PROVINCETOWN — Lower Cape Ambulance Association (LCAA) Chief Operating Officer Steven Roderick announced this week that the nonprofit service will shut down on Sept. 1. The reason, he said, was […]
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DUNE SHACKS
As Deadlines Draw Near, Park Service Clams Up
Silence from agency’s director, but Seashore supt. offers falsehoods
PROVINCETOWN — Janet Armstrong is not sure exactly when she has to leave the dune shack where she took her first steps as a toddler in 1952, 71 years ago. […]
FLYING ACCUSATIONS
Café Owner Denies Spreading Squid Stench at Copper Swan
Fox & Crow eviction dispute devolves into ‘Calamari-gate’
WELLFLEET — The owners of the Copper Swan Inn, who are seeking to evict the Fox & Crow Café from their property, have now accused the café’s owner, Trudy Vermehren, […]
EXCHANGES
Endless Work, Good Money, Fried Food, and Other Forms of J-1 Culture Shock
According to the U.S. State Dept.’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs website, there are 562 students working on J-1 visas on the Outer Cape this summer (351 in Provincetown, […]
TURTLE WATCH
Warmer Waters Put Sea Turtles on Collision Course With Humans
More turtles on Cape Cod’s shores means a higher risk of boat strikes
WELLFLEET — Rising North Atlantic Ocean temperatures are causing increased numbers of threatened and endangered sea turtles to migrate through Massachusetts waters — heading north in search of food, then […]
COASTAL RESILIENCY
Conservation Commission Mulls Tough Case in West End
Proposal to expand a waterfront deck seaward is ‘highly unusual’
This article was updated on Aug. 10. PROVINCETOWN — Mass. Wetlands Protection Act regulations state that “any project on a coastal beach … shall not have an adverse effect by […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Long-Term Rental Registration
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Rolling Ahead on DPW
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Aug. 10 Council […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Wastewater at Lawrence Hill
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
Select Board and Nauset Beach
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details. All meetings are […]
HEALTH CARE
Mobile Anti-Abortion Center Is Coming to the Cape
The move follows the opening of a Hyannis clinic offering medication abortions
The operators of a mobile “pregnancy resource center” plan to open its doors on Cape Cod later this summer, according to Joe Meeks, cochair of the Harwich-based Cape Cod Pro-Life […]
PARAMEDICS
2 Fire Departments Staffing Up Ahead of Schedule
With LCAA phasing out over three years, Provincetown and Truro are going in-house
Staffing up is the focus as the complex transition from the 86-year-old Lower Cape Ambulance Association to in-house emergency medical services in Provincetown and Truro gets underway. At the end […]
HOUSING
Walsh Committee Readies Plan for Fall Town Meeting
A website, surveys, and tables at the dump for gathering last-minute input
TRURO — The 70-acre Walsh property, which has been in the town’s possession since 2019, has been sitting in limbo on the eastern side of Route 6 since it was […]
CONFLICT WITH THE PARK
Parking at Nauset Light Causes Rift Between Eastham and NPS
Select board says the Park Service is violating their 2022 agreement on the beaches
EASTHAM — The select board and Town Administrator Jacqui Beebe are demanding that the National Park Service allow Eastham residents full access to the parking lot at Nauset Light Beach, […]
NO EXIT
Truro Stands By Closure of Truro Motor Inn
Board of health and select board begin discussion of the property’s future
TRURO — A month after Nicholas and Angela Rose and their two children became the last residents to be evicted from the Truro Motor Inn, the town released a statement […]
