WELLFLEET — If Chellise and Kevin Sexton win their case against the Wellfleet Housing Authority, now in its final stage in Land Court, not only will 12 units of affordable […]
WATERFRONT
Old Reliable Project May Soon Move Beyond Appeal
But a court decision calls waterfront plans into question
PROVINCETOWN — The plan for a luxury harborfront development where the derelict Old Reliable Fish House unsteadily stands is finally poised to move beyond an appeal that’s tied it up […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Police Practice Responding to an Armed Intruder
Officers used the vacant Nauset Regional High School for summer training program
EASTHAM — Police departments in the four towns of the Nauset Regional School District, along with the National Park Service rangers, spent the last several weeks of the summer undergoing […]
DEVELOPMENT
Divided Planning Board Approves Plan for Seashore House
Two special permits still needed from zoning board of appeals
TRURO — The planning board has approved a revised plan to demolish a seaside cottage colony in the National Seashore and replace it with a 4,789-square-foot home proposed by the […]
TO THE RESCUE
First $10 Million in ARPA Funds Begins to Reach Towns
The county opens applications for a second round to private organizations
BARNSTABLE — Approvals are underway now on projects that will receive the first $10 million of the $41.4 million received by Barnstable County in American Rescue Plan Act funds. About […]
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Wellfleet Officials Divided on Zoning Changes
Sept. 10 meeting will vote on Curley’s cottage colony and affordable housing proposals
WELLFLEET — If the planning board’s Aug. 17 public hearing on two proposed zoning changes is any indication, there may be a long, hot debate at the Sept. 10 special […]
RADIOACTIVITY
State Legislation to Stop Radioactive Water Release Fails
Those fighting Holtec ask the attorney general to act
PLYMOUTH — A plan to release one million gallons of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s systems into Cape Cod Bay, announced last fall by Holtec Decommissioning International, […]
ZONING
ZBA Is Ordered to Reconsider Proposed Lieutenant Island House
Judge deems Wellfleet bylaw on houses destroyed by catastrophe ‘unreasonable’
WELLFLEET — A plan for a two-story house on the outer shore of Lieutenant Island is expected to come back before the Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals now that a […]
INCLUSIONARY BYLAW
Two Multi-Unit Projects Spark Neighborhood Ire
Some affordable units are included, but abutters see much else to dislike
PROVINCETOWN — A town that almost universally supports affordable housing and that routinely endorses housing provisions at town meeting has suddenly found itself somewhere unexpected — in a housing fight. […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Habitat Faces a Tough Sell for Truro Project
A steep, sandy site on Rt. 6 presents obstacles for 3-house plan
TRURO — Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod found itself embroiled in a superior court battle the last time it proposed a plan to build three affordable homes on a […]
CIVICS
GFM Ramps Up Activities Despite Orders to Stop
Amid dust and noise, neighbors ask why town can’t shut down contractor’s yard
WELLFLEET — Neighbors of a contractor’s yard at the corner of Route 6 and Old Wharf Road, which they and local officials contend is operating illegally, want the operation shut […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Foes of Pilgrim Dumping Plan Distrust Holtec
They suspect contaminated water will end up in the bay
PLYMOUTH — The meetings of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (NDCAP) usually draw just a handful of observers. But on Monday it was standing room only when the group […]
PRESERVATION
Charlie Zehnder Studio Will Be Demolished
Truro Historical Commission votes 4-2 not to impose a delay
TRURO — Decades of neglect have turned an artist’s studio built by designer Charlie Zehnder into an attractive nuisance, according to its new owners, who want to demolish it. Following a […]
TRIGGERED
Police Chiefs Ask for ‘Active Shooter’ Training
Cape Cod Law Enforcement Council seeks $250,000 from county
BARNSTABLE — Running toward a gunman armed with a high-powered automatic weapon during the chaos of a mass shooting invites almost certain death. Yet that is exactly what is expected […]
REGULATION
Planning Board Still Split on Seashore House
Coast Guard Road hearing is now in its fourth month
TRURO — The plan for the house and pool house that would replace the cottage colony at 17 Coast Guard Road was trimmed from 5,100 square feet to 4,760 square […]
