This article was updated on Aug. 10. PROVINCETOWN — Mass. Wetlands Protection Act regulations state that “any project on a coastal beach … shall not have an adverse effect by […]
Next Generation
GETTIN’ PORKY
Elks Put the Ham in Eastham
Dinner and community at the Elks Lodge annual pig roast
EASTHAM — Standing behind a row of plastic folding tables, seven Elks wearing matching black aprons are busy slicing hunks of whole roasted pig. Eighty or so onlookers keep a close […]
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 […]
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 […]
JILL BIDEN VISITS
Provincetown’s Political Donor Class Gears Up for 2024
National candidates flock to the Outer Cape to tap its LGBTQ network
PROVINCETOWN — An air of excitement hovered over the West End last Friday afternoon. Herring Cove beachgoers cycled past black SUVs and suited men with earpieces and sunglasses. Further down […]
CIVICS
Kathleen Bacon Announces Resignation From Select Board
She will step down after a special election in September
WELLFLEET — Kathleen Bacon submitted her resignation from the Wellfleet Select Board on Wednesday, July 19, citing “irreconcilable differences with the board, lack of leadership, and undue stress” in a […]
UNSHELTERED
Sleeping in the Elements in Provincetown
The nearest homeless shelter is St. Joseph House in Hyannis, more than an hour away
PROVINCETOWN — Mackenzie Perry, the Provincetown community support liaison for the Homeless Prevention Council (HPC), says that she works with 35 to 40 clients per month who are actively struggling […]
PADDLING
On the Pickleball Circuit
A nationwide obsession has made landfall on the Outer Cape
PROVINCETOWN — A light mist hangs over the 20-odd people who have decided to spend an overcast Saturday morning playing pickleball in Provincetown. Periodic exclamations cut through a rhythmic thwack-thwack […]
WILDLIFE
Herpetologist Meets Bears on the Old Colony Nature Trail
Fowler’s toads, garter snakes, and fireflies on a Bear Week expedition
PROVINCETOWN — A cloud of bug spray filled the air as 11 men and two women (including this reporter) followed Scott Smyers down the Old Colony Trail on the evening […]
CIVICS
Ryan Curley Is Ousted as Chair of Wellfleet Select Board
After unexplained turmoil, Carboni is elected to the lead role
WELLFLEET — The select board replaced Ryan Curley with Barbara Carboni in the chair’s seat at its July 18 meeting, apparently bringing to a conclusion a conflict between Curley and […]
ELDER CARE
Home Care Shortage Is ‘a Never-Ending Crisis’
The wait for a home health aide can be up to a year long
Barnstable County is facing twin demographic emergencies. First, as rents and the cost of living rise ever higher, the year-round workforce is evaporating. Second, the population — already far older […]
SMALL BOATS: PART TWO
The Cape’s Scallopers Ride Out a Perfect Storm
Local fishermen make fewer forays and try new ways to stay afloat
PROVINCETOWN — This summer, a perfect storm — combining sky-high fuel costs, a scarcity of experienced crew members, low wholesale prices, sharp declines in what scallop fishermen are allowed to […]
SURFING
Waterwomen Have Their Day at the Beach
Freezing cold water, crumbly waves, and new surf buddies galore
WELLFLEET — On a drab, rainy Friday in July some 20 hardy waterwomen gathered on Marconi Beach. Mothers and daughters, friends, first-timers, and one reporter milled around on the sand, […]
MEMOIR
Chasten Buttigieg Speaks Up for LGBTQ Youth
Mayor Pete’s husband makes a return trip to Provincetown
Chasten Buttigieg first visited Provincetown in July 2019 with his husband, Pete Buttigieg, then the mayor of South Bend, Ind. Pete was one of 23 candidates seeking the Democratic nomination […]
