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TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Walsh Property Update
Walsh Property Update
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, July 28 Habitat […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Free Cash Goalposts Moved
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Easement Approval
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 […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ZBA Kicks Off Review of ‘Long Pond Village’
Solar panels and a design inspired by modernism in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — The zoning board of appeals began its formal review of the long-planned 95 Lawrence Road affordable housing project on July 14. For the first time, the developers, Preservation […]
WATERFRONT
Rebuild of Schooner Hindu Hits Halfway Mark
Two winters down and two to go on restoration project
PROVINCETOWN — For almost 70 years, the Schooner Hindu has carried tourists and locals alike through Provincetown Harbor, her afternoon voyages and sunset trips offering glimpses of a time when […]
TRIGGERED
Police Chiefs Ask for ‘Active Shooter’ Training
Cape Cod Law Enforcement Council seeks $250,000 from county
BARNSTABLE — Running toward a gunman armed with a high-powered automatic weapon during the chaos of a mass shooting invites almost certain death. Yet that is exactly what is expected […]
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Hospital Expansion Could Trigger Abortion Access Review
The Dept. of Public Health could put pressure on Cape Cod Healthcare
HYANNIS — A proposed $137-million expansion of Cape Cod Hospital could potentially be held up or denied by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health (DPH) because the hospital’s parent organization, […]
BIKE SAFETY
Charges Follow Route 6 Hit and Run
Driver says he ‘should have stopped’ to check on cyclist
TRURO — Thomas Hurley, 63, of East Falmouth was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and negligent operation of a motor vehicle on July 12 following a collision […]
WATER QUALITY
Major Septic System Rule Changes May Be Ahead
Systems near ponds and bays would need upgrades
WELLFLEET — The state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing major changes to Title 5 that, if adopted, could force home owners near sensitive bodies of water to upgrade […]
HOUSING
Units Are for Sale at 30 Shank Painter — Again
Several sales fell through during long court delay
PROVINCETOWN — Sales of the eight new condominiums at 30 Shank Painter Road were going briskly last fall — which was good news for the developers, who had undertaken 16 […]
WORK
Housing Assistance Corp. Offers 40 Caregivers a Rental Subsidy
The program will pay $450 per month for two years
Forty much-needed child-care workers will be offered a stopgap response for the low pay and high rents they face here on the Cape when a new program of rent subsidies […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 19 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Big Stripers and Elusive Blues
A look at the rules for cod fishing, squidding boats, and dogs
Striped bass fishing remains very good, with charter boats and party fishing boats all reporting excellent catches almost every day. The fish remain solidly camped from the twin hills behind […]
REGULATION
Planning Board Still Split on Seashore House
Coast Guard Road hearing is now in its fourth month
TRURO — The plan for the house and pool house that would replace the cottage colony at 17 Coast Guard Road was trimmed from 5,100 square feet to 4,760 square […]
