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 […]
FIRST ENCOUNTER?
There’s Much to Relearn About That First Meeting
What’s missing, for Native people, is that ‘We are still here’
EASTHAM — Plymouth may still hold center stage when it comes to most tellings of the Mayflower story, but Eastham knows it was the place where a band of men […]
CLAIMS
Final Arguments Heard in Sextons’ Claim to Fred Bell Way
Defense attorney argues that the town’s deed is ‘unambiguous’
WELLFLEET — To decide who owns the land off Old King’s Highway where 12 units of affordable housing were built in 2002, the state Land Court judge doesn’t have to […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Holtec Says It Will Delay Decision on Water Release
The company plans to use the water on-site until the first quarter of 2023
PLYMOUTH — Holtec Decommissioning International, the company that now owns the former Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, has announced it will extend its timeline for the potential release of 1.1 million […]
ZONING DISPUTE
Town Asks Land Court for Injunction to Stop GFM
The dust, noise, and vibrations are ‘unbearable,’ says a neighbor
WELLFLEET — As expected, the town counsel filed a request late Monday in state Land Court for a preliminary injunction to stop GFM Enterprises from operating its satellite contractor’s yard […]
ENFORCEMENT
Town to Get Tough on Great White Realty’s Contractor’s Yard
104 Wellfleet residents sign a petition demanding action on flouted stop-work orders
WELLFLEET — A petition bearing 104 signatures may have done what months of complaints about a contractor’s yard had failed to do. The town will ask the Land Court for […]
RESCUE ACT
Bigger Cape Cod Towns Are First to Get Their ARPA Dollars
The 9 smaller towns have not yet applied to county for designated funds
BARNSTABLE — Nine of 15 towns on Cape Cod have not yet applied for their share of the $10 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money set aside by […]
COLD STORAGE
Four Years Later, Eiffel Tower Remains out of Sight
Whether it’s a sign or a structure, a decoration doesn’t fit the rules
WELLFLEET — Chef Philippe Rispoli loves to collect artwork and display it in his PB Boulangerie Bistro at the corner of Lecount Hollow Road and Route 6. Copper pieces he […]
EROSION
Plans Are Made to Move Cottage Back From Edge in Eastham
Another house is affected as erosion carves back the dunes near Nauset Light
EASTHAM — A four-room cottage just northeast of Nauset Light has served as a “magical place” for generations of the Bartlett family since its purchase in 1940, according to Polly […]
