TRURO — In an effort to stem the loss of residential property from the year-round housing stock, three Outer Cape towns are considering the adoption of an additional fee on […]
LABOR
Stop & Shop Workers Ratify New Contract
Four-year pact is approved by 98 percent of attending employees
PROVINCETOWN — After three months of negotiations, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 328 secured a four-year agreement for Stop & Shop employees on Feb. 27. The […]
ECONOMY
E.U. Markets Reopen to Outer Cape’s Shellfish
The benefit to local growers will come slowly
WELLFLEET — Shellfish from Outer Cape Cod may soon make its way to Europe again after a 12-year hiatus. What that means for local growers is not yet clear, but so […]
CONTRACTS
Wellfleet Couple Says Builder Swindled Them
Laws addressing contractor fraud do not offer much protection
WELLFLEET — John and Ella Grannis retired from their small bookselling business in Montclair, N.J. in 2019 and moved to the Outer Cape to renovate a family summer cottage. Now, […]
HOUSING
Truro’s ‘Little Jamaica’ to Become Worker Housing
Some of the Prince of Whales’s 26 units may be used for vacation rentals
TRURO — Before Covid-19, summer evenings at 104 Shore Road hummed with restaurant-goers at Terra Luna, and, later in the night, seasonal workers would return to the clapboard cottages on […]
DELINQUENTS
Delgizzis Must Shape Up, Says Housing Court
Landlords ordered to relocate tenants at illegal inn ‘ASAP’
TRURO — David and Carolyn Delgizzi of Weston, owners of the Truro Motor Inn, were rebuked by a judge at a Feb. 9 contempt hearing and ordered to find and […]
TOWN FINANCE
Wellfleet’s Bond Rating at Risk in Accounting Quagmire
Free cash certification now depends on town’s same-old auditors
WELLFLEET — As April town meeting approaches, time is running out for the town to sort through its financial disarray. The Mass. Dept. of Revenue (DOR) has informed the town […]
WHITEOUTS AND BLACKOUTS
Blizzard Review: Power to the Outermost People
Eversource’s long-awaited battery backup system is promised by summer
PROVINCETOWN — The first large-scale battery backup system on Cape Cod is set to go online in Provincetown this summer. When it does, according to electric utility officials, power outages […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Buy Down Pairs Generous Seller With Grateful Buyer
Wellfleet’s 12-year effort has yielded 9 hard-won sales
WELLFLEET — Nancy Lange wanted to sell her vacation house in Wellfleet to a local family instead of to the highest bidder. So, she agreed to sell her three-bedroom, one-bath […]
DEVELOPMENT
12 New Condos Proposed for Nelson Avenue
2 units would be affordable under Provincetown's inclusionary bylaw
PROVINCETOWN — Local developer Thomas Tannariello wants to build 12 condominium units on a .58-acre lot on Nelson Avenue. Two units would be deed-restricted as affordable dwellings. Tannariello’s company, Tri-T, […]
TRURO HOUSING
Long-Pending ‘Cloverleaf’ Plan Will Move Forward
With court date and bond requirement looming, lawsuit is settled
TRURO — A roadblock preventing progress on building a rental housing development here has been removed. The Truro Zoning Board of Appeals and affordable housing developer Community Housing Resource of […]
HOUSING CRISIS
Four Eastham Properties on Housing Roster
Thrift shop, motel, and Delgizzi condos would add to affordable stock
EASTHAM — The town could soon gain up to eight units of affordable or “workforce” housing, thanks to two sale agreements and two property takings for nonpayment of taxes. Town […]
PRESERVATION
Housing Is Top Priority for Truro CPC Funds
Committee recommends spending $780,000 of the $1.6 million available
TRURO — Housing is this year’s top priority for the community preservation committee (CPC), which plans to recommend that annual town meeting voters allocate $440,000 to efforts related to affordable […]
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
School Playground, Housing Are Top Priorities for Funding
Committee holds back because of town’s financial crisis
WELLFLEET — The top priority for the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) in the upcoming funding cycle has been the Wellfleet Elementary School playground. Members of the group plan to recommend […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Wellfleet First Town on Cape to Use Police Body Cameras
Chief Hurley says aim is to ‘de-escalate’ interactions
WELLFLEET — The second smallest municipal police department on the Cape has become the first in the county to outfit all its officers with body cameras. Wellfleet town meeting voters […]
