WELLFLEET — The planning board sees nothing but trouble if the town adopts a proposed bylaw allowing more accessory dwelling units, judging from its reaction at a May 5 public […]
SCHOOLS
Nauset’s Interim Superintendent Brings a ‘Tapestry of Experience’
Brooke Clenchy hopes to make the position permanent
About 1,000 miles separate Ontario, Canada, where Brooke Clenchy was born and raised, from the Outer Cape, where she will soon become the Nauset Regional School District’s interim superintendent. And […]
RIGHTS
Sylvan Lane Land Owner Sues Neighbors Over Access
Court decision will determine right to build, not just pick blueberries
TRURO — The owner of property at the top of Sylvan Lane has sued her neighbors in Land Court to settle once and for all her right to use a long […]
NUCLEAR ZONE
Legislators Are Pushed to File Pilgrim Safety Bill
Emergency planning for spent fuel mishap is ‘a heavy lift,’ says Peake
WELLFLEET — Candace Perry still has a sticker on her Subaru Forester that reads: “Pilgrim Blows: Bridges Close!” Perry first stuck it on her bumper when the Pilgrim Nuclear Power […]
REGULATION
Conservation Commission Fines Canteen Owners
After-the-fact permits will be required; fines will be appealed
PROVINCETOWN — The owners of the Canteen restaurant on Commercial Street had to pay $900 in fines and another $450, double the usual application fee, for putting in an underground propane […]
PRESERVATION
Many Historic Buildings Have No Protection
Towns struggle to find ways to prevent demolition
To a large degree, historic buildings define the beauty and charm of the Outer Cape’s villages and scenic roads. Yet a Cape Cod Commission study found that 691 of the […]
RE-USE
Modern Business Can Co-Exist With History
‘These buildings have a story to tell’
WELLFLEET — Mac Hay was standing at the sushi bar in his restaurant, Mac’s Shack, on Duck Creek. In the quiet of a preseason day, he paused to run his […]
OLD RELIABLE
Tweaked Waterfront Hotel Plan Faces Uphill Fight
Lawsuit on hold while Barker goes before Provincetown planners again
PROVINCETOWN — The future of the disintegrating Old Reliable Fish House property on the Commercial Street waterfront will once again be in the hands of the planning and zoning boards, […]
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Outer Cape Towns to Test Drinking Water for PFAS
Legal limit for manmade ‘forever’ chemicals tightened by state DEP
Communities across the state — and on the Outer Cape — are beginning mandatory testing of their public water supplies for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a group of compounds […]
ENVIRONMENT
United on Shutting Pilgrim Reactor, Advocates Differ on Nuclear Waste
Navajo activist calls New Mexico plan ‘blatant environmental racism’
PLYMOUTH — The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has been shut down, but the arguments over what to do with its highly radioactive spent fuel are heating up. A Navajo activist […]
ENVIRONMENT
Eversource to Use Glyphosate on Power Lines
The company will clear rights-of-way with herbicides this summer
Wellfleet and Eastham are among a dozen towns on the Cape and Martha’s Vineyard scheduled for herbicide application this year by Eversource along the company’s rights-of-way. Workers will be out […]
IMMIGRATION
Efforts Mount to End Sheriff’s Deal With ICE
Lawmakers and civil rights lawyers work to scrap 287(g) agreements
Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings continues to defend his partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as political and legal moves to overturn the controversial agreements, which deputize local […]
COVID UPDATE
Getting Vaccine Appointments Is Still Difficult
But joint efforts by local agencies are starting to help
Scoring an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccination has become a little easier due to tweaks to the state registration sites, but it remains a time-consuming and frustrating task. And for […]
ISLAND NEWS
Land Owner Sues ZBA Seeking to Build on Small Lot
A developer’s plans for Lieutenant Island site are stalled
WELLFLEET — A 9th Street property was advertised as an “ideal building lot at the outermost area of majestic Lieutenant Island,” offering prospective buyers a vision of glorious sunsets with […]
AT THE STATE HOUSE
Peake Files Bills on Traffic Cams, Climate Change, Helium Balloons
The Outer Cape rep ‘climbs up a rung’ on leadership ladder
PROVINCETOWN — As the deadline for filing legislation came into view last Friday, state Rep. Sarah Peake had turned in a number of bills to be considered by the Mass. […]
