This article was updated on June 20, 2024. EASTHAM — A small tour plane made an emergency landing between Marconi Beach in Wellfleet and Nauset Light Beach in Eastham Sunday […]
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SUMMER JOURNALISM FELLOW
Kiran Johnson Wants To Explain This Place
The Provincetown Independent, in collaboration with its nonprofit partner, the Local Journalism Project, last week welcomed its fifth cohort of summer journalism fellows for 10 weeks of work and learning […]
SUMMER JOURNALISM FELLOW
Jacob Smollen Is Ready to Dig In
The Provincetown Independent, in collaboration with its nonprofit partner, the Local Journalism Project, last week welcomed its fifth cohort of summer journalism fellows for 10 weeks of work and learning […]
SUMMER JOURNALISM FELLOW
Molly Reinmann Measures Life In Stories
The Provincetown Independent, in collaboration with its nonprofit partner, the Local Journalism Project, last week welcomed its fifth cohort of summer journalism fellows for 10 weeks of work and learning […]
SUMMER JOURNALISM FELLOW
Cam Kettles Sees How News Connects People
The Provincetown Independent, in collaboration with its nonprofit partner, the Local Journalism Project, last week welcomed its fifth cohort of summer journalism fellows for 10 weeks of work and learning […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Walk Zone Public Hearing
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
On the Ballot
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, June […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Planning for the Planner
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Kicking the Paint Can
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for a link […]
FAMILY LEGACY
Van Dereck Estate Remains a Tangle of Secrets
An absent widow and a former financial adviser in sole control raise questions
PROVINCETOWN — In the years since restaurateur, art collector, and landlord Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup died and left his estate, estimated at $17 million, to his wife, Helen, a […]
STATE POLITICS
House Drops Transfer Fee in Housing Bill
Real estate lobby prevails; Cyr and Healey say they’ll keep trying
PROVINCETOWN — A years-long push for legislation that would allow towns to impose a real estate transfer fee of 0.5 to 2 percent on residential and commercial real estate sales […]
IMPOUNDED
Probate Judge Keeps Napi’s Estate Documents Out of Public Eye
Tierney denies motion to unseal records and impounds them for 20 years
BARNSTABLE — A judge in Barnstable County Probate and Family Court denied a motion filed by Independent reporter Sam Pollak to unseal documents related to the guardianship and conservatorship of […]
HISTORIC FLOODING
Owners Ask Permission to Demolish Victorian Guesthouse
A new building on the site would be raised high to avoid flood damage
PROVINCETOWN — The owners of the Gaslamp Bed & Breakfast are looking to demolish the 170-year-old Victorian at 97 Bradford St., where they currently operate an eight-room guesthouse. The goal, […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE
After a Spring Collapse, Longnook Beach Is Open Again
The beach is still best for the steely, not the faint of foot
TRURO — Longnook Beach reopened on May 16 after a two-month closure caused by extreme coastal erosion. The dune under the steep sandy pathway that leads from the parking lot […]
THE HIGH ROAD
Bound Brook Island Road Unbounded by Temporary Fix
DPW’s just-in-time job will do until the Herring River Project’s road-raising begins
WELLFLEET — For most of the winter and spring, repeated flooding has left Bound Brook Island periodically cut off from the rest of town. For months, the island’s 11 property […]
