PROVINCETOWN — Activists, vacationers, local residents, a handful of elementary school students, community elders, drag queens, religious leaders, business owners, and a few politicians gathered at the base of the […]
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WEEDEATERS
Goats Eschew Poison Ivy Duty for the Lure of Provincetown
Open space committee to regroup; better fencing a consideration
PROVINCETOWN — A vegetation management project in Provincetown resulted in a community goat herding effort last Friday night, June 11.
BOARD
Surf Shops Ride Out the Slow Arrival of Gear
The supply chain’s still glitchy, but demand is up as more people ‘work from home’
EASTHAM — At Nauset Light Beach, surfers show up in the early morning, chatting with each other as they paddle out into the surf. Riding the crests of the waves […]
ON MACMILLAN PIER
Pirates Move Out, Sharks Move In
Barry Clifford’s Whydah building is for sale for $9.75 million
PROVINCETOWN — Visitors to MacMillan Pier this summer are guaranteed a sighting of a great white shark — 12 feet long and with plenty of teeth. But the toothed creature […]
MODERN LIVING
Truro Adopts New Water Protection Rules
About 200 home owners will need to replace their cesspools
TRURO — The board of health approved a series of updated regulations on May 18 governing cesspools, septic systems, and well-water testing. The most significant change is that all cesspools […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
A Life-Saving Beacon in the Fog of Politics
Nauset Light Society honors the memory of its keepers
EASTHAM — The offshore waters of Outer Cape Cod, with their hidden sand bars, took so many vessels and lives that the stretch from Chatham to Provincetown came to be […]
SHELLFISHING
Wellfleet Select Board to Hear Change in Residence Rule
A stopgap for local shellfishermen who can’t afford housing in town
WELLFLEET — For seven weeks, a proposed exception to the Wellfleet Shellfish Regulations’ domicile requirement has pinballed from the shellfish advisory board (SAB) to the select board and back. But […]
NAUSET WATERFRONT
Eastham and Orleans Officials Will Meet on Estuary Dredging
Select board puts off a decision to pull its support of project
EASTHAM — The select board stopped short of withdrawing its support for the Nauset Estuary dredging project at its May 3 meeting, voting instead to meet for discussions with Orleans […]
COASTAL STUDIES
Lobstermen Fish for ‘Ghost Gear’
For a few hardy crews, it’s time to clean up the seafloor
PROVINCETOWN — Throughout April, a few hardy fishermen have been departing from MacMillan Pier most mornings not to haul in a bounty of fish but instead to haul in lost […]
PERFORMANCE
Thirsty Burlington Prepares for a Post-Covid World
Scott Townsend rehearses a new act for Thirsty — and Cher
“It sounds like I’m singing in the bathroom and you’re singing way over in the kitchen,” says Scott Townsend — better known as the drag queen and Cher impersonator Thirsty […]
SILVER LININGS
Remembering Ramen, a Chef Gets Back in the Kitchen Again
‘This is not over for restaurants; we need to support each other’
PROVINCETOWN — The last year has hit the restaurant world hard. “I’m not sure other people can really grasp what it has meant for those of us in it,” says […]
WHEELS
Cape Tech Students Revive Bikes for Kids
Taking on a worldwide shortage, one bike at a time
HARWICH — They arrived rusty, dirty, and tired, but thanks to the efforts of a group of students, a fleet of buffed-up bicycles will soon roll off the campus at […]
GOBBLEDYGOOK
For Wild Turkeys, It’s Strutting Time
Rafters of birds, where for a time there were none
They came from New York — 37 of them, trapped with a cannon-net set by Massachusetts wildlife biologists — to the Berkshires, at first. Then new generations spread statewide. Some […]
WHALE WATCH
Three Mother-Calf Pairs Are Bright Spot in Dismal Reality
In Cape Cod Bay, scientists count one-fourth of the world’s remaining North Atlantic right whales
PROVINCETOWN — The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) March 3 sighting of Millipede, a 16-year-old North Atlantic right whale, and her newborn calf — the season’s first — in Cape Cod […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Wellfleet’s Big Plan Goes Out for Bids
Proposed wastewater system would boost watershed protection
WELLFLEET — The largest affordable housing initiative in the town’s history reached a milestone last week with the select board’s unanimous approval on March 9 of a request for proposals […]