NORTH TRURO — Terra Luna’s Tony Pasquale is calling it a wrap. After 30 years of “neo-pagan” cuisine, polenta bread pudding, monthly live music, and rustic feng shui, the North […]
FIRST RESPONDERS
Saving the Misfits of the Ocean
Most Mola mola strandings on Cape Cod happen in Wellfleet Harbor
WELLFLEET — Every fall, Carol “Krill” Carson gets a little bit busier. Carson’s nonprofit, the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), is the only organization in the region dedicated to […]
WELLFLEET ELECTION
Sayre Is Elected to Select Board
Town planner, wastewater facility approved
WELLFLEET — Newcomer Timothy Sayre defeated write-in candidate Curt Felix by seven votes in the Sept. 27 special election to fill a vacant seat on the select board for the […]
CORRECTIONS
County Jail Ends Contract With Medical Provider Wellpath
After ‘a death spiral’ in private staffing, sheriff moves to in-house care model
BOURNE — Sheriff Donna Buckley ended the Barnstable County Correctional Facility’s contract with private medical care provider Wellpath two months before the contract was set to expire at the end […]
WELLFLEET ELECTION
Sayre Elected to 8-Month Select Board Seat
Town planner, wastewater facility approved
WELLFLEET — Newcomer Timothy Sayre defeated write-in candidate Curt Felix by seven votes in the Sept. 27 special election to fill a vacant seat on the select board for the […]
DISASTER PREP
Risk of Wildfire Is Elevated on Outer Cape
Tending the forest understory could aid prevention efforts
WELLFLEET — Alfred Kraft lives on a long, narrow driveway at the end of Old Chequessett Neck Road in Wellfleet. On either side of his property, expanses of National Seashore […]
TOWN MEETING
Wellfleet OKs Wastewater Treatment, Town Planner
Inclusionary zoning is approved; only the nips ban gets nixed
WELLFLEET — The Sept. 18 special town meeting was a bylaw bonanza. Voters approved 10 bylaw amendments as well as an inclusionary zoning bylaw that drew lengthy debate but then […]
LITIGIOUSNESS
Former Principal Clerk Maclauchlan Sues Wellfleet
She accuses the town administrator of age and disability discrimination
WELLFLEET — Former Principal Clerk and select board candidate Jeanne Maclauchlan is suing the town and Town Administrator Rich Waldo for employment discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in Barnstable Superior Court […]
MONEY MARKET
Successful Bond Auction Sparks Hope for Wellfleet’s Finances
Town secures 3.5-percent interest rate on $11-million bond sale
WELLFLEET — A successful auction of municipal bonds on Aug. 29 shows that Wellfleet’s finances are making a strong recovery, said Town Administrator Rich Waldo. The auction, which attracted 15 […]
WELLFLEET ELECTION
Tim Sayre Does the Math and Wants Accountability
He hopes more nonresidents will volunteer to fill vacant board positions
WELLFLEET — Timothy Sayre hopes that the third time’s the charm. After two defeats in 2022, he is running again for a spot on the select board in a special […]
WELLFLEET ELECTION
Curt Felix Seeks Seat at a More Civil Table
Mosquito Squad owner announces a write-in campaign for select board
WELLFLEET — Seasoned civic volunteer and Mosquito Squad owner Curt Felix wants a seat at the select board’s table because, he says, etiquette is lacking there. Felix announced a write-in […]
STOPGAP
6 Homeless Families Land Briefly in Eastham Motel
They were separated from family in a state program ‘past the brink’
EASTHAM — For nine days at the end of August, after Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency because of a shortage of shelters for unhoused families, six families […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Wellfleet STM Will Take Up 10 Bylaw Changes
$2.7 million in overrides sought for wastewater and for a town planner
WELLFLEET — Many changes will be afoot at the Sept. 18 special town meeting, not all of them due to what is on the warrant. After complaints that last spring’s […]
HISTORY
In the Lodge at Provincetown’s Oldest Boys’ Club
The Masons have been meeting here since 1795
PROVINCETOWN — It is not meant to be a secret that the world’s most ubiquitous secret society — or rather “society of secrets,” as described to the Independent by one […]
COLD FEET
Wellfleet Backs Out of Dredging Mitigation Agreement
Select board plans to ask spring town meeting for $4.5 million for permit
WELLFLEET — The select board has backpedaled on its support for a plan that would have dedicated 28 acres in Blackfish Creek to oyster habitat restoration. The restoration was a […]
