WELLFLEET — The town was shocked a year ago when Great White Realty Group, owned by Donna and Steve DiGiovanni of Truro, with no permits in hand, cleared their newly […]
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BITS
Directing Rescue Funds to Broadband
Officials need to decide if it is really worth it
PROVINCETOWN — A plan to extend a fiber-optic broadband network to 1,528 customers got a tentative green light from the select board last July 26. The idea was to use […]
CIVICS
Two Towns May Collaborate on Finance Work
Regionalized services look better as recruiting gets harder
WELLFLEET — With ads posted seeking both a town accountant and a treasurer, Wellfleet’s interim Administrator Charles Sumner has been talking with Eastham officials about a shared two-town finance department. […]
ARPA AT THE STATE HOUSE
Parsing the Possibilities in a $4 Billion Bill
‘An opportunity to solve some of our biggest problems’
PROVINCETOWN — Last fall, the state government combined $2.5 billion in federal Covid relief money from the American Rescue Plan Act and an unexpected surplus of $1.5 billion in tax […]
AIRBORNE ILLNESS
Covid Cancels Cape Air’s Provincetown Route
Airline suspends local service until April
PROVINCETOWN — Cape Air won’t be offering flights out of the Provincetown Municipal Airport until April 1 because of a pandemic-related shortage of pilots as well as airport construction. This […]
SEARCH UPDATE
Ahern Takes Superintendent Spot in Barnstable
She drops out of Nauset search, leaving three candidates
ORLEANS — The Nauset School District’s Superintendent Search Committee announced on Tuesday the dates and times of public forums with three remaining finalists. The announcement followed Sara Ahern’s Jan. 12 […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Pickleball Pondered for East End
Meetings Ahead Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
EMS Challenges, a Regional Study
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
ZBA Delays GFM Case
Meetings Ahead All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Nauset Trailers
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn […]
HOUSING
Half-Acre Lot Will Allow More Units at VFW
Developer will buy adjacent Mendes property for $1.4 million
PROVINCETOWN — A long-running effort to build affordable and community housing at the former VFW site on Jerome Smith Road received a big boost last week when the developer of […]
ZONING AND PLANNING
Abutters Fight Contractor’s Yard
ZBA asked to reverse building inspector’s OK
WELLFLEET — Neighbors of a contractor’s yard at the corner of Route 6 and Old Wharf Road have asked the zoning board of appeals to reverse an interim building inspector’s […]
FINAL FOUR
Finalists for Nauset Superintendent Include Clenchy
Visits to the four candidates’ districts will be followed by public forums
ORLEANS — The Nauset Regional School District Superintendent Search Committee has named four finalists after interviewing seven from among a field of 17 candidates. The district’s 15-member expanded search committee, […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE
Nauset Bath Houses to Be Done by Summer, Says Carlstrom
But the Seashore supt. says parking lot is not for the ages
EASTHAM –– After 14 months of work beleaguered by supply-chain disruptions, labor shortages, and a storm that overturned a mobile office trailer, the new bath houses at Nauset Light Beach […]
ECOLOGY
Comments Are Sought on Stellwagen Bank Plan
Soundscape and shipwrecks are upcoming action initiatives
PROVINCETOWN — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, which manages the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) — an 842-square-mile stretch of ocean three miles north […]
