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, Jan. 27 School […]
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WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Financial Management Policies
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
Town Warrant Is Open
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 […]
BALLSTON BEACH EROSION
Falling Sands of Time
TRURO — Storm waters breached what’s left of the dune at Ballston Beach during this week’s nor’easter. Compare this picture, taken on Jan. 17, with one taken a year ago, […]
DEVELOPMENT
Wellfleet Puts Brakes on Contractor’s Yards for Now
Public hearing on zoning bylaw changes set for Feb. 16
WELLFLEET — The town was shocked a year ago when Great White Realty Group, owned by Donna and Steve DiGiovanni of Truro, with no permits in hand, cleared their newly […]
BITS
Directing Rescue Funds to Broadband
Officials need to decide if it is really worth it
PROVINCETOWN — A plan to extend a fiber-optic broadband network to 1,528 customers got a tentative green light from the select board last July 26. The idea was to use […]
CIVICS
Two Towns May Collaborate on Finance Work
Regionalized services look better as recruiting gets harder
WELLFLEET — With ads posted seeking both a town accountant and a treasurer, Wellfleet’s interim Administrator Charles Sumner has been talking with Eastham officials about a shared two-town finance department. […]
ARPA AT THE STATE HOUSE
Parsing the Possibilities in a $4 Billion Bill
‘An opportunity to solve some of our biggest problems’
PROVINCETOWN — Last fall, the state government combined $2.5 billion in federal Covid relief money from the American Rescue Plan Act and an unexpected surplus of $1.5 billion in tax […]
AIRBORNE ILLNESS
Covid Cancels Cape Air’s Provincetown Route
Airline suspends local service until April
PROVINCETOWN — Cape Air won’t be offering flights out of the Provincetown Municipal Airport until April 1 because of a pandemic-related shortage of pilots as well as airport construction. This […]
SEARCH UPDATE
Ahern Takes Superintendent Spot in Barnstable
She drops out of Nauset search, leaving three candidates
ORLEANS — The Nauset School District’s Superintendent Search Committee announced on Tuesday the dates and times of public forums with three remaining finalists. The announcement followed Sara Ahern’s Jan. 12 […]
JOURNALISM
Two Winter Fellows Named by the Independent
An editor and a student get awards named for Mary Heaton Vorse
PROVINCETOWN — The first recipients of a new journalism fellowship program created by the Provincetown Independent have been welcomed to town by the newspaper’s publisher, Teresa Parker, and staff. Lee […]
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Intervention Before School Age Helps Children With Disabilities
What starts as ‘a difficult conversation’ can improve a child’s progress
TRURO — For parents of children with disabilities, the path from the first signs of a child’s developmental delay to a supportive school setting is a difficult one. The first […]
PROMOTED
Eastham Fire’s Lisa Albino Is Now Deputy Chief
She is the first Cape Cod woman in that role
EASTHAM — Lisa Albino has worked in the Eastham Fire Dept. under seven chiefs. With 34 years of service, she is the town’s longest tenured active firefighter. And as of […]
ENDANGERED
Fin Whale at Jeremy Point
International Fund for Animal Welfare scientists have not been able to determine a cause of death for this 57-foot endangered finback or fin whale discovered on Jan. 4 at Jeremy […]
LABOR RELATIONS
When Paychecks and Housing Don’t Mix
Lessons on labor practices, learned the hard way
PROVINCETOWN — As business owners begin to plan for the season ahead knowing both workers and workforce housing are in extremely short supply, many will try to wrap wages and […]
