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EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Preschool Funding
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. Meetings are […]
DUNE SHACK LEASES
Two Oversight Agencies Could Halt Park Service’s RFP Plan
But so far, neither agency appears to be willing to take action
PROVINCETOWN — The National Park Service has not responded to Provincetown and Truro, whose select boards have both asked for the suspension of the current request for proposals from bidders […]
HOUSING
Napi’s Tenants Are Again Facing Eviction
A tenant’s lawyer says eviction letter is ‘retaliatory and clearly illegal’
PROVINCETOWN — Two years after the new owners of Napi’s Restaurant evicted at least seven former employees from restaurant-owned housing, current tenants of those units continue to face the threat […]
HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION
Senate Budget Could Add $7.2M to Nauset Building Project Funding
Cyr wants to unlock ‘millionaire’s tax’ money for school construction, but green schools is a competing priority
EASTHAM — If the state Senate’s budget proposal for fiscal 2024 makes it through negotiations with the House this month unscathed, the Nauset Regional High School renovation project will receive […]
VITALS
After 2 Years, Truro’s Town Clerk Departs Silently
With no clerk, the town is unable to issue marriage, death, or birth certificates
TRURO — After serving two years as town clerk, Kaci Fullerton packed up and moved out of her town hall office on Friday, May 26, her last day of work. […]
THE ELEMENTS
Outer Cape Bus Stops Leave Riders Exposed
There are some 30 bus stops on the Outer Cape, and about three-quarters of them don’t have any kind of shelter from the rain or wind. Several stops don’t even […]
CAMPGROUND BLUES
Wellfleet Hollow Is a Sometime Thing, Again
DCR blames staffing but won’t let workers camp onsite
This article was updated with new information on June 9, 2023. WELLFLEET — Those looking to book a cheap woodsy getaway this summer at Wellfleet Hollow State Campground will encounter […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Designing Shank Painter Road
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TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
A Fall Town Meeting
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, June 8 Board […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Maurice’s Beach Stickers Stay Seasonal
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EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Don’t Do That to Your Beach Sticker
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. Meetings are […]
WELLFLEET HOUSING
Staffing Crisis Puts Maurice’s Planning on Hold
Resignation of assistant town administrator is latest blow to town’s capacity
WELLFLEET — Bids on a master plan for housing at Maurice’s Campground were supposed to be due on June 21, and interest in the project was strong. But the committee […]
LAND USE
Private Family Burial Plot Sold With Developable Lot
Records on gravesite of African-American family disappear from new deed
PROVINCETOWN — When local developer Thomas Tannariello purchased the land at 24 Conwell St. from the estate of Sherrill Watkins for $2.5 million in January, he knew it had an […]
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Truro Board Joins Opposition to Dune Shack Plan
Park Service’s lease terms negate years of public planning, say critics
TRURO — This town’s select board has joined Provincetown’s in objecting to the Request for Proposals the National Park Service issued on May 1 to invite bids on 10-year leases […]
