PROVINCETOWN — State Rep. Sarah Peake’s ninth term on Beacon Hill will be her last, she announced last week. Peake, 66, a Democrat who lives in Provincetown and whose Fourth […]
CHURCH
Jamaican Congregation Told to Leave Truro Chapel
Owners say churchgoers’ offerings did not fund their yacht-based ministry
TRURO — The Chapel on the Pond, which has hosted a growing, mostly Jamaican congregation since Pastor David Brown began to lead services there in 2017, must close its doors […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Truro’s Cloverleaf Faces up to $7M Funding Shortfall
Developer asks to increase the number of units from 39 to 43
TRURO — Construction at the Cloverleaf project at 22 Highland Road has yet to begin, seven years after the state transferred the 3.9-acre property to the town specifically for affordable […]
FLAMES
The Year of Saffron, Violet, and Coconut
Two Provincetown candlemakers calibrate the sweet scents of 2024
My friend Livi Bois made a beeline for the stand at the back of the Canteen craft market like a scent hound on the trail of its prey, leaving her […]
AT SCHOOL
In Truro, Teachers Wear Many Hats
That’s part of what it means to work in a one-school district with fewer than 100 students
TRURO — As a sixth-grader at Truro Central School in 1993, Abby Roderick drew a life-size portrait of herself in a billowing purple skirt, wielding a puppet in one hand […]
1726
The Deed for Hector
Tucked away beside Highland Links, Truro’s golf course on the bluffs, sits the former turn-of-the-century hotel that’s now the Highland House Museum. There, a repository of local history documenting developments […]
VOTING IN TRURO
Select Board Objects to Couples as Registrar Candidates
Republican town committee must submit a new list of candidates for two seats
TRURO — The select board unanimously reappointed two temporary members of the board of registrars on Dec. 12 after expressing dissatisfaction with the list of eight candidates for the two […]
VOTING IN TRURO
Judge Rejects Voter Lawsuit Against Town Officials
Herridge and O’Neill sought to stop hearings on registration challenges
TRURO — A civil lawsuit against several town officials regarding the appointment of registrars, the removal of names from the voter rolls, and the postponement of a special town meeting […]
ACTION
Anti-Drag Rally Becomes ‘Queer Joy Block Party’
A vigil and a counterprotest join forces on World AIDS Day
PROVINCETOWN — Townspeople were alarmed last week by a flyer advertising a protest against drag to be held on Commercial Street on Friday, Dec. 1. The American Society for the […]
LEADERSHIP
For New Park Supt., the Job Is ‘a Homecoming’
Back at the Seashore after 27 years, Jennifer Flynn says she won’t be leading from her office
WELLFLEET — Jennifer Flynn, whose 32-year career with the National Park Service began on Cape Cod and has since taken her to canyons, coasts, historic sites, and headquarters nationwide, has […]
MEETING INTERRUPTUS
Record Turnout Forces Delay of Truro Special Town Meeting
The Central School could hold 523 voters; about 700 appeared
TRURO — About 700 people arrived at Truro Central School on Nov. 28 ready for a climax and dénouement to months of dramatically rising tension and civic disagreement here. But […]
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
Truro’s After-School Program Will Start Again
Four new staff are creating a year-round program in the recreation dept.
TRURO — Families of students at the Truro Central School have been making do without consistent after-school care since the onset of Covid in 2020. But the town announced on […]
VOTER REGISTRATION
Two Voter Appeals Yield One Reinstatement
Truro now looks ahead to a Nov. 28 town meeting
TRURO — The board of registrars heard appeals on Nov. 17 from two people who had been removed from the town’s voter rolls after not showing up for hearings at […]
SPECIAL DELIVERY
Truro Community Kitchen Cooks All Year Round
Cooks and drivers are ‘there for whoever needs us’
TRURO — Volunteers at the Truro Community Kitchen are as perfectly seasoned as the dishes they prepare. So, on Tuesdays the kitchen at the Christian Union Church on Shore Road […]
DEMOCRACY
35 Challenged Voters Are Now Off Truro Rolls
With two appeals pending, town meeting is put off to Nov. 28
TRURO — After four straight days of hearings last week, 35 of the 66 people whose voter registrations were challenged by Raphael Richter before the special town meeting deadline are […]