ORLEANS — Walking into class and seeing a substitute teacher at the front of the room can mean different things to different students. Some see an excuse to relax and […]
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housing
Truro Motor Inn Owner Gets One More Chance
License is extended for 3 months despite serious code violations
TRURO — About 50 residents of a rundown Route 6 motel that serves as affordable year-round housing were spared eviction on Thursday night when the Truro Board of Health voted […]
environment
A Battle for Whales Against Rope
Cape Cod lobstermen are frustrated by Maine’s withdrawal from rescue effort
Maine lobstermen have withdrawn their support for an agreement made last April to protect whales by limiting the amount of rope they use, and Cape Cod lobstermen are not happy. […]
PEOPLE
An Audubon Leader Fascinated by Humans
Melissa Lowe Cestaro on watching shifts in nature, culture, values
WELLFLEET — In September Melissa Lowe Cestaro became the director of Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. She succeeds Bob Prescott, who is retiring after nearly 40 years in the […]
Health
Rats Don’t Deserve Their Bad Rap
Experts say humans are to blame for rising rodent population
PROVINCETOWN — Concerned residents have been calling the health dept. to report rat sightings in recent weeks, according to a public notice posted on the town website. The notice urges townspeople […]
THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY
DPW and Landscape Committee Sent Back to the Table
Two sets of planners must collaborate on First Landing Park, say selectmen
PROVINCETOWN — The public landscape committee presented its plan to renovate the Pilgrims’ First Landing Park in the West End at a joint meeting with the select board on Monday, […]
LEARNING
Selectmen Ask for Help on Scholarship Eligibility
Board members disagree on whether aid should be reserved to town residents
PROVINCETOWN — Disagreement over who should be eligible to benefit from a town scholarship fund established more than 30 years ago led the select board to ask for help from […]
LEARNING
Draft Regional School Plan Calls for ‘Learning Culture’
EASTHAM — A proposed revision of the strategic plan for the Nauset Regional School District emphasizes social and emotional learning, global citizenship, and partnerships between the schools and the community […]
OBITUARY
Rev. James W. Cox of Provincetown Methodist Church Dies at 59
Reverend Jim planned a traditional New Orleans "second line" funeral for himself
PROVINCETOWN — The Rev. James W. “Jim” Cox of Provincetown died on Sept. 10, 2019 at home, surrounded by friends. He was 59. Born in Barnstable and raised in Wellfleet, he was the […]
OBITUARIES
Santos and Rocheteau Services This Weekend
Mary Lou Santos, 90 TRURO — A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 20 for Mary Lou Santos, who died at age 90 on April […]
FIRST RESPONSE
Fire Exposes Weakness in Outer Cape Emergency Lines
Both 911 and regular phone service are cut off for hours
WELLFLEET — A fiber optic cable fire on Route 6 near Pamet Point Road took out telephone lines and blocked first responder communications from Wellfleet to Provincetown for several hours […]
OBITUARY
Artist, Gallery Owner Anne Lord Malicoat Is Dead at 81
A long-time presence in Provincetown, she was a compulsive truth-teller
PROVINCETOWN — Anne Lord Malicoat, a long-time resident of Provincetown, died peacefully at home on Aug. 29, 2019, with her family at her side. She was 81 and had lived […]
EASTHAM CURRENTS
‘First Encounter’ Events Start With Lecture
Bragdon will speak on early visitors to the Outer Cape
EASTHAM — The 400 Commemoration Committee isn’t waiting until 2020 to start the celebrations; the first of its events, in partnership with the Eastham Public Library, takes place this Sunday, […]
HOUSING
263 Apply for Affordable Units in Eastham
Lottery sets order in which Nauset Green applicants will be considered
EASTHAM — Some 200 local residents filled the Orleans-Eastham Elks Lodge on Sept. 5, waiting anxiously for their numbers to be called by representatives of Pennrose, the developer of the […]
HEALTH
Mosquitoes Infected With EEE Virus Found in Wellfleet, Truro
The rare but deadly disease calls for extra precautions
WELLFLEET — Health and Conservation Agent Hillary Greenberg-Lemos issued a warning on Wednesday that the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus had been detected in Wellfleet. The rare but deadly disease is […]
