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 […]
AQUACULTURE
Selects Give Chair a Boost
DeVasto’s shellfish grant extension subject to constable’s inspection
WELLFLEET — The select board voted 4-0 on March 23 to approve Chair Michael DeVasto’s request that his two-acre aquaculture grant be enlarged by 1.3 acres, on two conditions: that […]
reopening
Cape Cod National Seashore
Bonfires, lifeguards coming back
Beach fires will be returning to the Cape Cod National Seashore this summer, according to park Supt. Brian Carlstrom. “We anticipate standing up our fire permits program again this year […]
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., […]
SHOP-SHIFTING
Provincetown’s Retail Sector Gets Clean Bill of Health
Some locations have shuffled, but vacancies are few
PROVINCETOWN — An early and persistent fear about the pandemic was that small businesses in town would tumble, and Commercial Street would end up lined with shuttered storefronts. Another worry […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Wellfleet’s Big Plan Goes Out for Bids
Proposed wastewater system would boost watershed protection
WELLFLEET — The largest affordable housing initiative in the town’s history reached a milestone last week with the select board’s unanimous approval on March 9 of a request for proposals […]
CLOVERLEAF
More Plaintiffs Sign On to Fight Truro Housing
Opponents appear to seek delay with a lawsuit that’s unlikely to be won
TRURO — The attorney for property owners suing the developer of the 39-unit Cloverleaf project and the Truro Zoning Board of Appeals has added 13 plaintiffs to the suit filed […]
COST OF BOATING
Wellfleet Marina Fees to Go Up 15%
Increases will be phased in over 3 years
WELLFLEET — Marina mooring and slip fees will increase by 15 percent over the next three years, but commercial slip holders will get an additional year to prepare for the […]
