WELLFLEET — Trudy Vermehren has been in an argument with neighbors about noise ever since she moved her popular year-round gathering spot, the Fox & Crow Café, from its previous […]
SMALL-TOWN NOISE
Battle Over Music at Fox & Crow Goes to Court
Zoning board hopes the two sides can find a compromise
WELLFLEET — Trudy Vermehren has been in an argument with neighbors about noise ever since she moved her popular year-round gathering spot, the Fox & Crow Café, from its previous […]
ENVIRONMENT
Wellfleet Expands Single-Serving Plastic Bottle Ban
Saying no to plastic soft drink and seltzer bottles, ‘the quicker the better’
WELLFLEET — You will no longer find your favorite soft drinks or seltzer waters in single-serving plastic bottles on the shelves of Wellfleet’s markets and take-out windows. That’s because a plastic […]
MIGHTY NEIGHBORLY
Owners Agree to Downsize House on Boat Meadow Marsh
A compromise takes out ‘things that made it over the top’
EASTHAM — The owners of a property overlooking Boat Meadow marsh have agreed to compromise with their neighbors and downsize a plan to replace an existing cottage with a large […]
DERELICTION
Iconic, Historic, and Abandoned on Wellfleet’s Main Street
The News Dealer has stood empty for 20 years, but the town’s ‘hands are tied’
WELLFLEET — Among the colorful shops in Wellfleet’s commercial center, one particularly ramshackle building stands out. Makeshift curtains unsuccessfully try to screen what’s inside, but through the dingy windows one […]
DERELICTION
Iconic, Historic, and Abandoned on Wellfleet’s Main Street
The News Dealer has stood empty for 20 years, but the town’s ‘hands are tied’
WELLFLEET — Among the colorful shops in Wellfleet’s commercial center, one particularly ramshackle building stands out. Makeshift curtains unsuccessfully try to screen what’s inside, but through the dingy windows one […]
DEVELOPMENT
Patrick Files Suit Disputing Old Reliable Property Line
He claims the planned new pier will be on his land
PROVINCETOWN — Businessman Patrick Patrick and developer Christine Barker each have surveyor’s drawings showing the line between their waterfront properties on Commercial Street. But the two drawings show different locations […]
EASTHAM TOWN MEETING
Sewage and Sediment on Eastham’s Town Warrant
Debt exclusions for wastewater and dredging are this year’s big-ticket items
EASTHAM — This year’s annual town meeting will be outdoors again, on the Nauset Regional High School athletic field at 100 Cable Road. The meeting is this Saturday, May 6 […]
MIGHTY NEIGHBORLY
ZBA Asks New Owners and Abutters to Compromise on Big House
A vote to reduce house size and visual impact is reversed
EASTHAM — The zoning board of appeals spent more than two hours on April 6 considering an appeal filed by abutters opposed to the planning board’s recent approval of a […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Ocean Sanctuaries Act Could Stop Pilgrim Release
Lawyers for APCC argue the law prohibits any new industrial waste in bay
PLYMOUTH — Holtec International can’t release one drop of its million gallons of wastewater from the former Pilgrim nuclear plant into Cape Cod Bay because doing so would violate the […]
OLD RELIABLE
Barker’s Waterfront Plan Is Deemed ‘Appropriate’
An expanded project clears a hurdle at historic district commission
PROVINCETOWN — Developer Christine Barker’s ambitious plan for 227 and 229 Commercial St., an expansion of her already-approved project at the adjoining Old Reliable Fish House site at 227R Commercial, […]
RETREAT
Foxberry Inn Withdraws Application for a 3rd Floor
Proposed size — and owners’ bad behavior — scuttles a project
PROVINCETOWN — Following a tense zoning board of appeals hearing on April 6, Robin Reid, the attorney for the owners of the Foxberry Inn at 29 Bradford St. Extension, withdrew […]
AGING IN EASTHAM
What It’s Like to Get Old Here
Worries about the cost of living and lack of medical services, plus hopes for lifelong learning
EASTHAM — Nearly half of Eastham’s residents are at least 60 years old, and a recent study shows the trend toward an expanding older population is expected to continue because […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Promised Study of Water Release Risks Is Stalled
Holtec says it can’t pay; Sen. Markey says otherwise
PLYMOUTH — An independent study of potential risks related to Holtec’s plan to release one million gallons of radioactive wastewater from the former Pilgrim nuclear facility into Cape Cod Bay […]
PLEAS
Fisherman Launches Petition Against Release of Pilgrim Water
Over 214,000 people ask Holtec to hold back
PLYMOUTH — Bourne resident Ryan Collins, whose father and grandfather were fishermen, continues the family tradition. He has now become an advocate as well. Collins has collected more than 214,000 […]
