Town of Provincetown Select Board Public Hearing August 28, 2023 FY2024 Property Tax Rate Classification The Provincetown Select Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 28, 2023, at […]
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Wellfleet Legal Notices
NOTICE OF AN INITIAL SITE INVESTIGATION AND TIER CLASSIFICATION THE BOX LUNCH, INC. 50 BRIAR LANE WELLFLEET, MASSACHUSETTS RELEASE TRACKING NUMBER (RTN) 4-29002 Pursuant to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, (310 […]
BEE KILLERS
Uptick in Spraying Is Harming Local Pollinators
Insecticide rules are lax, and mosquito treatments don’t work anyway, scientists say
WELLFLEET — For years, ecologist and beekeeper John Portnoy has sold up to three varieties of honey at the Wellfleet Farmers Market — each made from the nectar of seasonal […]
AMBULANCE RUN
Lower Cape Ambulance Will Dissolve at End of Summer
Truro and Provincetown will speed up transition to in-house EMS teams
PROVINCETOWN — Lower Cape Ambulance Association (LCAA) Chief Operating Officer Steven Roderick announced this week that the nonprofit service will shut down on Sept. 1. The reason, he said, was […]
DUNE SHACKS
As Deadlines Draw Near, Park Service Clams Up
Silence from agency’s director, but Seashore supt. offers falsehoods
PROVINCETOWN — Janet Armstrong is not sure exactly when she has to leave the dune shack where she took her first steps as a toddler in 1952, 71 years ago. […]
FLYING ACCUSATIONS
Café Owner Denies Spreading Squid Stench at Copper Swan
Fox & Crow eviction dispute devolves into ‘Calamari-gate’
WELLFLEET — The owners of the Copper Swan Inn, who are seeking to evict the Fox & Crow Café from their property, have now accused the café’s owner, Trudy Vermehren, […]
EXCHANGES
Endless Work, Good Money, Fried Food, and Other Forms of J-1 Culture Shock
According to the U.S. State Dept.’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs website, there are 562 students working on J-1 visas on the Outer Cape this summer (351 in Provincetown, […]
TURTLE WATCH
Warmer Waters Put Sea Turtles on Collision Course With Humans
More turtles on Cape Cod’s shores means a higher risk of boat strikes
WELLFLEET — Rising North Atlantic Ocean temperatures are causing increased numbers of threatened and endangered sea turtles to migrate through Massachusetts waters — heading north in search of food, then […]
COASTAL RESILIENCY
Conservation Commission Mulls Tough Case in West End
Proposal to expand a waterfront deck seaward is ‘highly unusual’
This article was updated on Aug. 10. PROVINCETOWN — Mass. Wetlands Protection Act regulations state that “any project on a coastal beach … shall not have an adverse effect by […]
FROM THE LARDER
A Puerto Rican Pernil Makes a Barbecue for a Crowd
Garlicky marinated pork shoulder, slow-roasted on the grill
One thing I’m realizing now that Truro is truly our home is that there are of lots of people we will only get to catch up with in the summer. […]
GETTIN’ PORKY
Elks Put the Ham in Eastham
Dinner and community at the Elks Lodge annual pig roast
EASTHAM — Standing behind a row of plastic folding tables, seven Elks wearing matching black aprons are busy slicing hunks of whole roasted pig. Eighty or so onlookers keep a close […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
August’s Elegance in a Roadside Weed
Queen Anne’s finery is made of concentric whorls, repeated in perfect miniature
The rains that fell in spring and early summer have stopped by now, and most plants have plateaued in their upward movement. It is August; everything is resting for a […]
SAVE THE PIGS
A Kinder, Gentler (and Delicious) Summer Feast
Proving that plant-based barbecue doesn’t have to be an oxymoron
I have a friend — every vegetarian or vegan has at least one — whose favorite topic of lunchtime conversation is questioning my food choices. “Humans are meant to eat […]
QUIET MIND
The Stillness of Savasana
Finding a moment to be free from the demands of August on Cape Cod
Sometimes you just need to lay your body down. August on Cape Cod? Definitely one of those times. Savasana, also known as the Corpse Pose, is one of the most […]
HOT WHEELS
Pan-Mass Challenge Rolls Into Provincetown
Cancer’s reach gives riders ‘motivation to raise the money and pedal the miles’
PROVINCETOWN — “Billy, why do we do this in August?” Truro farmer Dilys Staaterman recalls asking some years ago as she rested at a water stop during the Pan-Mass Challenge. […]
