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 […]
Next Generation
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 […]
HOUSING CRISIS
Four Eastham Properties on Housing Roster
Thrift shop, motel, and Delgizzi condos would add to affordable stock
EASTHAM — The town could soon gain up to eight units of affordable or “workforce” housing, thanks to two sale agreements and two property takings for nonpayment of taxes. Town […]
LABOR RELATIONS
Stop & Shop Union Negotiations Are Underway
Regaining hazard pay is on many employees’ minds
PROVINCETOWN — Hazard pay is top of mind for members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union Local 328 as they negotiate their new contract with Stop […]
CIVICS CLASS
Nauset High Students Learn to Be Citizens
Former students of ‘Mr. Mac’ get ready for digital-age democracy
EASTHAM — Taking a civics course isn’t a graduation requirement at Nauset Regional High School (NRHS), but graduates of Michael McNamara’s civics and government course say it is helping them […]
SUPERINTENDENT SELECTED
Brooke Clenchy Chosen to Lead Nauset Schools
The current interim sees ‘so much goodness and good work we can do’
ORLEANS — Expressing strong support for the candidate who has served as interim superintendent for the last seven months, school authorities chose Brooke Clenchy to be the next long-term occupant […]
TAX EXEMPT
Select Board Tables Residential Tax Exemption Until 2023
The only Outer Cape town without the exemption will wait
EASTHAM — Nonresidents now own more than half the homes here, but the select board has decided it is not yet time to adopt the residential tax exemption (RTE). On […]
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
The Anatomy of a Peer-Reviewed Study
Reporting on local government, I lean on public records — meeting recordings, press releases, select board packets — to fact-check things I hear over the phone. Back on my home turf, […]
TOWN FINANCE
Wellfleet Voters Will Face $750K Override
Local receipts can’t go to housing efforts, other departments
WELLFLEET — At the upcoming April town meeting, voters will be asked to approve a Proposition 2½ override of $750,000 to fund last year’s budget shortfalls and maintain town services […]
ELECTIONS
Two Candidates Seek D.A. Post
Carey and Galibois want to replace the veteran Michael O’Keefe
BARNSTABLE — After almost 20 years in office, Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe will step down when his current term ends in January 2023, and, so far, two […]
BOOK REVIEW
In Unthinkable, Memory Is Vital
A year later, Jamie Raskin reckons with his son’s suicide and the Jan. 6 insurrection
Congressman Jamie Raskin’s new memoir is about surviving the end of his world, and a warning about preventing the end of ours. On Dec. 31, 2020, his brilliant and empathetic […]
