TRURO — “Am I crazy?” Steve Wynne remarked to his colleagues on the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee. “We’ve never discussed this, and now we’re seeing a conceptual site plan […]
Next Generation
YARDS
Eastham Neighbors Band Together Over One Messy Yard
Town boards seem to have limited reach in cases of blight
EASTHAM — A dozen neighbors have banded together to implore the town to do something about Marjorie and Sherman Lovering’s yard. They say the couple’s property at 10 McGuerty Road […]
WATERWORKS
Eastham Looks to Protect Its Vulnerable Water Resources
Declining ponds are ‘a reflection of the bigger picture’
EASTHAM — As the municipal drinking water project nears completion, the town is gearing up to tackle its next big infrastructure challenge — what to do with its wastewater. At […]
DAY FOR UKRAINE
Making Prints for Peace
Local artists get their hands dirty to help Ukrainian refugees
A couple of Wednesdays ago, a dozen artists gathered in the Fine Arts Work Center’s printmaking studio. They had been invited to create prints and donate them to “A Day […]
FISCAL CRISIS
Wellfleet Town Meeting Delayed by Financial Pickle
Meeting is put off to June 11; 15% tax increase expected
WELLFLEET — The town’s continuing financial fiasco has now prompted the select board to postpone the annual town meeting until Saturday, June 11. The town charter requires that the annual […]
DISABILITY RIGHTS
On the Outer Cape, the ADA Doesn’t Change Much
For people with disabilities, a lack of awareness and action curbs optimism
WELLFLEET — When 84-year-old Carmen Castro had a major stroke in 2017 and needed full-time care, her daughter, Belinda, quickly stepped up, adjusting to the 24-hour routine of administering medication […]
CELTIC MUSIC
Rose Clancy’s Irresistible Irish Sessions
Fiddlers keep a 30-year-old Cape Cod tradition alive
“All it takes is two people to have an Irish session,” says fiddler Rose Clancy of Chatham, who has been hosting Celtic jam sessions in pubs and restaurants on Cape […]
ECONOMY
E.U. Markets Reopen to Outer Cape’s Shellfish
The benefit to local growers will come slowly
WELLFLEET — Shellfish from Outer Cape Cod may soon make its way to Europe again after a 12-year hiatus. What that means for local growers is not yet clear, but so […]
COVID
Schools Set Varied Dates on Going Mask-Optional
Elementary school children in Wellfleet to stay masked longest
An emotionally charged Feb. 23 meeting of all five school committees in the Nauset region ended with the members voting to relax the mask mandate that has been in effect […]
CO-EXISTENCE
Foxes Are ‘Out and About’ for Mating Season
Wildlife experts urge humans to resist interacting with wild animals
PROVINCETOWN — In winter, it’s not uncommon to see a red fox trotting down Commercial Street at dusk. Foxes here have grown used to living near humans, enticed by our […]
HOUSING
Truro’s ‘Little Jamaica’ to Become Worker Housing
Some of the Prince of Whales’s 26 units may be used for vacation rentals
TRURO — Before Covid-19, summer evenings at 104 Shore Road hummed with restaurant-goers at Terra Luna, and, later in the night, seasonal workers would return to the clapboard cottages on […]
CIVICS
Eastham House Demolished Illegally
Home owner could be barred from rebuilding for two years
EASTHAM — The owners of a historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Craftsman house on Nan’s Way recently demolished their bayside cottage without permission. The 787-square-foot home was built in 1936, […]
LEARNING
Student Journalists Learn to Stay Curious
At Cape Tech’s newspaper, students report on everything from sports to the pandemic
HARWICH — While some students may have landed in Scott Dalton’s journalism class by accident, they don’t regret it. Jacob DeFrancesco, a Cape Cod Regional Technical High School junior studying […]
DELINQUENTS
Delgizzis Must Shape Up, Says Housing Court
Landlords ordered to relocate tenants at illegal inn ‘ASAP’
TRURO — David and Carolyn Delgizzi of Weston, owners of the Truro Motor Inn, were rebuked by a judge at a Feb. 9 contempt hearing and ordered to find and […]
RIGHTS
‘Archaic’ Policy Restricts Gay Men From Donating Blood
Warren and Markey call for end to donation ban in a national blood shortage
PROVINCETOWN — In need of a kidney transplant, Provincetown resident Bo Harris discovered that a rule blocked many of his friends from donating blood to show their support for him […]
