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WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Shellfish Farmers Market Returns
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Fortified Food Exchange
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 […]
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Rot Puts a Bump in Plan to Fix Lieutenant Island Bridge
Residents face a spate of scheduling challenges
WELLFLEET — William Huss, the president of the Lieutenant Island Association, got an urgent call from DPW Director Jay Norton on Oct. 29. Coastal Engineering, the contractor making long-planned repairs […]
FISCAL CRISIS
DOR’s ‘Plan B’ Enables Wellfleet to Send Fall Tax Bills
FY2022 tax rate set at $7.78; short-term borrowing may be needed
WELLFLEET — After telling the select board on Nov. 2 that property tax bills could not go out this fall, interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner returned a week later with […]
CLOVERLEAF APPEAL
Truro Housing Plaintiffs Ordered to Post $25,000 Bond
Judge’s ruling may be first under new provision of Housing Choice Act
TRURO — In what could be the first use of a new provision in the Housing Choice Act, a state Land Court judge has ordered residents appealing the town’s permitting […]
SAL'S PLACE V. CONNORS
Judge Recognizes State Ownership of Intertidal Zone
Reversal means Carew may not have to pay fines and attorney fees
PROVINCETOWN — The owner of Sal’s Place may not have to pay $78,499 in legal fees plus fines for putting restaurant tables on the beach behind her neighbor’s house. In […]
BEACON HILL
Cyr and Peake Direct Federal and State Relief at Housing Efforts
Legislative earmarks could bring $4.5 million to Cape Cod
PROVINCETOWN — Spending bills being finalized in Boston this week will allocate $2.4 billion in federal relief money from the American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress passed in March, and […]
REVOLVING DOOR
New Wellfleet Building Inspector Quits After 2 Days
Next up: James Badera of Orleans
WELFLEET — Wellfleet had a permanent full-time building inspector for two days last month. But he resigned after hitting the housing wall. Vincenzo Tirone, the former building commissioner in Monson, […]
ODD LOT
DCR’s Route 6 Lot Is ‘Not a Parking Area’
The state agency says property ‘will be gated and locked’
WELLFLEET — The state Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is finishing work on a new parking lot at 2520 Route 6 as part of its construction of a bike […]
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. 16 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
EQUITY
Diversity Audit Sets Direction for Future DEI Officer
Increasing diversity is difficult, so work toward inclusion, says Hinton
PROVINCETOWN — The results of a town diversity audit are in: Provincetown year-rounders are mostly white and older, on average, than the rest of the state, and the community is […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Turkeys Will Trot
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Nov. 18 […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Zoning Board of Appeals
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Truro are remote only. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Nov. 18 […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Offices Reopen
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the agenda. Thursday, […]
