Thanksgiving week is a busy time for the sea turtle team at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and some 200 volunteers who work to rescue cold-stunned turtles on the Outer […]
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WATERFRONT
Rock Harbor Panel Mulls Change of Plan
Committee rejects idea of repurposing antique house as office
EASTHAM — The Rock Harbor Improvements Committee will not recommend moving an antique half Cape from 60 Dyer Prince Road and turning it into the harbormaster’s new office. Instead, the […]
MAYFLOWER HISTORY, PART 1
For Indigenous People, a Different Kind of Mayflower Story
‘You can’t create a colony without creating people who are colonized’
PROVINCETOWN — On Nov. 11, 1620, 130-odd sea-weary Brits stepped off the Mayflower and onto Provincetown’s sandy shores — into a new world, barely inhabited and ripe with possibility. Then […]
DEMOCRACY 2020
It’s an Outer Cape Biden Landslide
The Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris swept the Outer Cape in Tuesday’s presidential election, defeating Donald Trump and Mike Pence by margins ranging from 42 percent in […]
TRICK OR TREAT
A Town-by-town Plan for Finding Halloween Fun
Before we get into this week’s news, here’s an update from each town about what trick-or-treating will look like this year. From Eastham to Provincetown, you’ll find “reverse” set ups, […]
VOTERS SPEAK
Among Outer Cape Republicans, Consensus Is Elusive
Some who voted for Trump in 2016 remain undecided
Four years ago, 2,282 citizens of the four Outer Cape towns voted for Donald Trump: 208 in Provincetown, 361 in Truro, 515 in Wellfleet, and 1,198 in Eastham. (Hillary Clinton […]
IGLOO WARMTH
Restaurant Owners Re-imagine Winter Dining
Warm outdoor spaces, take-out, and the long view on losses
PROVINCETOWN — Anticipating a higher-than-normal off-season population in residence coupled with the need to restrict indoor occupancy, local restaurants are looking for creative solutions to staying open this winter. Many […]
ENVIRONMENT
Researchers Worry More About Geese Grazing Than Pooping
‘Nearly ubiquitous’ Canada geese have limited effect on pond water
Though there are no hard numbers for the population of Canada geese on the Outer Cape, it’s not hard to infer that they are growing. And there’s little argument about […]
THE WATERFRONT
Dredging of Federal Channel Begins at Last
Army Corps arrives to launch three-year harbor project
WELLFLEET — It took a town-wide effort, a federal campaign, and 26 years, but the dredging of Wellfleet Harbor’s federal channel is set to begin on Oct. 1. “It’s just […]
AN INVESTIGATION
Why Wellfleet Elementary School Has No Sprinklers
Thirty years ago, the fire chief ‘was asked not to do his job’
WELLFLEET — At the Sept. 12 annual town meeting voters agreed to spend $110,000 to design a sprinkler system for the Wellfleet Elementary School, because, the fire chief said, one […]
WILDLIFE
Drive Carefully: It’s Terrapin Hatchling Season
Wellfleet’s Duck Creek provides critical habitat for the turtles and their nests
WELLFLEET — She pulled up to the gas pump at the Mobil station on Route 6, but I knew she wasn’t there to fill up her tank. She was a […]
OLD BUSINESS
A Campground for Camaraderie
After 71 years, Maurice’s is still a family tradition in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — Back in 1949, Maurice and Ann Gauthier of New Bedford were in search of a better lifestyle for their growing family. They eventually found it in the woods […]
letter from the publisher
One Year and Counting
This week marks a year since we sent our very first edition to press. It was a “preview” edition, full of hope that we’d find the support to develop into […]
ENVIRONMENT
Spotter Pilots Help Scientists Study Sharks
In the skies, a remarkable dance across the fishing-science divide
On a hot summer day in 2008, Wayne Davis was flying his Citabria, a single-engine two-seat propeller plane, off the shores of Cape Cod, looking for bluefin tuna. With nearly […]
Bird Watching
Paco, a scarlet macaw, was at First Encounter Beach on Monday to watch the sunset with his owner, Larry “Fish” Mackin of Eastham. For a report on others keeping watch […]
