EASTHAM — It’s been a pretty good decade or so for solar installations on the Outer Cape: 1,253 systems were installed on houses in the four outermost towns between 2014 […]
Next Generation
MORNING FLIGHT
Counting Alcids at Race Point
A sunrise-to-sunset day at the best seabird-watching spot on the East Coast
PROVINCETOWN — If you ask out-of-town birders what they know about Cape Cod, they’re likely to name Race Point. That’s because there’s a whole group of pelagic birds — those […]
PLOTS
Putnam Farm Grows Agriculture as ‘an Ally to Conservation’
Orleans is taking applications from growers for 8 new plots
ORLEANS — Even though most of the farmers who work the land at the Putnam Farm Conservation Area have tucked their plots in, and the swooping tree swallows have gone […]
RIGHTS
Ngina Lythcott Is This Year’s Tim McCarthy Human Rights Champion
‘Right now is a time when we have to make some big decisions … we are not going backwards,’ she says
PROVINCETOWN — Ngina Ruth Lythcott has been named the 2023 Tim McCarthy Human Rights Champion. She’ll receive the award at a breakfast hosted by the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory […]
VOTING IN TRURO
Judge Rejects Voter Lawsuit Against Town Officials
Herridge and O’Neill sought to stop hearings on registration challenges
TRURO — A civil lawsuit against several town officials regarding the appointment of registrars, the removal of names from the voter rolls, and the postponement of a special town meeting […]
UNCIVIL WELLFLEET
Staff Decry the State of Select Board Meetings
As many as 15 staffers are behind a letter of complaint
WELLFLEET — A contingent of town staff has written a letter to the select board demanding better control over what they see as the lack of civility during recent board […]
EDUCATION
Nauset’s Music Man Is a Master of Ensemble
Daniel Anthony finds ways to blend players at every level
EASTHAM — The Nauset High School pep band stood under the frosty stadium lights on the football field, golden brass clenched in their hands, waiting to welcome the Warriors to […]
ACCOMMODATIONS
Seeking: An Accessible Two-Bedroom Rental in Provincetown
For Patricia Ainsworth, waiting for a move is taking its toll
PROVINCETOWN — Patricia Ainsworth came home to 288A Bradford St. the day she married Victor Alexander in 1982, and she never left. For 41 years, she has lived in the […]
IN PROGRESS
Jenny Humphreys Gets Away With It
Inside the painter’s winter of whimsy
In the center of a melancholy Norwegian landscape — with its brown mountain, cold sky, and rows of huddled evergreens — stands a massive chicken foot. It looks extraterrestrial, exploding […]
MEETING INTERRUPTUS
Record Turnout Forces Delay of Truro Special Town Meeting
The Central School could hold 523 voters; about 700 appeared
TRURO — About 700 people arrived at Truro Central School on Nov. 28 ready for a climax and dénouement to months of dramatically rising tension and civic disagreement here. But […]
MIGRATION
Provincetown Beckons Those Fleeing Anti-Trans Legislation
From across the country, transgender people have sought safety and care on the Outer Cape
PROVINCETOWN — Lilith Tate and her mother, Lark, left Utah. Wren LaPlant left Texas. JC Rey left Florida. Each of them came to Provincetown seeking a haven amid the rise […]
PENALTY
Wellfleet Select Board Chooses $4.5M Penalty Over Mitigation Plan
After 2 years of work, dredging task force members quit, citing verbal attacks
WELLFLEET — The select board has directed the dredging task force to pay $4.5 million for a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers instead of moving forward with […]
MARINE LIFE
Speeding Boats Are Still Threatening Right Whales
Enforcement lags in waters that were once ‘open cowboy plains’
PROVINCETOWN — When right whales visit the seas around Cape Cod in the winter and early spring, large boats in the whales’ favored areas are barred from going faster than […]
VOTER REGISTRATION
Two Voter Appeals Yield One Reinstatement
Truro now looks ahead to a Nov. 28 town meeting
TRURO — The board of registrars heard appeals on Nov. 17 from two people who had been removed from the town’s voter rolls after not showing up for hearings at […]
CRUSTY GOODNESS
P’Town Is Pie Town for a Day
Recipes from the winners of the Provincetown Commons pie contest
PROVINCETOWN — Barb Fortier and her partner, Karen Edlund, bought a chicken pot pie for $725 a couple of weeks ago. The pie wasn’t made with a rare breed of […]
