WELLFLEET — One of the first tasks of new Town Administrator Maria Broadbent was to fire the town accountant. Gene Ferrari Jr. said he was dismissed on Sept. 22, the […]
UPDATE
Willy’s Owner Appeals Restitution Order
Niggel’s $4.6 million mortgage payoff was due on Sept. 30
EASTHAM — The owner of Willy’s Gym is appealing a state order to pay fines and restitution for various wage law violations, while friends of the gym’s late tennis pro […]
DEVELOPMENT
Walsh Committee Includes Housing and Conservation Advocates
With outside help, capacity for ‘constructive engagement’ shapes choices
TRURO — After digging deep for year-round workers and young families, the Truro Select Board has found 16 people to serve on the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee. The group […]
TOWN MEETING
Cloverleaf Foes Question Funds for Housing
Transfers to affordable housing trust are ultimately approved
TRURO — It was a short but not sweet town meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26. All 17 warrant articles passed, the weather was balmy, and 243 people (or 12 percent […]
LEARNING IN A PANDEMIC
State Questions Provincetown Schools on Staying Shut
Infant and toddler program is on recess after staff resignations
PROVINCETOWN — Provincetown Schools Supt. Suzanne Scallion has received a letter from state Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey Riley questioning her decision not to reopen the school for […]
CONNECTIVITY
Five Towns Force Comcast to Expand Broadband Access
New deal with the cable company is called ‘revolutionary’
TRURO — More residents in areas currently without broadband service will soon be able to get connected, following a breakthrough in negotiations with Comcast — though exactly how many will […]
PUBLIC HEALTH
E. Coli Found in Wellfleet’s Town Water System
Many residents are missed by initial warning to boil water
WELLFLEET — The discovery of E. coli bacteria in the town’s public water supply led to a “boil water order” from the state on Saturday evening, Sept. 26. Occupants of […]
public health
E. Coli Found in Wellfleet Town Water
Many residents are missed by initial warning to boil water
WELLFLEET — The discovery of E. coli bacteria in the town’s public water supply led to a “boil water order” from the state on Saturday evening. Occupants of the 290 […]
AN INVESTIGATION
Why Wellfleet Elementary School Has No Sprinklers
Thirty years ago, the fire chief ‘was asked not to do his job’
WELLFLEET — At the Sept. 12 annual town meeting voters agreed to spend $110,000 to design a sprinkler system for the Wellfleet Elementary School, because, the fire chief said, one […]
CIVICS
Truro Wants Coloradan to Be Town Manager
Tangeman says special forces career made him a social diplomat
TRURO — After heaping praise on Darrin Tangeman, 46, a former Green Beret with municipal and medical experience, the select board on Sept. 22 unanimously picked him to be the […]
HEALTH
MassHealth Clients Find No Dental Care on Outer Cape
The OCHS−Harbor Health practice will not reopen
WELLFLEET — Liberty Schilpp’s middle-school-age children have already had four different dentists and are about to meet number five, this one in South Dennis. The problem is not a dearth […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet OK’s Water Main and Firefighters
Officials hit a home run at first-ever outdoor town meeting
WELLFLEET — Standing on the pitcher’s mound at the Wellfleet Elementary School ballfield, Moderator Dan Silverman pitched a no-hitter on Sept. 12, with voters approving all the articles that came […]
BOMB SQUAD
Man Doing Landscaping Found 9 Bombs
Experts called in to ‘neutralize’ live World War I ordnance
WELLFLEET — While doing landscaping chores on Sept. 12, Donald Thimas came across nine World War I-era bombs, including six powerful anti-tank devices that later rocked neighborhoods when they were […]
BACK TO SCHOOL
Nauset High May Re-open Oct. 15
Ventilation system repairs not as costly as feared
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School ventilation system turns out not to be as bad as expected, with the majority of classrooms expected to be ready for an Oct. […]
LEARNING AT A DISTANCE
Scallion Plans ‘Hybrid/Outdoor’ and ‘In-person/Remote’
Provincetown students will still not use classrooms
PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown Schools superintendent has penciled in the date of Oct. 5 for some students to return to school, but not inside the building. “We’re not going to […]
