PLYMOUTH — The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has indicated it is closer to releasing radioactive wastewater from the plant’s spent fuel pool, reactor cavity, and other systems […]
ROOTS
Growing the Eastham Turnip Is a Labor of Love
Heirloom seeds put down roots where the land will allow
EASTHAM — Orleans farmer Judy Scanlon can still recall the moment her interest in the Eastham turnip was sparked. “I was driving with my mother, just exploring, when we saw […]
WATER QUALITY
Officials Search for Source of PFAS Contamination
Levels 7 times limit prompt state action; no definitive answers
WELLFLEET — Drinking water in the well serving a private home on Chequessett Neck Road contained nearly seven times the state’s limit for PFAS when it was tested in the […]
WATER QUALITY
Tests at Truro Condos Raise PFAS Worries
DEP says residents of complex on Shore Road should be notified
TRURO — The wells at the Stone’s Throw condominium complex on Shore Road have edged past the state’s limit for contaminants known as PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Law Limiting Pilgrim Water Release Awaits Baker’s Signature
Sen. Moran’s amendment is attached to economic development bill
PLYMOUTH — A Holtec official said at a July public hearing that, if a state law prohibited it, his company would not release a million gallons of treated radioactive water […]
PROBABILITIES
New Study Concludes Pilgrim Plumes Would Hit Outer Cape
Wastewater would circle the bay and flow from Race Point to the back shore
PROVINCETOWN — A Woods Hole oceanographer has completed an extensive study of probable pathways the contaminated water will take if one million gallons from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s spent […]
OLD EXIT 12: REDESIGNS
Brewster Slows Down Wing Island Boardwalk Plans
Select board agrees to request further study and revisions
BREWSTER — Stiff public opposition has prompted town officials to hit the brakes on a plan to connect an island purchased by the town in 1961 to the mainland via […]
GROUNDHOG DAY
Eversource’s New Five-Year Power Line Plan Looks Familiar
Despite public opposition, the company still relies on herbicides
Eversource’s draft plan for managing vegetation under its power lines on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard for the next five years looks essentially the same as the plan for the […]
TESTIMONY
Land Court Will Consider GFM Injunction on Nov. 3
Vibration, dust, and noise are not counter to public policy, Zehnder argues
WELLFLEET — A state Land Court judge is scheduled to consider a request for a preliminary injunction on Nov. 3 to stop GFM Enterprises from operating its satellite contractor’s yard […]
UNDERSTORY
Under the Power Lines, an Edible Forest Grows
Initiative expands an area protected from herbicide spraying
HARWICH — The Food Forest Initiative of Cape Cod has found a way to protect a section of Eversource’s right of way off Bay Road from herbicide application, planting it […]
RECOVERY
County Will Invite Formal Applications for ARPA Grants
122 letters asking for a total of $40M compete for $5M
BARNSTABLE — The Barnstable County administration has received 122 letters of interest from would-be applicants for small and medium-size grants that would be funded through the American Rescue Plan Act. […]
ECONOMY
The Provincetown Bookshop Finds a New Home in Town
Barbara Clarke will be both tenant and investor in Christine Barker’s Commercial St. projects
PROVINCETOWN — The new owner of the Provincetown Bookshop has found a home for her store, just a block or so from its former Commercial Street location. The building it […]
NEIGHBORHOODS
Moving Back From the Edge and Into a Neighbor’s View
Wellfleet ZBA considers a ‘proactive’ move, but with conditions
WELLFLEET — Requests to move shoreline houses back from coastal banks to protect them a little longer from erosion have become commonplace here. They can cause controversy with neighbors who […]
DOWNTOWN
Fox & Crow Gets Its Licenses
Whether music till 10 p.m. is ‘not kind’ or a ‘sparkle,’ it is permitted, the select board decides
WELLFLEET — When the Fox & Crow Café reopened at its new 70 Main St. location not long after leaving its old place on Commercial Street in July, many townspeople […]
CIVICS
Proposed Wellfleet Tree Bylaws Need More Work
Formula restaurant bylaw change will proceed to public hearing
WELLFLEET — Chair Ryan Curley has presented his colleagues on the select board with a handful of proposed zoning bylaw amendments that he hopes to put before voters at next […]
