PROVINCETOWN — When Nantucket’s first diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) director, Kimal McCarthy, got a complaint about the town’s athletic fields, he braced himself to hear about people using racial […]
GOVERNANCE
Three Towns Look at Codes of Conduct
Provincetown has adopted one; Truro and Wellfleet may soon
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 […]
