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HOUSING
Provincetown Ups Year-Round Rental Incentives
Property tax discounts and ‘Lease to Locals’ checks aim to shore up rental market
PROVINCETOWN — This town has for years led the Outer Cape in the production of state-subsidized rental housing, with 174 affordable units already built here and 65 more to be […]
ON THE EDGE
Owner of House on Eroding Bluff Blames Town
Bonomi’s lawyer says he won’t be responsible for fate of former Blasch house
WELLFLEET — The conservation commission had been expecting to see plans on Jan. 15 for demolition of the large house now close to the edge of a quickly eroding bluff […]
SWAN SONG
Historic Wellfleet Inn Goes Up for Sale to Cover Owners’ Debts
Big dreams dissolved into disputes, a fire, and bankruptcy
WELLFLEET — John O’Toole and Grant Hester were newly married and living in Provincetown when they bought the historic inn and restaurant at 70 Main St. here in April 2022. […]
WHALE WATCH
Government Withdraws Tighter Vessel Speed Rule
Opposition focused on ferry services, but critics say NOAA was slow to adapt
PROVINCETOWN — The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) — the part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration charged with stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitats — […]
COMMUNITY
Serving Food and Fresh Clothes Amid L.A.’s Fires
Cape residents who winter in Los Angeles find ways to support neighbors
PROVINCETOWN — Michela Murphy, who owns Sal’s Place in Provincetown with her mother, Siobhan Carew, landed in Los Angeles for the winter on Jan. 6 to help manage the Italian […]
BLOODSUCKERS
Ticks — and Their Diseases — Are a Winter Problem, Too
Adult deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease, are most active in colder months
WELLFLEET — Life on Cape Cod includes ticks — and increasingly, tick-borne diseases. According to the state Dept. of Public Health, 113 people on Cape Cod were diagnosed with illnesses […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 21 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NATURAL SELECTION
Old Lace, Hold the Arsenic
The winter remains of Queen Anne’s lace, Daucus carota, add dark structure to the meadow at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, the once-delicate umbels dried and contracted into shapes that, […]
MORNING FLIGHT
How Birds Stay Warm
There’s fluffing up, cuddling, and countercurrent exchange; then, too, some birds seem to like the cold
Just about every conversation I’ve had over the last week has begun with some exchange of descriptors of this recent cold snap: it’s been chilly, windy, miserable. But while we […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Police Chief Survey
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TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Seal Redux Underway
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WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Birds Roost on Town Budget
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EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Hacking Incident
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PLANNING DEPT.
A Shank Painter Vision Will Come to Town Meeting
Zoning to promote pedestrian safety, new housing, and ‘the future as we want it to be’
PROVINCETOWN — If Commercial Street is Provincetown’s unforgettable face, and Bradford Street its beating heart, then Shank Painter Road would be a body part rather less glamorous — the digestive […]
