EASTHAM — The three town-owned landings — Hemenway, Salt Pond, and Collins — along with Rock Harbor, Town Cove, and Nauset Marsh all need fixing, according to a draft harbor […]
Eastham
BUSINESS
ZBA Wants Better Management Plan for Storage Units
Special permit hearing to continue in March on Niggel’s proposed expansion
EASTHAM — At a contentious zoning board of appeals meeting on Feb. 6, several residents spoke out against a proposal by Barbara Niggel and her companies, Goeroe’s Goldens and Stow […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eastham Chief Makes Case for Ladder Truck
Farrenkopf wants to tap ambulance receipts to improve safety
EASTHAM — Fire Chief Kent Farrenkopf is looking to add a ladder truck to his department’s resources. Twenty-three years ago, one saved his life. In 1997, when he was a […]
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 13 Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m., Brewster Town Hall Tuesday, Feb. 18 Charter Review Committee, 5:30 p.m., Small Meeting Room, Town Hall Wednesday, Feb. 19 […]
ENVIRONMENT
Eastham Unlikely to Go It Alone on Broad Plastics Ban
But a narrower petitioned article and a bag ban make progress
EASTHAM — The select board sent two proposed bylaws banning plastic bottles and bags back to the conservation commission for revisions on Monday instead of placing them as articles on […]
LAND USE
T-Time Panel Revisits Old Plan for N. Eastham
Group will walk the site of a ‘potential town center’
EASTHAM — The documents that the T-Time Development Committee collected for its second meeting on Jan. 28 included the North Eastham Village Center plan created back in 2007. The 11 […]
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 6 Zoning Board of Appeals, 5 p.m., Earle Mountain Room, Town Hall Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m., Brewster Town Hall Saturday, Feb. 8 Board of […]
housing
Nauset Green Applications Reveal Unexpected Need
Nearly half of the 290 applicants were at the lowest income level
EASTHAM — As the first tenants begin moving into the Village at Nauset Green off Brackett Road, officials have acknowledged that the demand for housing by people at the lowest […]
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 30 Recycling Committee, 5 p.m., Small Meeting Room, Eastham library Monday, Feb. 3 Select Board, 5:30 p.m., Earle Mountain Meeting Room, Town Hall Tuesday, Feb. 4 […]
CIVICS
Bylaws Would Ban Plastic Bottles, Bags
Town meeting may vote on prohibiting sales at local retail stores
EASTHAM — At any beach cleanup, the haul of trash is fairly predictable: plastic, in the form of beverage bottles, shopping bags, straws, netting, and more. Because much of the […]
ECONOMY
Outer Cape Sees Boom in Rooms Tax Receipts
First full quarter of ‘weekly tax’ brings in an extra $1 million
PROVINCETOWN — After a year of commotion and confusion, the expansion of the rooms occupancy tax to cover short-term rentals is beginning to produce its intended dividends. In the first […]
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Monday, Jan. 27 Board of Health, 10 a.m., Earle Mountain Meeting Room, Town Hall Eastham 400 Commemoration Committee, 10:30 a.m., Public Library Eastham Elementary School Committee, 5:30 p.m., Earle […]
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 […]
WAYS AND MEANS
FY21 Eastham Budget Includes Town Staff Restructuring
New positions include community development director and grants administrator
EASTHAM — Town Administrator Jacqueline Beebe presented the select board with a fiscal year 2021 budget totaling nearly $32 million on Jan. 6, representing an increase of 4 percent over […]
MLK WEEKEND
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Highlights
Though the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born on Jan. 15, 1929, his birthday is memorialized on a federal holiday on the third Monday in […]
