Three of the four towns on the Outer Cape are adopting new or updated codes of conduct in reaction to concern about the ways members of boards and committees interact. […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Select Board Supports Route 6 Improvements
Mass. Dept. of Transportation plan goes to a public hearing Sept. 22
WELLFLEET — It has taken years, but the plan to add turn lanes, bike paths, and sidewalks to the intersection of Route 6 and Main Street cleared the select board’s […]
Memorial for Cate Myers on Sept. 12
A celebration of the life of Catherine R. Myers, a retired professor of English literature and active Wellfleet volunteer, will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12, at […]
THE ADDICTION EPIDEMIC
Kim Powers Fights the Cape’s Overdose Crisis on Her Own
Her personal mobile service reaches drug users with life-saving help
Kim Powers is a one-woman drug-addiction harm reduction brigade. She is waging a solitary campaign to stem the rising tide of drug overdoses and deaths on Cape Cod and the […]
CHOPPED
Sextons Say Trees They Cut Down Weren’t ‘Timber’
A lawyer’s argument at ZBA hearing falls flat
WELLFLEET — The clearcutting of trees in the Cape Cod National Seashore next to Lecount Hollow Beach did not violate town bylaws because the trees were not “timber,” argued a […]
THE UNRAVELING
Wellfleet’s Accounting Nightmare Goes On, as New Issues Emerge
Untangling the mess could delay hiring a new town administrator
WELLFLEET — Untangling the mess of accounts that do not match and the unreconciled records dating back two years in the town’s books will take several more months. It may […]
SHELLFISHING
Temporary Moratorium Imposed on New Town-Owned Grants
Wellfleet Shellfish Advisory Board asked to recommend uses of HDYLTA Trust flats
WELLFLEET — The select board imposed a temporary moratorium on aquaculture grants on town-owned flats off Indian Neck on Aug. 16, pending a review by the town’s shellfish advisory board. […]
ECONOMY
Jamaican Business Owners Come to the Front of the House
After decades of hard work and saving, a few have managed to succeed
PROVINCETOWN — When Omar Neil first arrived on the Outer Cape in 2001, he shared a three-bedroom house with 19 other Jamaican temporary visa holders. Every day, a truck picked […]
BEACHHEAD
Judge Awaits Facts Behind Sal’s Legal Argument
The restaurant continues to serve on the beach behind neighbor’s house
PROVINCETOWN — Judge Michael Vhay of Mass. Land Court told the owners of Sal’s Place last week that they needed to come up with some evidence soon to justify the […]
HDYLTA
2 Years Later, Planning Starts on Those Indian Neck Tidal Flats
Some call for balancing interests of shellfishing, boating, and upland owners
WELLFLEET — More than two years ago, town meeting voters bought 254.5 acres of shellfish flats for $2 million, with half the money donated by select board member Helen Miranda […]
IMMUNITY
Local Businesses, Health Care Providers Resist Requiring Vaccine
Experts agree on the vaccines’ effectiveness, but not on mandates
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information since its publication in the Aug. 5 print edition. PROVINCETOWN — Since May, Patrick Patrick, head of the Provincetown Chamber […]
NOT TAKING ORDERS
Judge Fines Sal’s Place $1,000 a Day for Contempt
Select board rejects legal advice and supports restaurant owners
PROVINCETOWN — Seating on the beach is still an option for diners at Sal’s Place in the West End, despite the fact that a Mass. Land Court judge has ordered […]
OBITUARY
Tom Donegan, Who Fought for Police Accountability, Dies at 61
The former selectman’s motto was ‘Bidden or not bidden, God is present’
PROVINCETOWN — Thomas Neal Donegan, who chaired the Provincetown Board of Selectmen during the tumultuous period leading to the firing of Police Chief Jeff Jaran and who later steered the […]
ON THE WATERFRONT
Jet Ski Plan for MacMillan Pier Is Sunk by Pier Corp.
But the business can still open at Flyer’s, if owner can find workers
PROVINCETOWN — An application to operate a personal watercraft (PWC), or Jet Ski, rental business on MacMillan Pier was denied by the Public Pier Corp. board on July 14. The […]
DEBAUCHED
A Walk on the Wild Side
Billy Hough’s tour, with tall tales, of Provincetown’s underbelly
For those of us who have not seen the seedier side of town in a while, a stroll with Billy Hough and his “Wild West of the East” tour is […]
