Town of Truro Invitation for Bids The Town of Truro is seeking sealed bids for the supply and delivery of a closed top ejector trailer. Bid specifications may be obtained […]
Archives for 2024
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Invitation for Bids Contracted Services Sealed bids for furnishing the following item will be received on the Towns electronic procurement system https://www.provincetown-ma.gov/37/Procurement Bulk Gas/Diesel, Liquid propane, and […]
Eastham Legal Notices
Town of Eastham Select Board Public Hearing August 5, 2024 The Town of Eastham will hold a public hearing at 5:30p.m Monday, August 5, 2024, at the Eastham Town Hall, […]
CIVICS
Worries and Waves at the Fourth of July Parade
Sidewalk talk with the crowd in town to celebrate
PROVINCETOWN — The Fourth of July parade unfolded with the usual pomp and circumstance last Thursday. The town crier and a drum corps led the procession down Commercial Street. Weary-looking […]
PROVINCETOWN PLANNING BOARD
Mulliken Quits After Failed Bid to Become Chair
A dispute about the proper role of alternate board members
PROVINCETOWN — Jeffrey Mulliken, vice chair of the Provincetown Planning Board, resigned from the board on June 28, one day after his bid to replace Dana Masterpolo as chair failed […]
WILDLIFE
Dolphins’ ‘Signature Calls’ Could Predict Strandings
A 2021 study done in Wellfleet Harbor suggests a possible early warning system
WELLFLEET — The unique sounds known as “signature whistles” that all the dolphin species found in Cape Cod waters use to identify themselves may be the key to finding out […]
THREATENED
Beach Access Limited When Plovers Nest Near Trails
The trail from Snail Road leads to a barrier that protects vulnerable nests
PROVINCETOWN — Mildred Champlin remembers a time when piping plover chicks were in constant danger of being run over by cars on Race Point Beach. She has spent every summer […]
ELECTION
Kamala Harris’s Provincetown Fundraiser Comes Amid Party Rift
The president’s stumbles have put a new spotlight on the vice president
This article was updated on July 12. PROVINCETOWN — When Vice President Kamala Harris comes to Provincetown to meet with donors on July 20, she will face a crowd of […]
ENFORCEMENT
Lobster Shanty Reopens After Tax Bill Is Paid
Eastham Select Board reverses denial of food and liquor licenses
EASTHAM — He may still owe the Internal Revenue Service and others millions of dollars, but David Delgizzi has paid his taxes in Eastham, allowing his Lobster Shanty restaurant on […]
TAG TEAM
Inside Sharktivity
Crowdsourcing makes the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s app tick
PROVINCETOWN — As the waters off Outer Cape Cod warm and beaches fill, John Chisholm, the man working the virtual tip line at Sharktivity, knows his workload is about to […]
RADIO WAVES
From Mount Gilboa to Your Car: a WOMR Journey
Age, salty air, and an electrocuted bug motivate the search for new transmitter
PROVINCETOWN — Atop Mount Gilboa, perhaps more dune than mountain, sits a large light blue water tower whose paint has begun to fade and flake. A radio antenna sticks out […]
COCKCROW
Roosters Wake the Neighbors at Dawn’s Early Light
People in earshot of backyard coops question ‘right-to-farm’ rules
ORLEANS — Residents of Hopkins Lane and Mayo Way are early risers, but it’s not by choice. The crowing of a rooster at 39 Hopkins jolts them awake at 4 […]
RISING WATERS
Townspeople and Consultants Head Deeper Into Coastal Resilience Plan
Provincetown’s future floodplains include large swathes of its historic core
PROVINCETOWN — Four winter storms in the last seven years have pushed seawater across Commercial Street and into neighborhoods, inundating homes and businesses near town hall in 2018, along Howland […]
SOUND CHECK
Provincetown Celebrates With Low-Noise Fireworks
After a town meeting vote, this year’s display was engineered to be easy on the ears
PROVINCETOWN — Just after 9 p.m. on July 4, the lights of MacMillan Pier were shut off, fireworks began to launch from a barge in Provincetown Harbor, and hot streaks […]
