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WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Three Unwise Men
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Voting Changes
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
REAL ESTATE
Stalled Collins Cove Agreement Leads to Lawsuit
Prospective buyer claims owners’ change of heart is a breach of contract
EASTHAM — Brewster businessman Gary Vecchione recently set up a social media page called Collins Cove Cottage Condos, where he announced that he plans to purchase the seven houses built […]
UNBANKED
$15-Million U.S. Grant for Stellwagen Visitor Center Is Canceled
Funds would have covered only some costs of the Provincetown facility
PROVINCETOWN — A yearslong effort to build a visitor center for the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary ended in October when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
BUCK TAG
At the Deer-Check Station, Science and Tradition Cross Paths
For one week in shotgun season, state biologists examine every deer taken in the state
ORLEANS — In the long, flat twilight of a December afternoon, two pickup trucks rolled up to the rear entrance of the Goose Hummock Shop in Orleans a few minutes […]
‘NAUSET NEWS’
The High School’s Video Teacher Passes the Baton
Katie McCully retires after 30 years of teaching and coaching
EASTHAM — English dept. head Selena King is teaching herself Final Cut Pro, the video editing program used to create Nauset News, Nauset Regional High School’s student-produced weekly news program. […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Recruiting a Police Chief
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
A ‘Big Deal’ for the Cloverleaf
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely, and live meetings usually have an online-attendance option. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Tax Bill Delay
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Bricked Chargers
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
DOWNTOWN
Bylaws Aimed at ‘Keeping the Life in Provincetown’
Boards consider zoning changes and funding for accessory dwellings
PROVINCETOWN — If an autumn evening spent in a meeting room with the select board, planning board, affordable housing council, and Year-Round Market-Rate Rental Housing Trust doesn’t sound like a […]
EARTH KEEPERS
Middle Schoolers Study Indigenous Past and Present
Farming, cooking, and time outdoors are part of ‘place-based education’
ORLEANS — A pair of place-based education classes at Nauset Regional Middle School aim to help students gain a deeper understanding of their home by putting Indigenous knowledge at the […]
RADIOACTIVITY
NRC Finds Apparent Security Violations at Pilgrim
‘Escalated enforcement action’ may be needed to protect spent fuel storage area
PLYMOUTH — Inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have found apparent violations in the security measures being used to protect the spent fuel storage area on the grounds of […]
TRURO HOUSING
Five Years of Fits and Starts for Walsh Property
A new ad hoc committee is told that water supply is the project’s next major hurdle
This article was updated on Dec. 10, 2024. TRURO — Political roadblocks, infrastructure challenges, and bureaucratic delays have kept the 69.9-acre Walsh property in a kind of limbo since Truro’s […]