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EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Trash Terrapin
Meetings ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
LEGENDARY
Carnival Brings a Mythic Mood to Provincetown
Local businesses and artists pair up to design floats for Thursday’s parade
PROVINCETOWN — From now through Aug. 20, expect a Commercial Street flooded with Medusas, Bigfoots, and Barbra Streisands. The theme of this year’s Provincetown Carnival, which is organized by the […]
ENVIRONMENT
Killing Weeds With Herbicides Is ‘Last Resort’
Invasive Phragmites is threat to pond ecosystems, says NPS
WELLFLEET — The National Park Service plans to treat six Outer Cape kettle ponds for the invasive weed Phragmites australis, which is threatening the ecology of Herring, Gull, and Higgins […]
RADIOACTIVITY
State Legislation to Stop Radioactive Water Release Fails
Those fighting Holtec ask the attorney general to act
PLYMOUTH — A plan to release one million gallons of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s systems into Cape Cod Bay, announced last fall by Holtec Decommissioning International, […]
FLUSHED OUT
Provincetown’s 4-Day Sewer Emergency Started With a Storm
How a blackout on Tuesday canceled dinner on Friday
PROVINCETOWN — The “sewer emergency” — a cascade of wastewater problems that shut down most of the town’s central business district for all of Aug. 11 and 12 — began […]
STATE HOUSE RACE
Peake and Stanton Face Off in Sept. 6 Democratic Primary
Their only in-person debate is Sept. 1 at 9 a.m. on public radio
PROVINCETOWN — Democrats Jack Stanton and state Rep. Sarah Peake both entered politics to take on Republican incumbents. Peake ran her first race for state representative for the seven Lower […]
TREATMENT
Mobile Methadone Clinic Gets Green Light in Wellfleet
One hurdle remains: getting a DEA license to operate
WELLFLEET — The first mobile methadone clinic on Cape Cod won the approval of the Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals and could arrive as soon as September at the parking […]
SH*T SHOW
Provincetown Businesses Lose Out During Sewer Snafu
But tourists have returned for Carnival week
PROVINCETOWN — Every day is showtime for restaurants. The curtain goes up when the doors open. But just minutes after Café Heaven owner Quinn Taylor had seated the first 25 […]
JOURNALISM
Gannett, Hit by Losses, Begins New Round of Layoffs
‘No staffing changes will be made’ on the Cape, says the company
The Gannett Company — the nation’s largest newspaper chain and the owner of the Provincetown Banner, the Cape Codder, and the Cape Cod Times — reported a second-quarter 2022 loss […]
ZONING
ZBA Is Ordered to Reconsider Proposed Lieutenant Island House
Judge deems Wellfleet bylaw on houses destroyed by catastrophe ‘unreasonable’
WELLFLEET — A plan for a two-story house on the outer shore of Lieutenant Island is expected to come back before the Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals now that a […]
CAMP OUT
Staff Shortage Limits Campground to Three Days a Week
The DCR’s late-June decision left Wellfleet Hollow campers in the lurch
WELLFLEET — A simple, affordable escape to the natural beauty of Outer Cape Cod grows ever more elusive as real estate and rental prices skyrocket. And Wellfleet Hollow State Campground, […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Fish Flee the Cool Front
After a thunderstorm, runoff heads for the harbor
Fishing had a major reversal this week, as a fall-like weather pattern with stiff north and northeast winds and cooler temperatures took hold. This followed the mother of all thunderstorms, […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 16 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Spotter Plane to Join Swim for Life
Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to […]
