PROVINCETOWN — The owners of the Canteen restaurant on Commercial Street had to pay $900 in fines and another $450, double the usual application fee, for putting in an underground propane […]
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TOWN MEETING
Provincetown Considers an Office of Diversity
A group’s petition seeks funds for outreach and a salary
PROVINCETOWN — Voters at Provincetown’s annual town meeting on Saturday will be deciding a question with little precedent on the Outer Cape. Article 13, brought forward by a group of […]
COURT REPORT
Adams Pleads Guilty in Child Pornography Case
In sting, hundreds of files. In court, just one count. Sentencing set for July 22.
BOSTON — A decade after he appeared in Orleans District Court for sexual conduct towards a teenaged boy, Kerry Adams, 61, of Provincetown pleaded guilty in federal court on April […]
SELECTION
Candidates Night Exposes Similarities and Tensions
Provincetown town election is May 11
PROVINCETOWN — The three candidates running for select board in the May 11 election named pathways to create more year-round housing and to push the long-delayed construction of a new […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Keepers Reach Canal and South Coast
Captains wait for news of this year’s Covid safety protocols
Striped bass continue to swim northward at an earlier than usual pace. Keeper-size bass have reportedly been caught at the Cape Cod Canal, on the south coast of Massachusetts, and […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Venus Returns as the Evening Star
Where scientists look for signs of life, we can see signs of summer
After a long absence, Venus has returned as the brilliant Evening Star. It spent some time this winter toughing it out in the frigid predawn sky in its other guise […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 27 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
LAND
The Sun Has Set on the Land Bank, but Bounty Remains
Open space committee proposes two parcels for purchase at town meeting
PROVINCETOWN — Town meeting on Saturday will include requests to use some of the town’s remaining Cape Cod Land Bank funds to buy two small pieces of land for $300,000 […]
INCLUSIONARY ZONING
Bradford St. Condos Get OK From Planning Board
The 12-unit complex will include two ‘affordable’ units
PROVINCETOWN — A condominium development that initially faced significant resistance from neighbors got the go-ahead at an April 22 planning board meeting. The board granted a special permit to Jay […]
This Week In Provincetown
Meetings Ahead
Due to the pandemic, most meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. This week, however, there is one exception. The Provincetown Town Meeting […]
This Week In Truro
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to truro-ma.gov, click on the meeting you want to watch, and open its agenda for instructions on how to watch or take part online. Thursday, April 29 Climate […]
This Week In Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen and click on the meeting you’re interested in to find information […]
This Week In Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to read its agenda and find information on how to view and take part […]
ON THE WATERFRONT
Rock Harbor Plans Alarm Neighborhood
Are picnic tables and bike racks part of a secret agenda?
EASTHAM — Plans to build a harbormaster office at Rock Harbor were met with suspicion by abutters at the project’s first regulatory hearing before the conservation commission last week, as […]
PRESERVATION
Many Historic Buildings Have No Protection
Towns struggle to find ways to prevent demolition
To a large degree, historic buildings define the beauty and charm of the Outer Cape’s villages and scenic roads. Yet a Cape Cod Commission study found that 691 of the […]
