WELLFLEET — With restaurants closed, fishermen have lost their usual income. But the people who grow, harvest, and market Outer Cape crops from land and sea are experimenting with strategies […]
Top Stories
RESILIENCE
A Powerful Distillation for Community Health
South Hollow offers gifts of homemade hand sanitizer
TRURO — Townspeople were lined up outside the gift shop at Truro Vineyards and South Hollow Spirits on Shore Road on Saturday, respecting the social distance and patiently waiting their […]
THE PANDEMIC
Cape Works to Meet Growing Need for Coronavirus Testing
The supply of tests remains scarce; hospital capacity is limited
Updated at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. PROVINCETOWN — Outer Cape Health Services will test patients for the coronavirus, but they must first call one of the OCHS health clinics […]
BUSINESS
Willy’s Makes Progress, but Snags Remain
A trail of lawsuits and complaints clouds gym’s past and future
EASTHAM — It appears that Willy’s World Wellness & Conference Center, closed since Dec. 12 because of serious health and safety code violations, could reopen in a matter of weeks, […]
ENERGY
Wellfleet Solar Array Idled by Past Error
While court corrects title, a delay in turning on the juice
WELLFLEET — The array of 2,400 solar panels atop the transfer station’s landfill is ready to start making electricity. But the town is awaiting clearance from the Mass. Land Court […]
How Restored River Will Alter Wellfleet Views
A tour of five places that Herring River project will change
WELLFLEET — After two decades of planning, the official review of the massive Herring River Restoration Project will begin on March 9 when the Cape Cod Commission considers the first […]
RESTORATION
Time and the House: A New Chapter in Vorse Chronicle
Designer Ken Fulk is bringing Mary Heaton Vorse’s Provincetown home back to life
PROVINCETOWN — The Mary Heaton Vorse House, at 466 Commercial St., is the informal epicenter of town history. Vorse, a journalist and civil rights activist, spent most of her adult […]
WHALEWATCH
Young Humpback Stranded at ‘the Gut’ Succumbs
WELLFLEET— A juvenile humpback whale that was stranded on Saturday, Feb. 8, inside the sandbar known as “the gut” by the Herring River was found dead on Monday afternoon. The […]
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Young Voters at Iowa Caucuses Care About Character
A Nauset High School student’s observations from the opening event of the 2020 campaign
DES MOINES — Political involvement among Nauset High students is not a given. While some of us are in what you might call a political bubble, and a few might […]
RISING WATERS
Buildings Are Raised Against Future Floods
But for now, only a few will be lifted
PROVINCETOWN — The Old Reliable Fish House property at 227R Commercial St. may be getting rebuilt on piers, and in the applications there’s an eye-popping number for their height: 17 […]
ENVIRONMENT
Horseshoe Crabs in Comeback
Their return to East Harbor may hold clues to the success of tidal restoration projects
TRURO — Since the once-thriving salt-marsh ecosystem called East Harbor was partially reopened to tidal flow in 2002, ocean organisms have been rapidly recolonizing the estuary. Researchers now hope to […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Long History of Ills Led to Willy’s Closing
December crackdown on popular gym followed illicit shindig
EASTHAM — The Dec. 12 order shutting down Willy’s World Wellness & Conference Center is the latest chapter in a long and troubled history of the popular gym. Eastham Building […]
REGATTA REDUX
Schooner Regatta Looks for New Skipper
There are plenty of volunteers, but an organizer is needed
PROVINCETOWN — The year 2020 will see the 19th annual Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta, starting on Labor Day and running for four days, as long as somebody steps forward to […]
Art and Photography 2020 Special Edition
Art and Photography: 2020 Special Section
PUBLIC SAFETY
Chief Wants Just One Town Rescue Squad
The question is why
PROVINCETOWN — Fire Chief Michael Trovato says this town needs its own emergency medical service to replace the Lower Cape Ambulance (LCA) Association, the nonprofit that has provided backup service […]
