HYANNIS — Since 2008, it has been impossible to get an abortion on Cape Cod. But as of last week, just over a year after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, […]
HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE
State Health Officials Get an Earful on Cape’s Needs
Unsurprisingly, housing is the number one issue
PROVINCETOWN — The regional housing crisis is also a health-care crisis. At a June 30 roundtable with top state health officials, social service providers from the Outer, Lower, and Mid-Cape […]
THE COURTS
Defendant in ‘Barricade’ Case Released for Treatment
Bridges has been in pretrial detention since the Feb. 28 incident
ORLEANS — After four months of incarceration, primarily at the Bridgewater State Hospital psychiatric facility, Provincetown resident Jonathan Bridges has been released from pretrial detention. Bridges was involved in an […]
CENTENARIANS
On July 4, Joseph Pellegrino Turns 100
A World War II veteran and Wellfleet legend reflects on a life well lived
WELLFLEET — Joseph Pellegrino, the World War II veteran, former selectman, and builder who turned 100 on July 4, can recall the milestones of his life with striking accuracy. Aug. […]
NIGHTLIFE
Undeterred by Ubiquitous Ursines, Sappho Comes to Bear Week
New York’s Cubbyhole will pop up in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — Since the Pied Bar at 193A Commercial St. closed in 2018, this gay mecca has been without a dedicated lesbian space. But for one night only on Monday, […]
HORSESHOE CRABS
A Fishery With Global Stakes Faces New Scrutiny
Proposed regulations fail, dead crabs wash ashore, and ‘people are asking a lot of questions’
The Atlantic horseshoe crab’s evolutionary lineage has barely changed in the last 450 million years. But it’s now under unprecedented pressure in Massachusetts from human activity. For years, the bifurcated […]
ZONING
Eastham Takes Another Step Toward Its ‘Village Center’
Zoning reform will be key to getting developers on board
EASTHAM — Land acquired by the town over the past four years has opened the way to a vision for development that strives to create a walkable small-town center, in […]
HEALTH CARE
Towns Get Money for a Mental Health Clinician and a Nurse
$381K ARPA grant will also fund ‘asset mapping’ and monthly wellness clinics
A collaborative project among the four Outer Cape health depts. going by the name of “OC Wellness” has won $381,375 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding from Barnstable County. […]
TOWN HALL
Emergency Management Has Been a Moving Target in Provincetown
Sharing of preparedness duties across agencies is normal, but Provincetown is unique
PROVINCETOWN — Perched at the tip of Cape Cod, surrounded by water on all sides, Provincetown is at heightened risk of weather-based emergencies: storms, saltwater flooding, and extreme cold among […]
HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION
Senate Budget Could Add $7.2M to Nauset Building Project Funding
Cyr wants to unlock ‘millionaire’s tax’ money for school construction, but green schools is a competing priority
EASTHAM — If the state Senate’s budget proposal for fiscal 2024 makes it through negotiations with the House this month unscathed, the Nauset Regional High School renovation project will receive […]
FRESH BAKED
A New York Expat Fills the Bagel-Shaped Hole in Her Heart
What’s not to love about a humbler homemade round?
The Upper West Side in New York City, where I grew up, is a well-known bagel pilgrimage zone. I know all the stops on the tour. Near the northern end […]
RUMINANTS
Four-Legged Friends of Eastham Library Are on the Job
Goats are eating poison ivy and bittersweet, but they’re eschewing knotweed
EASTHAM — Dragon, Wizard, Myles, and little Bleu have spent the last two weeks eating invasive poison ivy, bittersweet, and autumn olive behind the Eastham Public Library on Samoset Road. […]
STORYTELLING
Connecting Provincetown’s Queer Past and Present
The Generations Project’s twin objectives: ‘anthologizing’ and forging an intergenerational community
PROVINCETOWN — Tens of thousands of people descend on this queer haven at land’s end every summer to eat, drink, and be merry with chosen family. Adam Golub, the creative […]
HOUSING
State Awards $29 Million for Jerome Smith Apartments
Wellfleet’s 95 Lawrence Road project will reapply in August
PROVINCETOWN — The 65-unit affordable housing project at the former VFW site at 3 Jerome Smith Road in Provincetown was funded by the state last week to a tune of […]
CENTENARIANS
Provincetown’s Ollie Ahmuty Turns 100
A former Rockette kicks up her heels for a big birthday party
PROVINCETOWN — The hottest event in town on the afternoon of May 22 wasn’t at the Boatslip or the A-House. It was at Seashore Point, the independent elder living facility […]
