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Archives for 2022
Indie’s Choice
Indie's Choice for the Week of Thursday, December 15, to Thursday, December 22, 2022
Holiday Dinner Theater (Friday, Dec. 16) Grace Chapel (25 Lieutenant Island Road, South Wellfleet) presents its annual Christmas Dinner Theater on Friday, Dec. 16, 5 to 7 p.m. A free […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Planning Board Public Hearing December 22, 2022 The Provincetown Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. in the Judge […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices
TOWN OF TRURO Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing December 19, 2022 On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 5:30 pm the Truro Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a remote […]
TRURO TREASURES
Recreational Shellfishing Opens at Pamet Harbor
Truro has its pickers and scratchers — and one new applicant for a commercial spot
TRURO — Recreational shellfishing opened for the season at Pamet Harbor on Dec. 4 after a month of delays due to water quality issues. The water had tested high for […]
AQUACULTURE
‘Use It or Lose It’: Making Way for New Shellfish Grants
Lottery set for two Egg Island plots, with two more on Indian Neck soon to follow
WELLFLEET — When Nancy Civetta was hired in 2017 as the town’s shellfish constable, she was given a clear directive: “enforcement, propagation, and communication,” she said. Civetta took it to […]
UNKNOWN VARIANCE
Once Again, Wellfleet Is Minus One Accountant
After 8 months, Robertson is returning to Provincetown Town Hall
WELLFLEET — Nick Robertson arrived as the new town accountant in April. He is leaving on Dec. 9. He will return to the assistant accountant role he previously held in […]
WATERSHEDS
Salt Pond and Nauset Estuary Are Top Priority Areas for Sewering
About 600 homes will need to hook up under Eastham’s wastewater plan
EASTHAM — The people living near Salt Pond will likely be the ones who must hook up to a sewer system in order for Eastham to get a targeted watershed […]
HOUSING
County Gets $1.5 Million From ARPA to Fight Homelessness
Most effective uses are debated as need outstrips funding
PROVINCETOWN — Some extra money will be coming to Barnstable County from the American Rescue Plan Act to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The $1,556,508 […]
GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK
A Green Garden in Winter
The season’s first frost doesn’t stop Jean Horner from growing food
Text and Drawings by Abraham Storer Jean Horner has been working on farms and in gardens since she was 18, after an earlier gig as a professional polo groom. These […]
PRESERVATION
After 21 Years, Provincetown’s Land Bank Expires
$9-million program paid for conservation land throughout town
PROVINCETOWN — Last month’s special town meeting primarily concerned the town’s sewer expansion program, but there was one significant outlier on the warrant: Article 2, seeking $1.75 million of Land […]
TASTE MEMORIES
The Joy of Cookbooks
Vintage favorites are the ones cooks most want to give
Cookbooks aren’t always for cooking by. That’s what we heard when we asked a few dedicated local cooks about their favorites. These kitchen volumes are for bringing back taste memories […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Simple Joy of Watching the Birds
After hanging a feeder, a nerdiness ensues with new rituals
Five years ago, I walked out into the yard of the house I was renting and hung a bird feeder. “I like birds,” I thought. “Perhaps I’ll enjoy watching them […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Remembering the Rachel, Lost in the Long Storm of 1798
A marble tablet in a Truro cemetery names the crew ‘and one more’
What came to be known as the Long Storm of 1798 arrived on the New England coast on Nov. 17. One Portsmouth, N.H. newspaper, under the headline “Violent Snow Storm,” […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Seasoned Warriors Set to Open Hockey Season Against St. John Paul II
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — When the Nauset High School boys hockey team returns to the ice on Thursday night to face St. John Paul II at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center, […]
