EASTHAM — The owners of a 733-square-foot house are asking the planning board to allow them to convert it into an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and build a new 4,081-square-foot […]
A YEAR UNTREATED
Tragedies Put Lack of Mental Health Care in Spotlight
Political change brings some hope, but the need for crisis care remains acute
Three teenagers who lived on the Lower Cape died by suicide in February. In the fall, Adam Howe, a man with a long history of mental health problems, killed his […]
SCHOOLS
Nauset High Renovation Vote Is Jan. 10
A pandemic delay and inflation put bids far beyond previous budget
The future of Nauset Regional High School’s long-planned renovation will be decided at a Jan. 10 special election that will ask voters of the four towns in the Nauset district […]
DRUG MONEY
Big Pharma Suit Yields $621K for Outer Cape
Wellfleet methadone van funded with opioid settlement
WELLFLEET — Money from the settlement of lawsuits against the pharmaceutical industry for its aggressive and deadly marketing of opioids has begun to flow to the towns of the Outer […]
DEVELOPMENT
One (More) Big House May Come to Eastham
A task force may propose limits on house size, but that will take time
EASTHAM — Neighbors are opposed to a plan to tear down a house overlooking Boat Meadow marsh and replace it with one with more than double the existing living space […]
TOWN WATER
Second Tower Going Up as Water System Nears Finish
EASTHAM — A new road is being cut into the forest behind the Cape Cod National Seashore Visitors Center. It will lead to a third well house and second water […]
EDUCATION
Provincetown Schools International Trips Resume
The 8th graders are headed to London
PROVINCETOWN — Nineteen eighth-graders will be heading to London this spring when the local school tradition of sending upper-grade students on an international journey returns for the first time since […]
UNKNOWN VARIANCE
Once Again, Wellfleet Is Minus One Accountant
After 8 months, Robertson is returning to Provincetown Town Hall
WELLFLEET — Nick Robertson arrived as the new town accountant in April. He is leaving on Dec. 9. He will return to the assistant accountant role he previously held in […]
WATERSHEDS
Salt Pond and Nauset Estuary Are Top Priority Areas for Sewering
About 600 homes will need to hook up under Eastham’s wastewater plan
EASTHAM — The people living near Salt Pond will likely be the ones who must hook up to a sewer system in order for Eastham to get a targeted watershed […]
CURB APPEAL
Six Businesses to Get Improvements Funded by ARPA
Eastham seeks to continue a strategy of focusing on business vitality
EASTHAM — Inn at the Oaks owner Melody Edson said if she had a dollar for every time a customer said they drove right by her business she would be […]
CRIME: 'LADY IN THE DUNES'
Long Unsolved Murder Comes Into Focus
Son of Ruth Terry says she was kindhearted — ‘almost to a fault’
This article was updated with new information on Dec. 1, 2022. PROVINCETOWN — Richard Hanchett hoped to come here this week to see the town where his mother’s remains lay […]
OBITUARY
Barbara Rushmore, 98, Leaves a Legacy of Civic Contributions
She was the ‘tree lady’ and town meeting’s reigning gadfly
PROVINCETOWN — Barbara Rushmore, a fixture of civic life here for 60 years, died at age 98 at her home in Provincetown on Nov. 18, 2022. But the positive changes […]
CRYSTAL PALACE
An Oasis of Oddities
At Buddha Bobs, sages sit among tchotchkes, geodes, and gems
EASTHAM — Tellis Dion isn’t always sure what he wants when he comes to Cape Cod. But he knows that whatever it is he will find it at Buddha Bobs. […]
CAREERS
Wellfleet Native Elizabeth Paine Is Provincetown’s New Town Clerk
The key lesson from a varied career path: ‘You just got to get it done’
PROVINCETOWN — Elizabeth Paine, the select board’s secretary for the last five years, has been promoted to town clerk, besting 14 other candidates for the position, which pays $86,516 a […]
NAUSET HIGH RENOVATION
New Vote Set for Jan. 10 on Cost Overrun
Four Nauset district towns will be asked for another $38 million
EASTHAM — Voters in Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster will be asked to spend another $38.1 million to renovate Nauset Regional High School at a district-wide election on Jan. 10, […]
