Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, […]
Civics
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Test Kits on the Way
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. 13 Cultural […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Dredging It Up
All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Vaunted Vault
Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
WATCHDOG WATCH
Should Finance Committees Have Oversight Authority?
Some finance professionals say volunteer committee members aren’t qualified
Wellfleet Finance Committee Chair Fred Magee says that the town’s financial crisis is motivating his committee to try to take on a “radically different” role in town management and oversight. […]
HOUSING
As Rooms Tax Booms, Budget Decision Looms
Provincetown Select Board has $4.7 million to parcel out
PROVINCETOWN — At its first meeting of the new year, Provincetown’s select board will have a pleasant problem on its agenda: more money than it expected. With $2.2 million in […]
TOWN FINANCES
Eastham Likely to Need Budget Override, Says Bienvenue
Proposition 2½ makes it harder to keep pace with inflation pressures
EASTHAM –– Property taxes are projected to rise by 3.48 percent in fiscal 2023 (or $177 for a property of average assessed value), Finance Director Rich Bienvenue told the select […]
THAT $41 MILLION
County Government Prepares to Distribute ARPA ‘Pot of Gold’
Water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure are officials’ top priorities
Money from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is already flowing into most cities and towns across Massachusetts. But not on Cape Cod. That’s because most of the county […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
St. Mary’s Saturday Lunches
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
In Search of Test Kits
All meetings in Truro are remote only. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. 6 […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Hall Office Hours Reduced
All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Juice Stand Opens
Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
WELLFLEET WOES
Tracking the Tangled Web of Town Finances
Looking back on Wellfleet’s fiscal annus horribilis
WELLFLEET — The town’s interim administrator and accountants like to refer to the journals and records they are working to make sense of as a “ball of yarn” that is […]
GROUNDWORK
Life in the Slow Lane on Route 6 in Eastham
‘Community’ is the operative word as plans are laid for the town’s future
EASTHAM — If you hadn’t been paying such close attention, you might not know how much has changed on Route 6 in Eastham this year. The cars still barrel along, […]
COVID-19
Scouting Out Rapid, At-Home Covid Tests
Tips on where to find and, eventually, score a kit
The holidays brought a boom-and-bust cycle on availability of rapid, at-home Covid-19 tests. Town officials have been trying to hand out free kits to residents while pharmacies have been selling […]
