Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
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PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Long-Term Rental Registration
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Rolling Ahead on DPW
Meetings Ahead 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, Aug. 10 Council […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Wastewater at Lawrence Hill
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Select Board and Nauset Beach
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details. All meetings are […]
ENTANGLEMENT
Monofilament’s Grip Threatens Humpback Calf
CCS and IFAW are ‘regrouping’ after sedation efforts fail
PROVINCETOWN — Cape Codders have become acutely aware that whales in the Gulf of Maine face perilous struggles with ocean debris, especially discarded rope that obstructs their paths and entangles […]
HEALTH CARE
Mobile Anti-Abortion Center Is Coming to the Cape
The move follows the opening of a Hyannis clinic offering medication abortions
The operators of a mobile “pregnancy resource center” plan to open its doors on Cape Cod later this summer, according to Joe Meeks, cochair of the Harwich-based Cape Cod Pro-Life […]
PARAMEDICS
2 Fire Departments Staffing Up Ahead of Schedule
With LCAA phasing out over three years, Provincetown and Truro are going in-house
Staffing up is the focus as the complex transition from the 86-year-old Lower Cape Ambulance Association to in-house emergency medical services in Provincetown and Truro gets underway. At the end […]
HOUSING
Walsh Committee Readies Plan for Fall Town Meeting
A website, surveys, and tables at the dump for gathering last-minute input
TRURO — The 70-acre Walsh property, which has been in the town’s possession since 2019, has been sitting in limbo on the eastern side of Route 6 since it was […]
CONFLICT WITH THE PARK
Parking at Nauset Light Causes Rift Between Eastham and NPS
Select board says the Park Service is violating their 2022 agreement on the beaches
EASTHAM — The select board and Town Administrator Jacqui Beebe are demanding that the National Park Service allow Eastham residents full access to the parking lot at Nauset Light Beach, […]
NO EXIT
Truro Stands By Closure of Truro Motor Inn
Board of health and select board begin discussion of the property’s future
TRURO — A month after Nicholas and Angela Rose and their two children became the last residents to be evicted from the Truro Motor Inn, the town released a statement […]
SUBSTANDARD
Double Rent, Broken Appliances at Lexvest’s Gov. Bradford Properties
Meanwhile, the Prince of Whales in Truro becomes mostly short-term rentals
PROVINCETOWN — When the Governor Bradford restaurant and four adjacent buildings were sold in April 2022 for $6.95 million, it was no secret that the buildings were not in great […]
OUTLAWS
Delgizzi Delinquencies Affect Orleans and Brewster, Too
Two more towns cope with the couple’s deteriorating buildings and unpaid taxes
ORLEANS — David and Carolyn Delgizzi live in Weston but are known on the Outer Cape for allowing their properties to fall into disrepair while charging tenants hefty monthly rents. […]
CLIMATE CHANGE
Provincetown Wants a Plan for Coping With Rising Sea Level
Learning to ‘work with water’ will be key to resiliency
PROVINCETOWN — Like all coastal areas, the Outer Cape may look unrecognizable in 2100 if worst-case sea-level rise projections — six to eight feet here — come to pass. But […]
SMALL BOATS: PART THREE
Flaws in Catch-Share System Frustrate Scallopers
The quota system threatens their businesses, they say; others argue it creates stability
This article was updated on August 4, 2023. PROVINCETOWN — A decline in scallop stocks combined inexplicably with low wholesale prices have made this a tough year for small-boat scallop […]
