PROVINCETOWN — As legal protections for transgender people are stripped away at the federal level, the effects are being felt far beyond Washington. That is true even here in Provincetown […]
CREATIVE COMMONS
An Art Show That ‘Flips the Script’
At the COA, people over 60 teach, learn, and play
PROVINCETOWN — Maybe it was the Veterans Memorial Community Center’s past life as an elementary school, where kids once put on plays and climbed a rope to the ceiling during […]
ENFORCEMENT
As Immigration Raids Rise, Truro’s Leaders Look for Guidance
Town officials want clarity on how staff should respond to ICE warrants
TRURO — With federal immigration enforcement raids on the rise across Massachusetts, officials in Truro are weighing how staff should respond if one should take place at a town building […]
Areson and 3 Challengers Are Elected
Riemer and Kiernan off planning board; Dundas elected to select board
TRURO — When the polls closed on Tuesday night and Truro’s new electronic vote tabulator printed the results, the tallies showed that select board chair Sue Areson had been re-elected, […]
WATER POLITICS
Truro Makes Plans for Water, and for Misinformation
As housing and infrastructure advance, the town aims to communicate more clearly
TRURO — At a recent meeting with residents of Short Lots Lane, which runs just south of the 70-acre town-owned Walsh property, zoning task force chair David Bannard heard a […]
TRURO TOWN MEETING
Walsh Zoning and Solar Plan Pass in Truro
Under the town’s white tent, a tug-of-war takes place over housing
This article was updated on May 15, 2025. TRURO — Beneath the spring sunshine and the vaguely Cirque du Soleil white tent under which Truro now holds its town meetings, […]
TRURO ELECTION: SELECT BOARD
Areson, Dundas, and Weinstein State Their Cases
Three seasoned select board members compete for two seats
TRURO — Candidates night at the Community Center on May 6 felt more like political speed dating, with familiar faces returning for another round and a few newcomers trying to […]
TRURO ELECTION: PLANNING BOARD
Howard Hopes to Bring a Fresh Perspective
TRURO — Harlen Howard, 38, thinks it’s time for a change on the planning board and is making his first run for local office. He’s challenging longtime planning board members […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Article 40 Debate Airs Conflicts on DPW Building Committee
A petition to cap Truro’s new facility at $20 million faces skepticism
TRURO — When voters arrive at this Saturday’s annual town meeting, they’ll find a confusing new wrinkle in Truro’s years-long effort to replace its aging Dept. of Public Works facility: […]
ON THE WARRANT
Truro’s Voters Face 40 Articles at May 3 Meeting
Housing, PFAS, solar power, and gravesites are among this year’s big decisions
TRURO — The tent is back in town. Not a red-and-yellow tent with elephants — but an enormous, unevenly heated white tent that was set up for the first time […]
HALF-REMEMBERED
Mengwei Ma Blurs the Bounds of Reality
A filmmaker fills the gaps with feeling and memory
On a Sunday afternoon in the cold, milky light of late March, Mengwei Ma, a visual arts fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, is making a film […]
STATE HOUSE
Luddy Says High Costs and Housing Are Still the Main Issues
Newly minted rep is holding ‘office hours’ around the district
WELLFLEET — First-term state Rep. Hadley Luddy spent two hours at the Wellfleet Public Library on March 3 as part of a series of biweekly “office hours” in the seven […]
HOUSING
After 3-Year Delay, an Affordable Housing Trust Takes Shape
Truro Housing Authority readies MAHT draft for select board approval
TRURO — Nearly three years after town meeting voters approved the creation of a municipal affordable housing trust (MAHT), the town has yet to appoint trustees or file the paperwork […]
IMMIGRATION
In Dennis Port, an ICE Raid Draws 20 Witnesses
A 13-hour standoff included four agencies, a digital warrant, and a battering ram
DENNIS — At 5 a.m. on March 4, eight federal agents converged on a house in Dennis Port where Roberto Jonathan Tejada, a 40-year-old Salvadoran, was asleep with his family. […]
MENTAL HEALTH
Healey Pauses Pocasset Closure After Local Pushback
Governor’s plan still cuts number of mental health case managers in half
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has put plans to close the Pocasset Mental Health Center in Bourne on hold after facing bipartisan opposition from families, local officials, mental health advocates, […]
