TRURO — The process of keeping minutes of select board meetings and getting them approved and released slowed to a crawl last year, with minutes from late August and September […]
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HATS OFF
Michael Lussier Has Had a Really Good Time
After a 43-year career, hairstylist and florist Michael Lussier retires with ‘room to grow’
PROVINCETOWN — Michael Lussier, longtime hair stylist, flower arranger, and former drag queen, is closing up shop. On the morning of Jan. 8, Lussier made his last arrangement — white […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Regional 911 Dispatch
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Meeting Date Set
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join. Thursday, Jan. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Cultch Clutch
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Willy’s Gets Entertainment License
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
PERTUSSIS
A Resurgence of Whooping Cough Reaches Cape
Boosters are recommended for adults living with infants
TRURO — Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough for the piercing inhalations or “whoops” that punctuate its painful coughing attacks, has re-emerged in New England this year after four […]
TAXATION
Eastham Board Votes 3 to 2 Against RTE
‘Need-based alternatives’ dominate 90-minute discussion
EASTHAM — For the fifth year in a row, the select board voted 3 to 2 on Monday against adopting a residential tax exemption (RTE) for the coming fiscal year. […]
TRURO TREASURE
DPW Price Tag Will Be $26M to $30M, Says Project Manager
Updated cost estimates reignite concerns as design process lags
TRURO — The projected cost of an upgraded Dept. of Public Works (DPW) facility, which has been on the town’s agenda for at least 13 years, has climbed back up […]
REMEMBRANCE
Commanding and Modest, Ike Williams Dies at 86
The attorney, literary agent, and author who seemed to know everyone
John Taylor Williams, known to all as Ike, died on Dec. 26, 2024 at his home in Cambridge, surrounded by family. He was 86. Ike lived much of every year […]
NUMBERS GAME
When Housing Stability Arrives by Lottery
Provincetown’s affordable-ownership lotteries offer a chance at an elusive dream
PROVINCETOWN — Humberto Ortega and Maria Pinelo were working at Shirts N Stuff on Commercial Street on Aug. 1 when Deputy Housing Director Mackenzie Perry called Ortega on his cell […]
WAVE ACTION
Complexities of ‘Coastal Erosion Structures’ Come Into View on Mayo Beach
Commission weighs effects of bulkhead and added sand on neighbors and shellfish
WELLFLEET — Seawalls and bulkheads built to fend off coastal flooding are becoming a thing of the past here and in communities all along the Massachusetts coast. They are, with […]
TOWN HALL
Wellfleet Gets New Assistant Town Administrator
John Bugbee, who formerly worked in Wayland and Tisbury, started on Dec. 4
WELLFLEET — Millis resident John Bugbee began work as Wellfleet’s assistant town administrator on Dec. 4, filling a key staff position that had been open for nearly a year. A […]
MENTAL HEALTH
ARPA-Funded Behavioral Health Clinician Serves the Outer Cape
Short-term counseling is free, designed as a bridge to longer-term care
EASTHAM — Even in the best of circumstances, accessing mental and behavioral health care can become a Herculean journey. The country’s mental health care system is byzantine, there are rarely […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Raising a Bulkhead
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
