WELLFLEET — Former Provincetown Police Detective Meredith Lobur began her new job as assistant harbormaster in Wellfleet on July 13, four days before being placed on a list of untrustworthy […]
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ZONING
Truro Planning Board Again Rejects Change in House-Size Limit
A proposal to eliminate special permit ‘loophole’ won’t be on warrant
TRURO — Since 2017, Truro’s zoning bylaw has included a limit on the size of large houses. But a provision in the bylaw allows homes to exceed the limit with […]
HISTORY
Archives Reveal Clues to Provincetown’s Ku Klux Klan Chapter
Thousands of Cape Codders attended KKK events during the 1920s
PROVINCETOWN — Zana Small, the first woman to register a motor vehicle in Truro. Alice Stiff, a former president of the Nautilus Club. The wives of a county commissioner, multiple […]
WORKSHOP
‘Attention Is the Beginning of Devotion’
Experiencing ‘re-wilding’ in a Castle Hill workshop
TRURO — On a reed-covered stretch of sand jutting out into Pamet Harbor, five students and their instructor dip their natural brushes — a broken-in-half reed, a corner of a […]
CLIMATE CRISIS
Lobstermen Face Hypoxia in Outer Cape Waters
Low oxygen levels linked to warmer water spell trouble for local lobsters
PROVINCETOWN — Alex Iacono, a lobsterman who says he favors lobsters and ocean solitude over people, is worried about the future of his business. Iacono, who lives in Truro and […]
MISCONDUCT
Lobur Resigns; Police Chief and D.A. Won’t Talk
Provincetown detective appears on D.A.’s list of unreliable officers
PROVINCETOWN — Longtime Detective Meredith Lobur resigned from the town’s police force on July 2, two weeks before she appeared on a list of law enforcement officers known to be […]
STATUS QUO
4 Years On, Uncertainty Lingers at Bike Path’s End
Options for Wellfleet leg of Cape Cod Rail Trail get no hearing
WELLFLEET — When the Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) proposed in 2018 to extend the Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path, it was one part of an expansive […]
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 […]
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 […]
GETTIN’ PORKY
Elks Put the Ham in Eastham
Dinner and community at the Elks Lodge annual pig roast
EASTHAM — Standing behind a row of plastic folding tables, seven Elks wearing matching black aprons are busy slicing hunks of whole roasted pig. Eighty or so onlookers keep a close […]
ENTANGLEMENT
Monofilament’s Grip Threatens Humpback Calf
CCS and IFAW are ‘regrouping’ after sedation efforts fail
PROVINCETOWN — Cape Codders have become acutely aware that whales in the Gulf of Maine face perilous struggles with ocean debris, especially discarded rope that obstructs their paths and entangles […]
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 […]
CLIMATE CHANGE
Provincetown Wants a Plan for Coping With Rising Sea Level
Learning to ‘work with water’ will be key to resiliency
PROVINCETOWN — Like all coastal areas, the Outer Cape may look unrecognizable in 2100 if worst-case sea-level rise projections — six to eight feet here — come to pass. But […]
JILL BIDEN VISITS
Provincetown’s Political Donor Class Gears Up for 2024
National candidates flock to the Outer Cape to tap its LGBTQ network
PROVINCETOWN — An air of excitement hovered over the West End last Friday afternoon. Herring Cove beachgoers cycled past black SUVs and suited men with earpieces and sunglasses. Further down […]
