O Little Towns (Friday, Dec. 15) The Provincetown and Truro recreation depts. present a free Holiday Extravaganza for families — featuring festive decorations, “breakfast for dinner,” and photo opportunities with […]
Archives for 2023
Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Conservation Commission Public Hearing December 20, 2023 Please take notice that the Wellfleet Conservation Commission, in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wellfleet Environmental […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Position Opening Assistant Town Treasurer & Collector The Town of Provincetown is now accepting applications for the full-time position of Assistant Town Treasurer & Collector. This candidate […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Town of Truro OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES The owners or occupants of the following described parcels of land situated in the Town of Truro […]
ACTION
Anti-Drag Rally Becomes ‘Queer Joy Block Party’
A vigil and a counterprotest join forces on World AIDS Day
PROVINCETOWN — Townspeople were alarmed last week by a flyer advertising a protest against drag to be held on Commercial Street on Friday, Dec. 1. The American Society for the […]
COLD-STUNNED
More Sea Turtles in the Bay Means More Strandings
Climate change and weird winds complicate the Cape’s annual rescue effort
WELLFLEET — A few weeks ago, Heidi Clemmer was walking her dog on Corn Hill Beach in Truro when she noticed a sea turtle lying in the sand. Clemmer, a […]
HOUSING
Workshop Offers a Preview of Town Meeting Agenda
Zoning changes and a ‘Lease to Locals’ program are on the docket
PROVINCETOWN — The town’s “housing workshops” — periodic joint meetings of four committees plus town staff that began in 2021 — have become a kind of drafting room for town […]
LEADERSHIP
For New Park Supt., the Job Is ‘a Homecoming’
Back at the Seashore after 27 years, Jennifer Flynn says she won’t be leading from her office
WELLFLEET — Jennifer Flynn, whose 32-year career with the National Park Service began on Cape Cod and has since taken her to canyons, coasts, historic sites, and headquarters nationwide, has […]
UNLEASHED
Eastham Will Hold Off on Wiley Park Leash Rule
Conservation and open space committees agree to enforce rule against bikes on walking trails
EASTHAM — The conservation commission has voted to allow dogs to continue to be off leash during the summer on trails under its authority as long as their owners can […]
SCHOOLS
Nauset Is ‘Neutral’ on MCAS as Graduation Requirement
The district’s results are better than the state average
ORLEANS — The Nauset Regional School Committee will meet virtually on Thursday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. to review results from the 2023 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for the […]
CHAPTER 91
State Regulators Face Questions on Harbor Access
The DEP’s Waterways Division is ‘still reviewing the file’ on Provincetown Marina
PROVINCETOWN — The director and assistant director of the state Dept. of Environmental Protection’s Waterways Division joined a Nov. 30 workshop in Provincetown focused on encouraging compliance with Chapter 91, […]
EDUCATION
Nauset’s Music Man Is a Master of Ensemble
Daniel Anthony finds ways to blend players at every level
EASTHAM — The Nauset High School pep band stood under the frosty stadium lights on the football field, golden brass clenched in their hands, waiting to welcome the Warriors to […]
ON THE BEACH
Bearing Witness to Climate Change on Cape Cod
A theory teaches us how to see more than what our own eyes tell us
If you scrunch your eyes enough to blur your vision slightly, it’s easy to imagine what Wellfleet or Provincetown looked like 50 or even 100 years ago, when horse-drawn buggies […]
ACCOMMODATIONS
Seeking: An Accessible Two-Bedroom Rental in Provincetown
For Patricia Ainsworth, waiting for a move is taking its toll
PROVINCETOWN — Patricia Ainsworth came home to 288A Bradford St. the day she married Victor Alexander in 1982, and she never left. For 41 years, she has lived in the […]
COOKIE PARTY
The Crumbly Thrills of a Tea Cake
If the very thought of baking cutout cookies — the kind that stick to the dough board, rolling pin, and spatula and break before you can even decorate them — […]