WELLFLEET — Medication-assisted treatment for addiction is going through a decades-long transformation from being almost as stigmatized as the illegal drugs themselves to being recast as a critical component of […]
CRIME
Former Provincetown DPW Employee Convicted of Rape
Walker is sentenced to 10 to 12 years in state prison
BARNSTABLE — A Barnstable Superior Court jury on July 14 found Truro resident Ronnie Walker, 57, guilty of aggravated rape of a child. He was sentenced to 10 to 12 […]
NO HIDING
Amy Ford’s Paintings of the Open Road
An artist finds her identity after a long journey
Amy Ford has titled her solo show at the Provincetown Commons “The Open Road” after Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of the Open Road” because it so well describes her own […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ZBA Kicks Off Review of ‘Long Pond Village’
Solar panels and a design inspired by modernism in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — The zoning board of appeals began its formal review of the long-planned 95 Lawrence Road affordable housing project on July 14. For the first time, the developers, Preservation […]
HOUSING
Units Are for Sale at 30 Shank Painter — Again
Several sales fell through during long court delay
PROVINCETOWN — Sales of the eight new condominiums at 30 Shank Painter Road were going briskly last fall — which was good news for the developers, who had undertaken 16 […]
WORK
Housing Assistance Corp. Offers 40 Caregivers a Rental Subsidy
The program will pay $450 per month for two years
Forty much-needed child-care workers will be offered a stopgap response for the low pay and high rents they face here on the Cape when a new program of rent subsidies […]
AT THE BIT
Horse Farm Owner Fined for Sidestepping Conservation Rules
David Krohn apologizes and agrees to correct all violations
PROVINCETOWN — David Krohn describes himself as a steward and protector of Bayberry Hollow Farm, five acres of mostly unbuildable wetlands on West Vine Street that is home to six […]
HEALTH CARE
Seasonal Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Orleans
Threat to Outer Cape Health Services feared
ORLEANS — Cape Cod Healthcare, the organization that owns both of Cape Cod’s hospitals and most of its medical offices, expanded its territory in the direction of the Outer Cape […]
SCHOOLS
Goyette Goes From Principal to Interim Superintendent
A low-key educator who makes students feel ‘everything is going to be OK’
PROVINCETOWN — Principal Gerry Goyette, who was named interim superintendent of the Provincetown Schools on June 29, spent much of this winter clad in a full-length mink coat. He had […]
PORTRAITS
P’town’s Women at Mischa Richter’s New Gallery
Each of Nancy Loeber’s subjects leaves ‘some kind of light’
During the pandemic, Mischa Richter returned to Provincetown, where he was born and raised, with two related goals: he would run a gallery in the summer and publish art books […]
RACKET
Pickleball Players and Peeved Neighbors Trade Volleys
Select board lobs noise problem to town manager
PROVINCETOWN — Complaints about pickleball started with a trickle but have become a torrent, prompting 50 people to crowd into town hall and on Zoom on June 27 to ask […]
CIVICS
Bacon Wins Election in Wellfleet
Voters approve $1.59M in overrides and $2.2M for school sprinklers
WELLFLEET — Voters at the June 21 special town election passed all five ballot questions and elected write-in candidate Kathleen Bacon to the select board. Bacon, a house painter and […]
CLAWBACK
PetVet Versus Dr. John Kelley: Trouble at the Veterinary Clinic
Private-equity giant accuses a local veterinarian of stealing clients
EASTHAM — If you own a pet on the Outer Cape, you may have noticed local veterinary clinics changing locations, displaying “for sale” signs, and closing. Provincetown’s Herring Cove Animal […]
ELECTION
Three Questions for Three Wellfleet Candidates
Their views on the overrides, residential tax breaks, and Maurice’s Campground
WELLFLEET — Voters in Wellfleet will have three candidates to choose from at the special election on Tuesday, June 21 to fill the select board seat of Helen Miranda Wilson, […]
FAILING THE TEST
Principal’s Departure Will Cost Schools $135,000
Kenyon’s ‘personal issues’ are called a distraction for Nauset Middle School
ORLEANS — According to a separation agreement signed on May 25, Keith Kenyon will get $135,000 for leaving his position as the Nauset Regional Middle School principal. Kenyon, 62, was […]
