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 […]
Top Stories
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 […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE
Truro Ghost Town Still Inspires
From the Cold War to the Highlands Center to now
NORTH TRURO — In the Outer Cape’s collective memory, the fear associated with living and working at an Air Force station built to listen for incoming Soviet atomic bombs has […]
HOLIDAY
Fuel for Love
Having returned to the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, the annual Yule for Fuel benefit concerts — host Stephen Russell and Chandler Travis, above, at last weekend’s jamboree — will have […]
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Move to Alter VFW Plan Fails in Close Vote
Voters lament ‘Sophie’s choice,’ want both housing and public safety
PROVINCETOWN — By a margin of just 19 votes, 157 in favor, 176 against, Monday’s special town meeting rejected Fire Chief Mike Trovato’s plan for the former VFW site on […]
FOWL PLAY
Hunters Take Aim at Phaseout of Pheasant Stocking
National Seashore may halt practice within five years
As upland game season wraps up on Nov. 30, many local hunters worry that a longstanding tradition of pheasant hunting will soon be ending. Following a 2002 court challenge by […]
LAND USE
Truro Trust Inks Deal to Buy Beach at Great Hollow
No town funds are expended in $250,000 purchase
TRURO — The Truro Conservation Trust closed on a bayside property on Nov. 1 for $250,000 — far below the original asking price for the 1.1-acre parcel next to Great […]
health
Outer Cape Immunization Rates Among Lowest in State
Just 77% of Wellfleet kindergartners have been fully vaccinated
WELLFLEET — A large number of children who visit the Outer Cape Health Services clinic here are “under-vaccinated” — having not received a full series of standard immunizations against infectious […]
