EASTHAM — Town officials are looking to create a zoning task force to examine and make recommendations on residential zoning and regulation issues, including the protection of historic homes and […]
WATERFRONT
Rock Harbor Panel Mulls Change of Plan
Committee rejects idea of repurposing antique house as office
EASTHAM — The Rock Harbor Improvements Committee will not recommend moving an antique half Cape from 60 Dyer Prince Road and turning it into the harbormaster’s new office. Instead, the […]
EASTHAM 400
Indigenous Artifacts Found at 1869 Schoolhouse Museum
Rediscovered objects reveal land was ‘intensely’ inhabited 3,500 years ago
EASTHAM — While working to create a display as part of this year’s 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival on Cape Cod, volunteers at Eastham’s 1869 Schoolhouse Museum unearthed a […]
WATERFRONT
Worries Stall Rock Harbor Building Plan
An alliance of neighbors puts pressure on town officials
EASTHAM — The Rock Harbor Improvements Committee, a subgroup of the Capital Projects Committee, has hit pause on a plan for a new harbormaster’s building while town staff try to […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE
Planning Board OK’s Doane Rd. Project
Seashore’s position on building size is rejected
EASTHAM — A plan to demolish three dwellings and a garage in the Cape Cod National Seashore and build a 3,481-square-foot house and garage in their place received site plan […]
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
Antique House Could Become Harbormaster’s H.Q.
Rock Harbor neighbors consider alternate plans
EASTHAM — Abutters to the harbormaster’s building project at Rock Harbor were expected to weigh in at a Wednesday, Oct. 21, Zoom meeting on two alternate proposals for the project: […]
LET'S GET FISCAL
Tax Rates Set in 3 Towns
Three of four Outer Cape towns have set their fiscal year 2021 tax rates; Provincetown and Eastham taxpayers face 7-percent and 5-percent increases, respectively, while Truro’s rate is just slightly […]
TECHNOLOGY
Baker Withholds Funds for Outer Cape Broadband
‘We’re ready to rock and roll,’ says OpenCape director
PROVINCETOWN — Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill in August authorizing up to $1.8 billion in infrastructure investment, including $1.7 million to expand broadband coverage in Provincetown via the OpenCape […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE
Teardown and Rebuild Gets a Green Light
Eastham ZBA finds that no special permit is required
EASTHAM — The owners of a property in the Cape Cod National Seashore who want to demolish three dwellings and a garage and build a new residence and garage with […]
TOWN MEETING
Eastham Moves Forward on Family Support
Voters also approve the banning of plastics
EASTHAM — The voters were in an agreeable mood at last Saturday’s town meeting, approving every warrant article presented and agreeing to postpone two. Three of the adopted articles will […]
ENVIRONMENT
Strandings Are Now Year Round, but Survival Rate Improves
IFAW and local volunteers learn and respond together
WELLFLEET — Cape Cod is known as a global stranding hot spot for whales and dolphins. Probably no one knows that better than the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Eastham Will Vote on Family Support and Water System Fund
The town’s operating budget is down by one percent
EASTHAM — The warrant for the Sept. 26 annual town meeting has arrived in mailboxes and is now available on the town’s website at eastham-ma.gov. Voters will be asked to […]
UNDEVELOPMENT
A House on the Marsh Is ‘Unbuilt’
After the surging tide moves in, a graceful way to move out
EASTHAM — Usually, when a basement floods, the home owner starts planning to get rid of the water. When Joanna Buffington’s basement was inundated, she started planning to get rid […]
BLIGHT
To Some, It’s Kitsch; Others See ‘Eyesore’
Nickerson property sparks a debate about vacant buildings
EASTHAM — The old Nickerson Service Center property on Route 6 in North Eastham took a bashing at the select board’s Aug. 31 meeting, as the board considered the idea […]
TAXES
Eastham Again Nixes Resident Tax Exemption
Town officials looking for ways to help year-rounders in need
EASTHAM — While the select board once again decided not to adopt a residential tax exemption (RTE) this year, the controversial measure will be back on the table for 2022, […]
