TRURO — John Hopkins went to Costa Rica to do yoga, meditate, and otherwise boost his immune system. He has ended up fighting for his life in a private hospital […]
CIVICS
Finance Committee and Moderator Block Nonresident Alternates
A Florida resident’s application sparks town meeting article
PROVINCETOWN — When it comes to making appointments to the finance committee, the town moderator is clear that she won’t appoint a nonresident taxpayer. “I don’t have anything against nonresidents, […]
reporter's notebook
Cyr Comes Out
Getting insurance coverage for mental health services is difficult. So is talking about mental illness. That is why state Senator Julian Cyr, a Democrat from Truro, and other legislators are […]
CIVICS
Farmer Elected to Select Board
TRURO — “Farmer Stephanie” Rein is the newest select board member after a spirited race against planning board member Karen Tosh to succeed the late Maureen Burgess. Tuesday’s special election […]
BARDS
Much Ado About Molly
Nauset High senior is headed to nationals — in Shakespeare
EASTHAM — When to the sessions of sweet silent thought she summons up remembrance of things past, Molly Shafnacker may well be thinking about the last two summers that she […]
early learning
Truro’s Free Preschool Will Not Expand for Now
Eastham voters may be asked to provide preschool vouchers
TRURO — The school committee, which agreed last spring to completely eliminate tuition for preschool at the Truro Central School, decided on Feb. 13 not to enlarge the program to […]
currents
This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 20 Local Housing Partnership, 4 p.m., Town Hall Saturday, Feb. 22 Nauset Regional School Negotiations Subcommittee, 9 a.m. Central Administration Building, 78 Eldredge Parkway, Orleans Conversation […]
WHALEWATCH
Young Humpback Stranded at ‘the Gut’ Succumbs
WELLFLEET— A juvenile humpback whale that was stranded on Saturday, Feb. 8, inside the sandbar known as “the gut” by the Herring River was found dead on Monday afternoon. The […]
ENVIRONMENT
Without Pump, Preservation Hall’s Yard Could Flood
Support but no action yet for a swamp solution that suits community
WELLFLEET — Back in 1970 the Wesley’s Swamp Drainage Committee installed a pump in a wetland to prevent flooding downtown. Fifty years later, the pump in Wesley Swamp (now called […]
ART WORKS
FAWC Fellows’ Protest Pays Off
They get increased stipend after act of ‘art-ivism’
PROVINCETOWN — The current crop of Fine Arts Work Center fellows expressed their displeasure at their $750 monthly stipend in a letter now on display at the annual FAWC exhibit […]
ART OF DYING
It’s Easy to Be Green, Even in Death
Natural burial may soon be allowed in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — Thirty plots in the town cemetery may soon be available for “green burial,” in which a body is placed in the ground without a metal casket, cement vault, […]
TRURO SELECT BOARD
Potlucks and Pot Agreements
The talk of Candidates’ Night
TRURO — A standing-room only crowd listened to the two select board candidates — Stephanie Rein, a farmer, and Karen Tosh, an attorney — during candidates’ night on Feb. 4. […]
THREE RINGS
Cirque du Soleil May Be on the Way
The circus that dare not speak its name
PROVINCETOWN — The circus is coming to town, maybe. A company calling itself 66 Days LLC agreed on Jan. 23 to pay the town recreation commission $150,000 to rent Motta […]
THRIFT
Mass Appeal Gets Reprieve
Landlord changes his mind on eviction
WELLFLEET — Just nine days before the landlord’s deadline for vacating their longtime home, the volunteers at Mass Appeal got the good news that they can stay at the Cove […]
CANNABIS
Pots of Cash Expected After Curaleaf Opens
It’s cash only at most such shops, raising safety concerns
PROVINCETOWN — When Curaleaf opens the first recreational marijuana store on Cape Cod at 170 Commercial St. — perhaps next Wednesday, Jan. 29 — it will be a cash-only business. […]
