This past week’s cooler weather has slowed down the striped bass migration a bit, as water temperatures have remained steady in the mid-40s, short of that 50-degree mark we need […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Keepers Reach Canal and South Coast
Captains wait for news of this year’s Covid safety protocols
Striped bass continue to swim northward at an earlier than usual pace. Keeper-size bass have reportedly been caught at the Cape Cod Canal, on the south coast of Massachusetts, and […]
INCLUSIONARY ZONING
Bradford St. Condos Get OK From Planning Board
The 12-unit complex will include two ‘affordable’ units
PROVINCETOWN — A condominium development that initially faced significant resistance from neighbors got the go-ahead at an April 22 planning board meeting. The board granted a special permit to Jay […]
HOUSING
Abutter Joins Lawsuit Against Cloverleaf
Other plaintiffs live far away, with questionable standing
TRURO — Christine Maxwell says she should have been the first, not the last, to sign onto a lawsuit appealing the zoning board’s granting of a comprehensive permit for an […]
CANNABUSINESS
New Pot Shop Flouted Host Community Agreement
But select board did not enforce ownership change provision
WELLFLEET — A new cannabis dispensary called Terps is expected to open next month at the intersection of Route 6 and Cove Road in the Cove Corner building, right next […]
HAPPY CAMPERS
Two Summer Programs for LGBTQ Youth Make Plans to Resume
Closing the ‘disconnect’ across the spectrum of gender and racial identities
PROVINCETOWN — After last summer’s shutdowns and shifts, Camp Lightbulb and Summer of Sass are both coming back to town this summer. For both programs, the hope is to provide […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Striped Bass Are on the Way Early
Circle hooks will reduce released fish fatalities, but what about jigs that come with Js?
Spring in New England has come upon us in its usual manic fashion, vacillating between howling, cold, damp nor’easters and beautiful, warm, summer-like days. But the trend this spring has […]
ANALYSIS
In Season Now: The Other Housing Crisis
With fewer rentals available, businesses ask how to house seasonal workers
PROVINCETOWN — The lack of affordable and available year-round housing is a crisis on the Outer Cape, but at least it’s one for which communities have tools — from federal […]
AQUACULTURE
License for Neglected Nauset Marsh Grant Is Revoked
The 2-acre shellfish bed ‘needs to be used’
EASTHAM — A two-acre aquaculture grant in Nauset Marsh that has gone largely untended for several years will be offered to new stewards. At its April 5 meeting, the select […]
DEMAND & DEMAND
Businesses Foresee Huge Season Ahead
But lack of housing for staff is a looming crisis
PROVINCETOWN — Cape Cod’s business and political leaders say the stars are aligning for a record-breaking “biggest season ever” for summer tourism. A third of Americans have already received one […]
AFTERMATH
Kline House Cash Pays Walsh Land Interest
Select board wants ‘freedom’ to direct future use of settlement money
TRURO — When the drawn-out legal battle over a modern mansion on Stephens Way ended in 2016 with a settlement giving the town $3 million, it was called “dirty money” […]
INFRASTRUCTURE
Eastham Water Hookups Hit 1,500 Mark
System revenues will now cover annual operating costs
EASTHAM — The Water Dept. has reached a milestone of sorts, with 1,500 completed or pending connections to the town water system — enough hookups to cover the department’s annual […]
CANNABUSINESS
New Marijuana Business Hatching in Truro
Wellfleet and Eastham retailers are hoping to grow locally
TRURO — The owners of two planned cannabis retail shops, the Piping Plover in Wellfleet and the Salty Farmers in Eastham, are negotiating a community host agreement to grow and […]
STIMULUS
$41 Million in Covid Relief Headed to County
Federal rescue plan is a boon to state and towns
PROVINCETOWN — The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which President Biden signed into law on March 11, will siphon a lot of money to Cape Cod’s local governments in the […]
DEATHCARE
Like Other Businesses, Outer Cape Funeral Homes Adapt
But some worry, too, as grief goes online or on hold
PROVINCETOWN — Funeral home directors are the last responders on the frontline of the pandemic. And the national news has brought troubling images of overburdened funeral homes in the hardest-hit […]
