Payments from a massive class action lawsuit awarded to towns and counties hit by the opioid epidemic will be no more than a few thousand dollars a year. But the […]
FISHERIES
Judge Rules Against Gloucester Clammer ‘Monte’ Rome
Questions about enforcement of hydraulic dredging rules remain
PROVINCETOWN — A Barnstable Superior Court judge last month ordered the North Shore owner of a 70-foot sea clam boat to pay $7,500 in docking fees and obtain a permit […]
LIGHTBULB MOMENT
Wellfleet’s Long-Awaited Solar Array Is Up and Running
The project stalled because title to land for a utility pole was unclear
WELLFLEET — After a two-year delay, Wellfleet’s solar array is “on.” The power company Eversource and the solar contractor Ameresco flipped the switch on Dec. 9, bringing online 2,400 solar […]
RADIOHEAD
Billboard Bob Takes Listeners on a ‘Charted Course’
His show on WOMR tracks time through music
An accountant and father of two, Bob Galvin, 67, leads a quiet, unremarkable life with his wife in Plymouth. That is, until you get him talking about music. Then his […]
PHILANTHROPY
A Place for Hospice Will Open in Wellfleet
Chance meeting of like-minded women leads to donation of house
WELLFLEET — As president of the Friends of the Wellfleet Council on Aging, a home health aide with the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), and a nursing home ombudsman for Elder […]
LOSING IT
With Cases Up, Wellfleet Again Imposes Masks
14-day Covid incidence rate is among highest on Cape Cod
WELLFLEET — Town officials imposed an indoor mask order for the second time on Nov. 17, after a meeting at which the police chief cautioned that the on-again, off-again orders […]
ECONOMY
A Truro Farmer Talks Turkey
Drew Locke and the Perry family work to restore a better way to raise and eat meat
TRURO — Not far from Route 6 but seemingly worlds away, Drew Locke raises chickens, cows, pigs, and turkeys on an expanse of land that has been farmed for seven […]
SAL'S PLACE V. CONNORS
Judge Recognizes State Ownership of Intertidal Zone
Reversal means Carew may not have to pay fines and attorney fees
PROVINCETOWN — The owner of Sal’s Place may not have to pay $78,499 in legal fees plus fines for putting restaurant tables on the beach behind her neighbor’s house. In […]
REVOLVING DOOR
New Wellfleet Building Inspector Quits After 2 Days
Next up: James Badera of Orleans
WELFLEET — Wellfleet had a permanent full-time building inspector for two days last month. But he resigned after hitting the housing wall. Vincenzo Tirone, the former building commissioner in Monson, […]
ODD LOT
DCR’s Route 6 Lot Is ‘Not a Parking Area’
The state agency says property ‘will be gated and locked’
WELLFLEET — The state Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is finishing work on a new parking lot at 2520 Route 6 as part of its construction of a bike […]
EQUITY
Diversity Audit Sets Direction for Future DEI Officer
Increasing diversity is difficult, so work toward inclusion, says Hinton
PROVINCETOWN — The results of a town diversity audit are in: Provincetown year-rounders are mostly white and older, on average, than the rest of the state, and the community is […]
MISSING THE BUS
If You See Something, Say Something
PROVINCETOWN — Police are investigating the disappearance of a white 2011 Chevrolet Star Crafter student activities mini-bus. It was apparently stolen sometime overnight on Thursday, Nov. 4 from the public […]
WHARFINGERS
The Lagasses’ Marina Deal Required a Harbor Walk by 2019
Pier Corp. board members question using public money to help get it built
PROVINCETOWN — When Chuck and Ann Lagasse bought Fisherman’s Wharf in 2016, the Chapter 91 license they secured from the state required them to construct a harbor walk on the […]
OCTOBER SURPRISE
High Winds Leave Outer Cape Powerless After Latest Nor’easter
Eversource back-up battery due in early 2021 won’t be ready until next spring
PROVINCETOWN — It sounds ironic, but the island of Nantucket is a good place to ride out a nor’easter like the one that struck on Oct. 27, bringing wind gusts […]
LOO NEWS
Final East End Park Design Comes In at $2.3M
Final plan is simpler, but includes a restroom
PROVINCETOWN — The final design of the East End Waterfront Park includes fewer trees but has that bathroom that people requested. The cost to turn the existing crushed-shell parking lot […]
