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Eastham
SNAPSHOT
Michael Costa Combs the Shore
Provincetown, Dec. 11, 2:02 p.m.: Michael Costa’s metal detector is beeping. He drops to his knees and digs and sieves through the sand with an unselfconscious eagerness. The man is looking […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Child-Care Subsidy Gets Boost
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OPIOIDS
Calls for Overdose Rescues Fall as Narcan Use Rises
But the risk from fentanyl is still increasing, police and activists agree
EASTHAM — According to data from the state Dept. of Public Health, calls to emergency medical services for opioid-related emergencies — that is, overdoses — decreased on the Outer Cape […]
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A First Look at the Budget
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BUSINESS
Chamber of Commerce Proposes New Hotel Tax to Promote Tourism
The Tourism Destination Marketing District gets a mixed review from Eastham board
EASTHAM — The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce is proposing to generate money for tourism marketing with a new 1.5-percent tax on stays at hotels and motels with 15 or more […]
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A Survey Inspires a Health Fair
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HIGH HIGH
Eastham Bylaw Linking House Size to Uplands Isn’t Clear
What’s safe from flooding at high tides? It depends.
EASTHAM — Town meeting voters approved a bylaw change last spring that linked the allowed size of a proposed house to the size of contiguous uplands on the property rather […]
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Short-Term Rental Limits
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1859
The Butcher of Eastham
Gustavus Swift, meat magnate
On Route 6 in Eastham, across the road from Buddha Bob’s, sits a plain shingle-sided house. It’s a classic Cape house in many respects: its door faces east, it has […]
1920
Betsey Moehlich’s Cabinet of Historical Wonders
Betsey Snow Horton Moehlich, 80, lives in Eastham, in the house on Pilgrims Path her mother built. She is the caretaker of her family’s history on the Cape, stockpiling photographs […]
CONSUMER POWER
In Solar Market, Be Picky About Your Installer
Local companies with good references can make a difference in outcomes
EASTHAM — It’s been a pretty good decade or so for solar installations on the Outer Cape: 1,253 systems were installed on houses in the four outermost towns between 2014 […]
PRESSURE-TREATED
A Move-In Is on Hold After Conservation Commission Objects
The dispute is over the kind of wood used in pilings on Harmes Way
EASTHAM — The owners of a new $1.8-million house overlooking Cape Cod Bay at 345 Harmes Way were waiting for an occupancy permit before moving in. Instead they got a […]
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Getting Climate on the Warrant
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Putting a Price on Public Pickleball
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