ORLEANS — The Outer Cape has its wild cranberry patches, hidden in the dunes and alongside ponds. But it takes a road trip to Orleans to find a cultivated bog. […]
Local Journalism Project
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
At the Scene
It’s 9:40 a.m. Tuesday (deadline day) when an email comes from my editor. “This just came in. Can you get the story?” he asks. Attached is an email from a […]
ECONOMY
Babe’s, a ‘Museum Restaurant,’ Loses Its License
Business that opens for just a few days a year is deemed ‘non-functioning’
TRURO — The owner of Babe’s Restaurant and Bakery at 65 Shore Road was denied a renewal of its seasonal common victualer license by the select board on Nov. 16 after […]
WANTS AND NEEDS
T-Time Plans: Housing and a Community Center
A town meeting vote on the final plan is still 18 months away
EASTHAM — The T-Time Development Committee is attempting to do it all. Its final recommendations for use of the 11-acre former driving range on Route 6 include housing for those […]
RECOVERY
Four Days Later, the Carrabassett Is Floated off Longnook Beach
Why it ran aground and what its removal will cost are still unknowns
TRURO — “There was a burst of spontaneous applause as the boat started to move,” said Brewster photographer and artist Steve Kennedy, who was among about 100 people at Longnook […]
SCHOOLS
The Ups and Downs of the Truro Sixth Grade Question
Small-school benefits versus social and academic issues
TRURO — When Caroline Townsend was finishing fifth grade at Truro Central School (TCS) in 2012, her parents asked her which sixth grade option she preferred: board the bus for Nauset […]
HANGOUTS
At the Eastham Elks Lodge, Community and Charity Meat
Fish fries, bingo, and raffles that raise thousands for local organizations
EASTHAM –– Last Friday evening a dozen Elks galloped in and out of the kitchen of Lodge #2572 as they prepared the weekly fish fry. On the other side of […]
NEW COMPANY AT FAWC
Fine Arts Work Center Welcomes Its 2021-2022 Fellows
20 visual artists and writers take up residence in Provincetown
Nineteen writing and visual arts fellows arrived last month at the Fine Arts Work Center for seven-month residencies in Provincetown. One more fellow, Ellen Akimoto, is in Germany dealing with […]
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Rot Puts a Bump in Plan to Fix Lieutenant Island Bridge
Residents face a spate of scheduling challenges
WELLFLEET — William Huss, the president of the Lieutenant Island Association, got an urgent call from DPW Director Jay Norton on Oct. 29. Coastal Engineering, the contractor making long-planned repairs […]
FISCAL CRISIS
DOR’s ‘Plan B’ Enables Wellfleet to Send Fall Tax Bills
FY2022 tax rate set at $7.78; short-term borrowing may be needed
WELLFLEET — After telling the select board on Nov. 2 that property tax bills could not go out this fall, interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner returned a week later with […]
HANDSOME ROOTS
When Turnips Were King in Eastham
How Art Nickerson saved the town’s tasty tuber
EASTHAM — One hundred eleven years ago, the sandy fields of Eastham yielded 10,710 bushels of turnips, more than every other town from Provincetown to Yarmouth combined. When local farmers […]
SECRET PLACES
Collecting Rubies in the Sand
In the Province Lands, a bog for berries and reflection
The greens, golds, pinks, and reds of just a few weeks ago have given way to a sepia-toned world, awash in amber, russet, and ash. I pull up to my […]
CIVICS
Benten Niggel Resigns From Eastham School Committee
The committee considers matter of drug accusation 'closed'
EASTHAM –– Benten Niggel resigned from the Eastham Elementary School Committee on Oct. 15 after charges emerged that he had “promoted the use and sale of marijuana” to high school […]
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Truro Fire Department Survives a ‘Staffing Crisis’
But the town braces for the possible loss of Lower Cape Ambulance
TRURO — The fire and rescue dept. has weathered what town officials called a “severe staffing shortage” last month when, according to an Oct. 12 press release, the department was down […]
HOUSING PLANS
Truro and Wellfleet Will Fail to Meet Their Housing Goals
Production of affordable units falls far short of stated targets
The two Outer Cape towns with the poorest records of creating affordable housing — Truro and Wellfleet — will both surely fail to meet upcoming deadlines in their existing housing […]
