EASTHAM — A group called Saving Nauset Dunes, represented by Mackie Shea Durning PC, a Boston-based boutique law firm focused on environmental and land use law, has fired a shot […]
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COLD CASE
Sheriff Cummings’s Contract With ICE Is Renewed Again
Data show the program affects Jamaican men disproportionately
Last summer, at the end of the fiscal year, Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings’s detention agreement with the Dept. of Homeland Security lapsed. He renewed it. But this year, the […]
POST MORTEM
A Learning Curve on Green Burials in Outer Cape Towns
Sandy soil needs shoring up for nature-based practices
Efforts to accommodate those looking for a more back-to-nature form of burial, known as green burial, continue to move ahead on the Outer Cape, but there’s been a bit of […]
CEASED
Questions Remain After Lecount Hollow Tree-Cutting Is Halted
With no building inspector, follow-up action on bylaw violation is lacking
WELLFLEET — One month ago, on June 15, then-Wellfleet Building Inspector Paul Fowler delivered a cease-and-desist order to David and Chellise Sexton of Eastham for clear-cutting trees on their property […]
EMERGENCIES
Drunk Driver Hits Pedicab, Runs Down Passenger
GHB is implicated in spate of overdoses over holiday weekend
PROVINCETOWN — Police made seven arrests here between Thursday and Monday of July 4th weekend, and the rescue squad was kept busy as well. The incidents included a drunk driving […]
REGULATION REPORT
Willy’s Gets Its All-Alcohol License
ABCC asked the town to ‘resolve any differences’
EASTHAM — The select board granted an all-alcohol liquor license for Willy’s World Wellness & Conference Center, doing business as Grateful Café, on July 12, just days before a scheduled […]
REVOLVING DOOR
Ousted Town Administrator Got Four Months of Severance
But now Broadbent cannot sue Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — Maria Broadbent, the Wellfleet town administrator who lasted nine months from August 2020 to April of this year, received four months’ severance pay after her resignation. According to […]
TREATMENTS
A SOAP Program Designed to Keep Patients Clean
An increase in reimbursements from MassHealth is ‘financial game changer’ for OCHS
PROVINCETOWN — Outer Cape Health Services has begun offering a form of intensive outpatient treatment to help people with addiction disorders. The Structured Outpatient Addiction Program, or SOAP, provides group […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Residential Tax Exemption
Meetings Ahead
Provincetown will continue remote access to meetings, even though many meetings are now being held in person. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch for further instructions. […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Beach Bouncers
Meetings Ahead
Truro is transitioning to in-person meetings, but remote access to all meetings continues. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch for further instructions. Thursday, July […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Some Opening Hours
Meetings Ahead
Wellfleet’s meetings are still being held remotely. From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen and click on the meeting you’re interested in […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Farm Animal Regulations
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are being held in person. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations and any remote options that may be […]
CIVICS
Outer Cape Towns Struggle to Fill Board Vacancies
Are there just too many boards and committees?
Filling vacancies on municipal boards and committees is a challenge in all four towns on the Outer Cape. Part of the problem, most leaders agree, may be the sheer number […]
SHORT-TERM RENTALS
New Tax Yields Windfall, but Not for Housing
Provincetown’s $2 million goes to tourism, stabilization, general funds
PROVINCETOWN — The tax on short-term rentals has generated a financial windfall for the four Outer Cape towns, newly released figures from the state show. The added revenue for the […]
DREDGE REPORT
Eastham Officials Question Benefits of Nauset Estuary Dredging Plan
Eckman and Autorino doubt safety and economy arguments
EASTHAM — A mixed bag of concerns about the proposed dredging of the Nauset Estuary emerged from the first citizens’ forums on the project held on June 22 and 29. […]
