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Archives for 2023
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of Sept. 5, 2023
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Sept. 5 to Sept. 8, 2023. PROVINCETOWN No transactions over $10,000 were recorded in Provincetown last week. TRURO Sept. 8. Jeremy […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds September 14, 2023 – September 21, 2023
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
HOUSING Off-season 1-bedroom apartment. Ideal in-town, private location, furnished, natural light-filled space, generous floor plan. Great for sabbatical or professional working remotely. $3,200 per month, including parking. Available monthly or […]
Indie’s Choice
Indie's Choice from Thursday, September 14, 2023 to Thursday, September 21, 2023
Teaching Tech (Friday, Sept. 15) AARP’s Senior Planet learning program conducts a free five-week computer essentials class at Provincetown Council on Aging (2 Mayflower St.) beginning Friday, Sept. 15, 10 […]
Wellfleet Legal Notices
WELLFLEET HOUSING AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 90 FREEMAN AVE, WELLFLEET, MA FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEGAL NOTICE The Wellfleet Housing Authority invites qualified responders to submit a proposal […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices
Truro Planning Board Notice of Remote Public Hearing Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 5:00 pm View on television Channel 8 in Truro; or on the Homepage website (www.truro-ma.gov), select “Truro […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Employment Vacancies Provincetown IB Schools Provincetown IB Schools is welcoming applications for the following positions: Full-time Infant/Toddler Teacher (2) in the Early Learning Center. Annual salary range: $43,000 – $47,000. […]
FANNY PACK
Chef’s Whites
Provincetown goes to its 35th annual White Party
The 35th White Party in Provincetown, which raises funds for Outer Cape Health Services, brought out an array of dazzling white costumes on Sept. 2, along with one group in […]
STOPGAP
6 Homeless Families Land Briefly in Eastham Motel
They were separated from family in a state program ‘past the brink’
EASTHAM — For nine days at the end of August, after Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency because of a shortage of shelters for unhoused families, six families […]
TAX POLICY
Provincetown Ups Residential Tax Exemption to 35%
Overall, the residential tax rate will go from $5.32 per $1,000 of assessed value to $5.58
PROVINCETOWN — At its annual tax classification hearing on Aug. 28, Provincetown’s select board voted unanimously to increase the town’s residential tax exemption to the legal maximum of 35 percent. […]
THE TRURO WARRANT
Walsh Committee Prepares a Plan for Town Meeting
Members push back on comments about the size of the project
TRURO — The 13-member Walsh Property Community Planning Committee has kicked into high gear as it prepares to present its plan for the use of the 70-acre property at an […]
COUNTERCLAIMS
Fox & Crow Café Goes on Pause — for Now
Downtown Wellfleet’s only year-round restaurant faces eviction
WELLFLEET — A post on social media on the last day of August announced that Trudy Vermehren, the owner of the popular year-round Fox & Crow Café, was closing her […]
SHORT-TERM RENTALS
A Stuttered Rollout for the Community Impact Fee
Early returns were low, but summer receipts will be arriving soon
At their spring town meetings in 2022, voters in Provincetown and Wellfleet adopted a “community impact fee” on investor-owned short-term rental properties: a 3-percent surcharge on bookings. According to the […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Wellfleet STM Will Take Up 10 Bylaw Changes
$2.7 million in overrides sought for wastewater and for a town planner
WELLFLEET — Many changes will be afoot at the Sept. 18 special town meeting, not all of them due to what is on the warrant. After complaints that last spring’s […]
BEACH POINT PERMITS
Shore Road Owners Face Tough Reviews of Proposed Changes
Truro ZBA looks to uphold intent of bylaw or ‘you’ll just have walls’
TRURO — The view along Shore Road stirs recollections of days gone by when families with modest incomes could spend a week or two in simple cottages on the water. […]
