TRURO — Six residents who were suing the town and the developer in an attempt to halt the proposed Cloverleaf affordable housing project on Highland Road have decided to withdraw […]
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COVID-19
A Death in Wellfleet, as Case Numbers Gradually Decline
A total of 12 cases so far at Wellfleet Elementary
WELLFLEET — The number of new cases of Covid-19 was down slightly this week, according to the town’s health agent, Hillary Greenberg-Lemos, following the emergence of a cluster of cases […]
LOO NEWS
Final East End Park Design Comes In at $2.3M
Final plan is simpler, but includes a restroom
PROVINCETOWN — The final design of the East End Waterfront Park includes fewer trees but has that bathroom that people requested. The cost to turn the existing crushed-shell parking lot […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 26 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
AMONG THE STACKS
A New Library Director for Eastham
Melanie McKenzie will help you overcome your fear of technology
EASTHAM — Library Director Debra Dejonker-Berry announced in the spring that she would be retiring after seven years here and more than 15 years in the same job in Provincetown. […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Stranded Boat Could Delay Shellfish Season
Meetings Ahead
All meetings this week are in person at Town Hall. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Oct. 28 […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
In Search of Babe’s
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, Oct. 28 Climate Action […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Back to Normal Hours?
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
Open Meeting Misstep Admitted
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 […]
COURT REPORT
Cloverleaf Plaintiffs May Have to Post $50,000 Bond
Town and developer invoke a new law meant to discourage frivolous suits
TRURO — A group of residents who have filed suit to block the Cloverleaf affordable housing development at 22 Highland Road in North Truro may be required to post a […]
SPEED
Eastham Wants a Main Street, Not a Highway
The town’s long-term plan would involve structural changes to Route 6
EASTHAM — Every driver who enters Eastham via Route 6 is greeted by an orange sign warning that the next 6.2 miles of highway are a “High Traffic Enforcement Area.” […]
THE RENTAL TAX
Wellfleet Select Board: 80% of Revenue Should Go to Trust Fund
Short-term rentals created housing shortage, says Terkanian
WELLFLEET — The select board has endorsed the idea of earmarking 80 percent of the revenue from the short-term rental tax to the town’s new affordable housing trust fund. “A […]
HOW TO SPEND IT
Morse Suggests Putting 26% of Rooms Taxes Into Housing Efforts
Three boards try to move the needle on town’s housing crisis
PROVINCETOWN — How much of the money collected from the new short-term rental tax should go to community housing efforts? That was the big question on the table at a […]
PAINE HOLLOW
Progress on 8 Affordable Units First Proposed in 2006
ZBA says changes agreed to by developer and abutters don’t require new hearing
WELLFLEET — Developer Ted Malone will be able to meet the Oct. 30 pre-application deadline to seek funding in 2022 for his plan to build eight units of affordable housing […]
CLIMATE CRISIS
Coastal Studies’ Rich Delaney Is Going to Glasgow
A small-town CEO with global influence at U.N. conference
PROVINCETOWN — Center for Coastal Studies CEO Rich Delaney may sit in the driver’s seat of a small nonprofit working to save the whales in Provincetown, but he has a […]
