EASTHAM — Plans to build a harbormaster office at Rock Harbor were met with suspicion by abutters at the project’s first regulatory hearing before the conservation commission last week, as […]
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PRESERVATION
Many Historic Buildings Have No Protection
Towns struggle to find ways to prevent demolition
To a large degree, historic buildings define the beauty and charm of the Outer Cape’s villages and scenic roads. Yet a Cape Cod Commission study found that 691 of the […]
HOUSING
Abutter Joins Lawsuit Against Cloverleaf
Other plaintiffs live far away, with questionable standing
TRURO — Christine Maxwell says she should have been the first, not the last, to sign onto a lawsuit appealing the zoning board’s granting of a comprehensive permit for an […]
ENVIRONMENT
Golf Club to Get $6.7M for Herring River Project
The agreement includes two years of lost revenue
WELLFLEET — The town and the Chequessett Yacht & Country Club have reached an agreement that will allow the Herring River Restoration Project, the largest wetland restoration in New England, […]
CANNABUSINESS
New Pot Shop Flouted Host Community Agreement
But select board did not enforce ownership change provision
WELLFLEET — A new cannabis dispensary called Terps is expected to open next month at the intersection of Route 6 and Cove Road in the Cove Corner building, right next […]
THE JAB TAB
Outer Cape Leads Mass. in Vaccination Rates
All four Outer Cape towns are in the state’s top 10
PROVINCETOWN — The state’s April 15 Covid vaccination report has great news for the Outer Cape. The top-line numbers show that the four outermost towns have among the highest Covid […]
TRUE CRIME
Road Rage, With a Side of Potato Salad
TRURO — Could a potato salad, lap-bound on the passenger’s side of a Lincoln Navigator speeding south on Route 6 at 65 miles per hour, really have “accidentally” flown out the […]
This Week In Provincetown
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Thursday, April 22 Public Pier Corp. Board, 2 p.m. Planning Board, 6 p.m. Monday, April 26 […]
This Week In Truro
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to truro-ma.gov, click on the meeting you want to watch, and open its agenda for instructions on how to watch or take part online. Thursday, April 22 Climate […]
This Week In Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are 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 for its agenda […]
This Week In Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to read its agenda and find information on how to view and take part […]
TRANSPARENCY
Broadbent Cut Budgets at Will, Department Heads Charge
‘We didn’t cut anything,’ says town administrator
WELLFLEET — With seven weeks until this year’s annual town meeting, the fiscal 2022 operating budget proposed by Town Administrator Maria Broadbent and Town Accountant Heather Michaud shows a $331,000 […]
OLD RELIABLE
Tweaked Waterfront Hotel Plan Faces Uphill Fight
Lawsuit on hold while Barker goes before Provincetown planners again
PROVINCETOWN — The future of the disintegrating Old Reliable Fish House property on the Commercial Street waterfront will once again be in the hands of the planning and zoning boards, […]
ANALYSIS
In Season Now: The Other Housing Crisis
With fewer rentals available, businesses ask how to house seasonal workers
PROVINCETOWN — The lack of affordable and available year-round housing is a crisis on the Outer Cape, but at least it’s one for which communities have tools — from federal […]
AQUACULTURE
License for Neglected Nauset Marsh Grant Is Revoked
The 2-acre shellfish bed ‘needs to be used’
EASTHAM — A two-acre aquaculture grant in Nauset Marsh that has gone largely untended for several years will be offered to new stewards. At its April 5 meeting, the select […]
