Meetings are held remotely. Go to truro-ma.gov, click on the meeting you want to watch, and open its agenda for instructions on how to watch or take part online. Thursday, April 29 Climate […]
Civics
This Week In Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen and click on the meeting you’re interested in to find information […]
This Week In Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to read its agenda and find information on how to view and take part […]
RE-USE
Modern Business Can Co-Exist With History
‘These buildings have a story to tell’
WELLFLEET — Mac Hay was standing at the sushi bar in his restaurant, Mac’s Shack, on Duck Creek. In the quiet of a preseason day, he paused to run his […]
This Week In Provincetown
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Thursday, April 22 Public Pier Corp. Board, 2 p.m. Planning Board, 6 p.m. Monday, April 26 […]
This Week In Truro
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to truro-ma.gov, click on the meeting you want to watch, and open its agenda for instructions on how to watch or take part online. Thursday, April 22 Climate […]
This Week In Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen and click on the meeting you’re interested in for its agenda […]
This Week In Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to read its agenda and find information on how to view and take part […]
TRANSPARENCY
Broadbent Cut Budgets at Will, Department Heads Charge
‘We didn’t cut anything,’ says town administrator
WELLFLEET — With seven weeks until this year’s annual town meeting, the fiscal 2022 operating budget proposed by Town Administrator Maria Broadbent and Town Accountant Heather Michaud shows a $331,000 […]
OLD RELIABLE
Tweaked Waterfront Hotel Plan Faces Uphill Fight
Lawsuit on hold while Barker goes before Provincetown planners again
PROVINCETOWN — The future of the disintegrating Old Reliable Fish House property on the Commercial Street waterfront will once again be in the hands of the planning and zoning boards, […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Voters to Be Asked for $3.5M to Fix Court Street Flooding
The town budget is up 8.2 percent; schools ask 18 percent more
PROVINCETOWN — Dept. of Public Works Director Rich Waldo said it is possible to fix the flooding that has for decades impeded pedestrians, harmed businesses, and damaged cars at the […]
CLEAR-CUT CASE
Before the ZBA, Great White Realty Is Now 0-3
Special permits for an excavating operation are denied
WELLFLEET — “The zoning board is a good board,” said attorney Ben Zehnder in an April 6 interview with the Independent. “Next meeting, I’m sure the board will do the […]
THE SELECT BOARD RACE
Oriana Conklin Wants to Solve a ‘Crisis of Community’
‘Our voices aren’t being heard’
PROVINCETOWN — Oriana Conklin, 30, is running as a first-time candidate for select board. She believes she can bring some much-needed perspective: if elected, she said, she would be the […]
THE SELECT BOARD RACE
Leslie Sandberg Wants to Start a New Chapter
‘I can get it done’
PROVINCETOWN — Leslie Sandberg has ideas to address the town’s housing crisis: dedicate to housing a portion of the short-term rental tax that currently goes into the general fund and […]
THE SELECT BOARD RACE
Lise King: ‘I Love Doing the Work’
The incumbent says she’s just hitting her stride
PROVINCETOWN — In the three-way race for a single seat on Provincetown’s select board, Lise King, 56, is the incumbent. Her argument for a second term is that she loves […]