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ROOTS
Eastham Turnip Festival Goes Virtual
Celebrating the town’s agricultural history in new ways
EASTHAM — The Outer Cape’s annual fall festivals have all taken a hit during 2020, thanks to Covid-19. “What’s next?” you might be asking. “No Eastham Turnip Festival this year?” […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Thursday, Oct. 1 Recycling & Renewable Energy Committee, 10 a.m. Public Pier Corp., 1 p.m. Select […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. To watch live, go to truro-ma.gov and follow the “helpful link” to Truro Channel 18. Thursday, Oct. 1 Climate Action Committee, 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5 Conservation Commission, […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead
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 open its agenda. That document will provide […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on any meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take part remotely. Thursday, […]
public health
E. Coli Found in Wellfleet Town Water
Many residents are missed by initial warning to boil water
WELLFLEET — The discovery of E. coli bacteria in the town’s public water supply led to a “boil water order” from the state on Saturday evening. Occupants of the 290 […]
AN INVESTIGATION
Why Wellfleet Elementary School Has No Sprinklers
Thirty years ago, the fire chief ‘was asked not to do his job’
WELLFLEET — At the Sept. 12 annual town meeting voters agreed to spend $110,000 to design a sprinkler system for the Wellfleet Elementary School, because, the fire chief said, one […]
HOUSING RELIEF
There’s Financial Help for Tenants and Landlords Hurt by Covid
But a hot real estate market threatens year-round rentals
PROVINCETOWN — First, the good news: checks of up to $5,000 are available to help vulnerable Cape Cod tenants with up to three months of rent payments. The Housing Assistance […]
CIVICS
Cold Hands, Warm Hearts at Town Meeting
Provincetown voters gets things done with unusual speed and harmony
PROVINCETOWN — The long-delayed annual town meeting moved at a brisk pace on Monday, Sept. 21, with the chilly weather perhaps encouraging voters gathered in the parking lot at St. […]
#BLM
Fighting Racism With More Civic Engagement
At a peaceful protest, a call to go beyond policing reform
WELLFLEET — About 100 people marched from the pier to the First Congregational Church in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Sept. 20. The crowd on Sunday was […]
UNRESTORATION
Gravestone Work Is Substandard, Says Restoration Expert
Conde finds entire inscriptions have been ‘cut away and discarded’
WELLFLEET — Three days after town meeting voters agreed to spend another $10,000 to continue a years-long cemetery restoration and repair project, an independent historic gravestone conservator delivered her report […]
CIVICS
Truro Wants Coloradan to Be Town Manager
Tangeman says special forces career made him a social diplomat
TRURO — After heaping praise on Darrin Tangeman, 46, a former Green Beret with municipal and medical experience, the select board on Sept. 22 unanimously picked him to be the […]
HEALTH
MassHealth Clients Find No Dental Care on Outer Cape
The OCHS−Harbor Health practice will not reopen
WELLFLEET — Liberty Schilpp’s middle-school-age children have already had four different dentists and are about to meet number five, this one in South Dennis. The problem is not a dearth […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
North Winds Portend Cooling Waters
Wrapping up the season with hopes for the next one
There is no mistaking it: the fall season is upon us. Unrelenting winds from northerly quadrants have been buffeting us for days on end, and, as of this writing, the remnants […]
