PROVINCETOWN — When Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools students enter the classroom of their new Italian instructor, Tiziana Murray, they’re faced with an immediate challenge: a sentence on the board in […]
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PIONEERS
Mayo Will Retire After 48 Years at Coastal Studies
Daniel Palacios will succeed Mayo as director of Right Whale Ecology Program
PROVINCETOWN — The Center for Coastal Studies is set to announce that Charles “Stormy” Mayo III, a cofounder of the organization and director of its Right Whale Ecology Program, will […]
UNENTITLED
Court Rejects Sextons’ Latest Land Gambit
Wellfleet’s deed prevails in case that threatened affordable housing
WELLFLEET — Chellise Sexton and her son Kevin are known for repeatedly trying to wrest properties away from their current owners using 100-year-old deeds to back their claims. They have […]
STATE HOUSE
Outer Cape Is Whistle Stop on Senators’ Housing Policy Tour
‘This is our shot’ for real estate transfer fee, says housing committee chair
PROVINCETOWN — Sen. Lydia Edwards of Boston, who represents the third Suffolk district and cochairs the state legislature’s joint committee on housing, visited Provincetown on Dec. 22 to talk with […]
HEALTH CARE
State Expands Eligibility for Low-Cost Health Plans
But those currently uninsured face a Jan. 23 deadline to sign up
PROVINCETOWN — This year’s “open enrollment” period on the state’s Health Connector website — that is, the window of time in which people without health insurance can easily sign up […]
BUSINESS
Chamber of Commerce Proposes New Hotel Tax to Promote Tourism
The Tourism Destination Marketing District gets a mixed review from Eastham board
EASTHAM — The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce is proposing to generate money for tourism marketing with a new 1.5-percent tax on stays at hotels and motels with 15 or more […]
CLEAN WATER
Wellfleet’s Wastewater Plan Is on Track to Meet State Deadline
A larger downtown sewer district and treatment at Maurice’s should improve nitrogen mitigation
WELLFLEET — Town officials are working to finalize a targeted watershed management plan aimed at reducing the nitrogen load in the harbor and bringing Wellfleet into compliance with state and […]
AT SCHOOL
In Truro, Teachers Wear Many Hats
That’s part of what it means to work in a one-school district with fewer than 100 students
TRURO — As a sixth-grader at Truro Central School in 1993, Abby Roderick drew a life-size portrait of herself in a billowing purple skirt, wielding a puppet in one hand […]
MORNING FLIGHT
Birding in Good Company
On joining Truro’s Christmas Bird Count
Birders will use just about any excuse to fit a little more bird-watching in. So, we add a few days of sunup-to-sundown birding in the freezing cold to an already […]
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. 9 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Sewer Connection Assistance
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Two New Republican Registrars
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. 11 Board […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
A Survey Inspires a Health Fair
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online option as well. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Bridge Changes Cost
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. Instructions for participating […]
LITIGATION
Police Discrimination Case in Truro Is Reinstated
DeAngelo’s complaint was improperly dismissed, says Appeals Court
TRURO — A seven-year-old discrimination suit filed by a longtime Outer Cape police officer against the town and former Police Chief Kyle Takakjian has been reinstated on appeal. The Massachusetts […]
