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FAILING THE TEST
Principal’s Departure Will Cost Schools $135,000
Kenyon’s ‘personal issues’ are called a distraction for Nauset Middle School
ORLEANS — According to a separation agreement signed on May 25, Keith Kenyon will get $135,000 for leaving his position as the Nauset Regional Middle School principal. Kenyon, 62, was […]
FISCAL CRISIS
Free Cash Won’t Be Certified by Town Meeting
Finance review shows chronic depletion of reserve funds
WELLFLEET — The town’s free cash account won’t be certified by the state in time for Saturday’s annual town meeting because the books for fiscal 2020 and 2021 are still […]
IN THE WORKS
The DPW’s Case for a New HQ
Departing director Waldo is optimistic about town’s path to improvements
PROVINCETOWN — Dept. of Public Works Director Rich Waldo served the town for exactly 10 years before leaving to take the town administrator job in Wellfleet. In that time, he […]
BENCHGATE
Beloved Bench Returns to Commercial Street
Homeowner warns it is not that ‘Forrest Gump bench’
PROVINCETOWN — A very Provincetown sort of controversy — featuring flowers, public benches, property lines, and angry comments to the select board — has been resolved after the town’s dept. […]
PRESERVATION
Brewster Looks to Get Residents Onto ‘First Light Beach’
Former Sea Camps property is named to honor Wampanoag people
BREWSTER — The select board has voted unanimously for “First Light Beach” as the name of the town’s newest public beach on Cape Cod Bay. Town meeting approved the $20 […]
UNEARTHED
Nor’easters Reveal Remnants of Bygone Days at Ballston Beach
When the beachfront bustled with visitors to the Balls’ bungalows
TRURO — Last winter’s nor’easters, blasting the Outer Cape coastline with icy winds and churning surf, further carved away the dunes at Ballston Beach that had already been eroding at […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
School Head Hunt
Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Piping Plover Nesting
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, June 9 Climate Action […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Message From the Chief
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
No Lifeguards or Swim Lessons
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 about meeting locations […]
AQUACULTURE
ARC Loses Out While Underused Grants Are OK
Rule change forces Aquaculture Research Corp. off the flats
WELLFLEET — A discussion of whether licenses for eight shellfishing grants should be revoked took up most of a four-hour select board meeting on May 24. The board proceeded with […]
FIREARMS
Massacre Headlines Hide Everyday Danger of Guns
‘Children are sacrificed on the altar of gun obsession,’ says one grandmother
WELLFLEET — The killing of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, just 10 days after the grocery store massacre in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, evoked the arguments […]
EDUCATION
Kenyon Resigns, Saying He Did ‘Nothing Wrong’
Fallout continues over R.I. lawsuit about ‘fat tests’
ORLEANS — Nauset Regional Middle School Principal Keith Kenyon resigned on Wednesday, May 25 following a staff meeting at which he told his coworkers he was leaving immediately. “At his […]
BUDGET BATTLE
County Assembly Cuts Commissioners’ Proposed Budget
Several new positions were zeroed out by the Assembly
BARNSTABLE — A battle over the coming year’s budget has put the branches of county government at odds once again. The three county commissioners, who head the executive branch, submitted […]
