EASTHAM — Martin and Ellen Ridge plan to demolish a 976-square-foot cottage that sits on one acre at 150 Crosby Village Road overlooking Herring Pond. They want to replace it […]
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RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Motta Field Community Meeting
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Rental Assistance Program Extended
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Dec. 1 Local […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Call for Artists
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Business Facelift Finalists
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]
FOOD SERVICE
Three Community Kitchens Prepare for a Busy Winter
Shared meals target food insecurity and loneliness
TRURO — In all three of Cape Cod’s outermost towns, community kitchens have come to serve an important role in fighting off the twin worries of the off-season here: diminished […]
HOUSING
Provincetown Wants 36 Apartments at Police Station
Select board asks if some could be reserved for firefighters
PROVINCETOWN — The next step toward a new housing complex at the site of the current police station at 26 Shank Painter Road should happen in January, Town Manager Alex […]
WATER QUALITY
A ‘Hybrid’ Watershed Plan Aims to Cut Nitrogen Pollution
The Wellfleet plan relies on a new generation of septic systems
WELLFLEET — Water resources consultant Scott Horsley presented the latest Targeted Watershed Management Plan to the board of health on Nov. 9 with minimal sewerage and myriad advanced ecofriendly technologies. […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Holtec Says Regulated Contaminants Will Be Treated Away
The EPA does not regulate radionuclides
PLYMOUTH — The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has indicated it is closer to releasing radioactive wastewater from the plant’s spent fuel pool, reactor cavity, and other systems […]
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Staff Shortages and Stress Affect First Responders
Outer Cape departments face critical need but candidates are few
Staff shortages at Outer Cape fire departments and rescue squads are increasing pressure on the first responder teams who answer emergency calls. Local fire chiefs point to a dearth of […]
ECONOMY
State Passes $3.8 Billion Economic Development Bill
Funds for health care, clean energy, business; but not for workers, renters, children
Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $3.8-billion economic development bill into law on Nov. 10, about three months after the end of the legislature’s formal session. The bill directs $545 million […]
CAREERS
Wellfleet Native Elizabeth Paine Is Provincetown’s New Town Clerk
The key lesson from a varied career path: ‘You just got to get it done’
PROVINCETOWN — Elizabeth Paine, the select board’s secretary for the last five years, has been promoted to town clerk, besting 14 other candidates for the position, which pays $86,516 a […]
WINTER READY
Flying Squirrels Make Themselves at Home
One-way traps won’t do the trick, unless you block critters’ points of entry
WELLFLEET — In the five months since Carl Sussman and Laura Lubetsky first heard the scratching sounds of what turned out to be a populous colony of flying squirrels in […]
