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    PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Warrant Is Closing

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    Voting Note: The presidential primary election is Tuesday, March 5. Each party’s candidates, as well as candidates for state and town party committees, are on the ballot. Early in-person voting […]

    TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Board and Committee Openings

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    Voting Note: The presidential primary election is Tuesday, March 5. Each party’s candidates, as well as candidates for state and town party committees, are on the ballot. Early in-person voting […]

    WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Forum Brings a Quorum

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    Voting Note: The presidential primary election is Tuesday, March 5. Each party’s candidates, as well as candidates for state and town party committees, are on the ballot. Early in-person voting […]

    EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Override for Four New Police Officers

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    Voting Note: The presidential primary election is Tuesday, March 5. Each party’s candidates, as well as candidates for state and town party committees, are on the ballot. Early in-person voting […]

    TOWN FINANCE

    Eastham Raises Fee for Vacation Rentals to $350

    The increase is expected to raise about $200K for oversight efforts

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    EASTHAM — The town’s short-term rental registration fee will increase from $75 this year to $350 in 2025. The projected additional $192,500 in revenue will fund stricter oversight of more […]

    PRESERVATION

    Jamaican Congregation Hopes to Stay in Its Truro Chapel

    But property owners Bob and Kathy Valleau have rebuffed early offers

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    TRURO — Alarm over the impending eviction of the mostly Jamaican congregation that meets at Truro’s Chapel on the Pond coalesced into a community meeting last weekend, as neighbors, preservationists, […]

    MARKET-RATE RENTALS

    Provincetown Takes Steps to Sell Harbor Hill

    The town also allocates $348,500 to Lease to Locals program

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    PROVINCETOWN — The town is looking for a real estate broker to help sell or lease the town-owned apartments at Harbor Hill, the 28-unit former timeshare complex where 55 people […]

    COUCH SURFING

    For Cape Cod’s Homeless Youth, Resources Are Few

    A new mid-Cape shelter will bring housing resources closer to the Outer Cape

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    EASTHAM — For Tony, who graduated from Nauset Regional High School last May, the stress of homework was the least of his troubles. He was one of three homeless students […]

    PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Housing Workshop Canceled

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    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

    Town Calendar Adjustments

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    Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are held online. Locations are noted for in-person meetings. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details […]

    WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Showing Up

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    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

    The Tax Work-Off Is Back

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    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 […]

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