EVENTS Wampanoag Health Equity Symposium includes two panel discussions, a special Wampanoag lunch, film screening, and traditional hand drum songs. Pre-register at tinyurl.com/weandland. Info: [email protected]. Free, donations welcome. Saturday, Oct. […]
Archives for 2024
Indie’s Choice
Indie's Choice from Thursday, October 10, 2024 through Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wine Time (Thursday, Oct. 10) Truro resident and vintner Jackie Fein-Zachary discusses her debut novel Harvest Dreams at Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) on Thursday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m. […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices
Town of Truro INVITATION FOR BIDS The Town of Truro is seeking sealed bids for construction of the Central School Roof & HVAC Renovations. Bids will be received at the […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Board of Health Public Hearing October 17, 2024 The Provincetown Board of Health will hold a public hearing on Thursday October 17, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. in the […]
Eastham Legal Notices
Public Hearing October 16, 2024 A Public Hearing will be held on Monday, October 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM, in the Earle Mountain Meeting Room at the Eastham Town Hall, […]
THE BREACH
More Studies Planned for Breakwater Gap
Officials warn that opening might not stop invasive marsh crabs
PROVINCETOWN — An on-again, off-again effort to install a gap in the Long Point Dike, more commonly called the West End breakwater, took a small step forward last week at […]
RECOVERY
A New Wellness Center Offers In-Person Support
Its focus is on helping those affected by substance use disorder
WELLFLEET — Outer Cape Health Services has opened a new behavioral health facility in Wellfleet. It will be open year-round to help people recovering from substance use disorder. The A.I.M. […]
CONVERSION
Condo Owners’ Long Wait for Year-Round OK
Truro says inadequate staffing was the reason for a drawn-out approval process
TRURO — Elaine Eliopoulos told the Truro Select Board on Sept. 10 that she and the other owners of the 13 residential units at the Anchorage on the Bay condominiums […]
TURTLES
Conservationists Seek ‘Endangered’ Designation for Terrapins
Funds for local research and challenges for dredging could come with listing
WELLFLEET — A petition submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service on Sept. 19 by a coalition of 20 nonprofit organizations led by the Tucson, Ariz.-based Center for Biological Diversity […]
RADIOACTIVITY
DEP Wants to Allow ‘Intervenors’ in Holtec Appeal Hearing
Environmental, fishing, and real estate groups join forces against wastewater release
PLYMOUTH — The state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) determined in July that Holtec Decommissioning International’s proposal to discharge up to one million gallons of wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Wall-Raising Set for 4 Habitat Homes in Wellfleet
Despite increased earning limit for participants, fewer vie for deed-restricted deals
This article was updated on Oct. 18, 2024 with new dates for the community kickoff and wall-raising. WELLFLEET — The winners of a lottery to become owners of four affordable […]
ON THE WARRANT
Wellfleet Special Town Meeting to Consider a Series of Tidy-Ups
Money for marina and town offices and changes in the way town meeting works
WELLFLEET — The special town meeting set for Oct. 21 may be far from special. Town Administrator Tom Guerino told the select board on Sept. 17 that what voters will […]
ROAD TRIP
With Ishmael, on Johnny Cake Hill
In New Bedford, the whaling museum has history both ominous and hopeful
NEW BEDFORD — Herman Melville’s Ishmael certainly must have scuffed his soles on the cobblestones of Johnny Cake Hill. I know he arrived thinking “…whenever it is a damp, drizzly […]
ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
How Puritan Beliefs Shaped Cape Cod’s Landscape
At John Doane’s Eastham home, evidence of rapid deforestation but no wild meat
EASTHAM — Somewhat surprisingly, given that Cape Cod is an enormous glacial sandpile, the first European settlers to build permanent homes on the Outer Cape were in search of dirt. […]
BACKYARD FARMER
Poultry and Their Politics
An amateur analysis of ‘chicken business’
It’s a hen-peck-hen world out there. By “out there,” I refer to the front garden of our house in Wellfleet, where our three hens are placidly sipping from a puddle. […]
