WELLFLEET — Town Administrator Dan Hoort announced Friday that he is resigning from his job after four years, effective June 30. Hoort, a Provincetown innkeeper, holds a degree in accounting and was the head of the municipal finance department for the town of Provincetown before coming to Wellfleet in 2016. “It has been my pleasure […]
LEADERSHIP
Robin Craver Takes the Reins in Provincetown
New town manager will get $190K salary plus housing bonus
PROVINCETOWN — Robin Craver led her first meeting as town manager at 9 a.m. Tuesday, just hours after the select board announced on Monday night that they had agreed to the terms of her contract. “I can tell you, she is tough,” Select Board Member Louise Venden said of Craver. “I spent many hours negotiating […]
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This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 16 Animal Welfare Committee, 12 noon, Council on Aging Community Housing Council, 3 p.m., Town Hall Harbor Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall Year-Round Market-Rate Rental Housing Board of Trustees, 6 p.m., Town Hall Zoning Board of Appeals, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall. Monday, Jan. 20 Town Hall closed, Martin Luther King Jr. […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 16 Housing Authority, 4:15 p.m., Town Hall Zoning Board of Appeals, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall Friday, Jan. 17 Commission on Disabilities, 3:30 p.m., Town Hall Monday, Jan 20 Town Hall closed for Martin Luther King Day Tuesday, Jan 21 Truro Cemetery Commission, 10 a.m., Town Hall Taxation Aid Committee, 1 p.m., […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Take Note: Eastham Lives
Seven years ago voters sat sweating in the Nauset Regional High School gym for a rare June special town meeting that lasted four hours and resulted once again in a failed attempt to get Eastham voters to approve a municipal water system. Public water had been rejected about a half dozen times in Eastham by […]
HOUSING
Del Gizzis Say Little, but Their Tenants Speak
Following enforcement action, some back taxes are paid
TRURO — Dana Del Gizzi said he’s been in the construction business since the age of 12. “We worked incredibly hard,” he said. “Most kids looked forward to the weekend — I looked forward to Monday.” Dana, who lives in California, is part of a family well known for its nearly 100 units of rundown […]
UPDATE
Mass Appeal Still Looking for New Home
Landlord MacGregor remains elusive
WELLFLEET — Mass Appeal, a nonprofit that has given away donated clothing at Cove Corner for the last 23 years, still has no place to go following a Nov. 1 letter from the landlord telling them they had to leave. Bruce MacGregor, owner of the Route 6 strip mall that houses a Dunkin’ Donuts and […]
WINTER HOURS
It’s Cold, You’re Hungry, You Have Options
Restaurateurs say they can be creative in winter
Every restaurant is a fiefdom, each with its own miniature culture and specifics so particular that it’s difficult to write about a lot of restaurants at once. Yet we Outer Cape year-rounders can all bond instantly around a shared hunger for restaurants that stay open in winter. And an objective look at the winter eating […]
OBITUARY
Anton ‘Napi’ Van Dereck Haunstrup Is Dead at 87
The restaurateur, art collector, and nature lover was larger than life
PROVINCETOWN — Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, 87, who held onto the town’s rustic, bohemian past with his vast art collection, his stock of employee housing, and his 45-year-old restaurant, died at Cape Cod Hospital on Christmas Day due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. In one of Provincetown’s two “Napi-villes,” a […]
BUDGETING
DPW Proposal Causes ‘Sticker Shock’
The price per square foot is well above average
TRURO — The select board went into “sticker shock” at the price of a proposed dept. of public works facility next to the police and fire station: $20 million. While officials have been aware that the hodgepodge collection of DPW sheds and garages by town hall are inadequate, they were not pleased on Dec. 5 […]
OBITUARY
Freddie Rocha’s Life Ends in Town He Loved
Denizen of the streets will be remembered in photos and hearts
PROVINCETOWN — Frederico “Freddie” Rocha Jr. died on Dec. 29, 2019 after suffering an apparent heart attack on Shank Painter Road on his way to buy his morning coffee at Cumberland Farms, according to his friend and caretaker David Chick. He was 68. He had left home around 6 a.m. and collapsed near the Provincetown […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Chief Wants Just One Town Rescue Squad
The question is why
PROVINCETOWN — Fire Chief Michael Trovato says this town needs its own emergency medical service to replace the Lower Cape Ambulance (LCA) Association, the nonprofit that has provided backup service to Provincetown and Truro since 1937. When the chief argued that the VFW land should be reserved for a new police and fire station at […]
ELECTIONS
Stephanie Rein to Run for Select Board
A local farmer hopes to help the working class
TRURO — If voters don’t know Stephanie Rein, a candidate for select board in the Feb. 18 special election, chances are all the kids in town do. Rein, 49, has lived in Truro for 30 years, beginning when she was still in college. Her civic experience includes helping found Sustainable CAPE, the nonprofit behind the […]
GOVERNMENT
Robin Craver From Charlton Is Unanimous Pick for Town Manager
With 19 years of experience, she will be new head of government in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — How do you build consensus on a vision for the future in a town that needs workforce housing, a year-round economy, sustainability in the face of climate change, a new police station, and possibly an expanded fire station as well? On Tuesday, the select board voted unanimously to turn that conundrum over to […]
CIVICS
Town Election: Tosh to Seek Burgess’s Seat on Truro Board
Special election for select board called for Feb. 18.
TRURO — The select board has set Feb. 18 as the date for a special election to fill the seat left open by the death of Maureen Burgess. At least two people are considering a run. Karen Tosh, 69, an attorney specializing in family law and a member of the planning board since 2017, has […]
