PROVINCETOWN — Select board member Lise King, 56, will have two challengers in the May 11 annual town election. Leslie Sandberg, 58, a partner in the communications firm Rose, Sandberg […]
Civics
ON THE WATERFRONT
Gribbin and Colton Get Pier Corp. Seats
Select board urges delay of dockage fee hikes
PROVINCETOWN — The select board has appointed the owner of a fishing business and a former town administrator now living in Provincetown to the board of the Public Pier Corp., […]
TRURO ELECTION
All Seats Are Uncontested
Dundas will replace Worthington on select board
TRURO — There are no contested races for the 11 town board seats up for election this spring, and no candidates on the ballot at all for two of those […]
SPACES
As Stellwagen Visitor Center Takes Shape, Selects Take Notice
Board asks if enough public feedback has been heard
PROVINCETOWN — A sleeper project since 2016, the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center burst into the limelight on March 8 when the select board recommended a 9,500-square-foot building […]
THE NEW MANAGER
Alex Morse Believes Connection Is What Makes Government Work
Fed up with campaigns, he’s hungry for the ‘meat and potatoes of governing’
PROVINCETOWN — Alex Morse will have been mayor of Holyoke for just over nine years when he resigns at the end of March to take up his new job as […]
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, March 25 Water & Sewer Board, 1 p.m. Pier Corp., 2 p.m. Select Board, 5 […]
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, March 25 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 to open its […]
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 […]
IMMIGRATION
Efforts Mount to End Sheriff’s Deal With ICE
Lawmakers and civil rights lawyers work to scrap 287(g) agreements
Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings continues to defend his partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as political and legal moves to overturn the controversial agreements, which deputize local […]
THE DRAWING BOARD
Petition Seeks Elected ZBA, Health Board
Weinstein: it’s the ‘usual suspects’ who oppose affordable housing
TRURO — The signers of two petitioned articles that will be on the June 26 annual town meeting warrant want the zoning board of appeals and the board of health […]
ON THE WATERFRONT
New Harbormaster Office Plans Move Forward
Ways to reduce cost of construction are sought
EASTHAM — The plan for a new harbormaster’s office and site improvements at Rock Harbor is scheduled to begin the permitting process next month, with hearings set for April 13 […]
TOWN FINANCE
Audit Finds ‘Major Deficiencies’ in Wellfleet Accounts
The good news: Top rating for the town’s bonds
WELLFLEET — Auditors have discovered “several major deficiencies in the town’s financial and accounting activities which will require immediate mitigation measures to correct,” Town Administrator Maria Broadbent reported to the […]
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, March 18 Board of Health, 4 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m. Monday, March […]
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, March 18 Climate […]
