for state representative for the seven Lower […]
TREATMENT
Mobile Methadone Clinic Gets Green Light in Wellfleet
One hurdle remains: getting a DEA license to operate
WELLFLEET — The first mobile methadone clinic on Cape Cod won the approval of the Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals and could arrive as soon as September at the parking […]
SH*T SHOW
Provincetown Businesses Lose Out During Sewer Snafu
But tourists have returned for Carnival week
PROVINCETOWN — Every day is showtime for restaurants. The curtain goes up when the doors open. But just minutes after Café Heaven owner Quinn Taylor had seated the first 25 […]
JOURNALISM
Gannett, Hit by Losses, Begins New Round of Layoffs
‘No staffing changes will be made’ on the Cape, says the company
The Gannett Company — the nation’s largest newspaper chain and the owner of the Provincetown Banner, the Cape Codder, and the Cape Cod Times — reported a second-quarter 2022 loss […]
ZONING
ZBA Is Ordered to Reconsider Proposed Lieutenant Island House
Judge deems Wellfleet bylaw on houses destroyed by catastrophe ‘unreasonable’
WELLFLEET — A plan for a two-story house on the outer shore of Lieutenant Island is expected to come back before the Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals now that a […]
CAMP OUT
Staff Shortage Limits Campground to Three Days a Week
The DCR’s late-June decision left Wellfleet Hollow campers in the lurch
WELLFLEET — A simple, affordable escape to the natural beauty of Outer Cape Cod grows ever more elusive as real estate and rental prices skyrocket. And Wellfleet Hollow State Campground, […]
FROM THE LARDER
Stalking the Elusive Red Currant
A once-forbidden fruit becomes a sparkling jelly
I got this text in mid-July: “Dani says to tell you that she has ripe currants if you’re interested.” Currant cultivation was, I had thought, forbidden in Massachusetts. But legal […]
D.I.Y.
Saying It With a Sign
How hand-painted signs bring character and color to the local landscape
Handwritten signs are part of the visual memory of most any American road trip, each one a piece of artwork conveying the maker’s touch and earnest intention. Like most handmade […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
Swimming in the Rain
A storm washes away a dusty tiredness, the raindrops awakening the universe’s workings
The air feels suddenly heavy. There’s more energy and weight in it than there was only moments ago. My eyes strain their tiny radial muscles to adjust to the sudden […]
STREET VIEW
Bulgarians Miss Their Cheese
Young Eastern European summer workers adapt to a strange new land
The State Department’s Summer Work Travel program brings tens of thousands of college students to the U.S. every year for a season of work, usually in tourism. The program allows […]
HOT WHEELS
2,950 Cyclists Finish the Pan Mass Challenge in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — The Pan Mass Challenge, which took place during a heat wave on the weekend of Aug. 6 and 7 this year, calls itself a fundraiser first and a […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Fish Flee the Cool Front
After a thunderstorm, runoff heads for the harbor
Fishing had a major reversal this week, as a fall-like weather pattern with stiff north and northeast winds and cooler temperatures took hold. This followed the mother of all thunderstorms, […]
