Meetings Ahead 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 agenda. That document […]
Civics
This Week In Eastham
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on a particular meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take […]
TOWN MEETING
Cloverleaf Foes Question Funds for Housing
Transfers to affordable housing trust are ultimately approved
TRURO — It was a short but not sweet town meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26. All 17 warrant articles passed, the weather was balmy, and 243 people (or 12 percent […]
TOWN MEETING
Eastham Moves Forward on Family Support
Voters also approve the banning of plastics
EASTHAM — The voters were in an agreeable mood at last Saturday’s town meeting, approving every warrant article presented and agreeing to postpone two. Three of the adopted articles will […]
TRUE CRIME
Vandalism, Alcohol Blemish Weekend Perfection
Bad art, boneheaded arguments, a car accident, and a lot of expletives
WELLFLEET — An employee at Bay Sails Marine on Route 6 was flushing out his boat Saturday evening at the end of a beautiful late September day when he noticed […]
CONNECTIVITY
Five Towns Force Comcast to Expand Broadband Access
New deal with the cable company is called ‘revolutionary’
TRURO — More residents in areas currently without broadband service will soon be able to get connected, following a breakthrough in negotiations with Comcast — though exactly how many will […]
ROOTS
Eastham Turnip Festival Goes Virtual
Celebrating the town’s agricultural history in new ways
EASTHAM — The Outer Cape’s annual fall festivals have all taken a hit during 2020, thanks to Covid-19. “What’s next?” you might be asking. “No Eastham Turnip Festival this year?” […]
CIVICS
Truro Wants Coloradan to Be Town Manager
Tangeman says special forces career made him a social diplomat
TRURO — After heaping praise on Darrin Tangeman, 46, a former Green Beret with municipal and medical experience, the select board on Sept. 22 unanimously picked him to be the […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Warrant Articles on Housing and Flood Prevention Face Voters
Funds for Harbor Hill and Ryder Street dune to be considered
PROVINCETOWN — Like much of the summer season this year, town meeting in Provincetown is going to arrive later, leaner, and al fresco. Originally scheduled for early April, at the […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet OK’s Water Main and Firefighters
Officials hit a home run at first-ever outdoor town meeting
WELLFLEET — Standing on the pitcher’s mound at the Wellfleet Elementary School ballfield, Moderator Dan Silverman pitched a no-hitter on Sept. 12, with voters approving all the articles that came […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Eastham Will Vote on Family Support and Water System Fund
The town’s operating budget is down by one percent
EASTHAM — The warrant for the Sept. 26 annual town meeting has arrived in mailboxes and is now available on the town’s website at eastham-ma.gov. Voters will be asked to […]
POLICING, PART 3
In Seashore Policing, Racial Bias Is off the Radar
Armed rangers make mostly traffic stops, with no race data collected
As U.S. police forces face a reckoning, issues of transparency and racial equity are on the table at the State House in Boston. A conference committee works on a bill […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Wellfleet Voters Will Be Asked to Spend $23 Million
One big budget increase was for porta-potties
WELLFLEET — The annual town meeting is set to kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, five months after it was initially postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
ADMINISTRATION
Truro Hopes No. 4 Is the Charm
Select board passes over Sean O’Brien again for town manager job
TRURO — After Robert Wood, the top town manager candidate, and the select board could not agree on salary and benefits, the board met on Sept. 4 to weigh its […]
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
State Flag and Seal Question Is on Wellfleet, Truro Warrants
Critics call the coat of arms an emblem of white supremacy
For more than 100 years, Massachusetts has used as its state seal a colonial swordsman’s disembodied arm brandished over a Native American. The same coat of arms has also been […]
