Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Recount Confirms Child-Care Funding
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, May 25 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Police Promotions
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Wiley Park Hearing
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details. All meetings are […]
TRANSLATION
Liberating Kafka From the Myth of Kafka
Ross Benjamin’s translation of Kafka’s diaries is the first of its kind
EASTHAM — When the German-speaking Czech writer Franz Kafka died in 1924 from tuberculosis, he ordered his close friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his work. Brod, […]
CASUALTIES OF WAR
Veterans Organizations Confront a National Suicide Crisis
For many in the military, asking for help is the biggest challenge
PROVINCETOWN — When Marine Corps veteran Craig Butilier was stationed on Okinawa in 2004, he told a recent meeting of the VFW here, “there were eight suicides in my unit.” […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, May 25- Wednesday May 31, 2023
Know when to hit the flats.
Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Conservation Commission Public Hearing June 7, 2023 Please take notice that the Wellfleet Conservation Commission, in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wellfleet Environmental […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices
TOWN OF TRURO Board of Health Public Hearing June 6, 2023 The Truro Board of Health will hold a public hearing on June 6, 2023 to review and approve amendments […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Historic District Commission Public Hearing June 7, 2023 The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in […]
OCEAN VIEW DRIVE
Wellfleet Has Its Own Beach Banksy
WELLFLEET — England may have Banksy, but Wellfleet has its own mystery graffiti artist whose works have been popping up at the town’s beaches, painted on the plywood boards where […]
DEMOGRAPHICS
As State Shrinks, Cape Cod Has Its Own Odd Crisis
The Cape’s outmigration is feet first, casting a pall on the economy
PROVINCETOWN — The Outer Cape’s sparse population has long been part of its appeal. But during the early months of the pandemic, that characteristic of our towns suddenly became especially […]
TRURO ELECTION
Wider Children’s Programs Pass by Just One Vote
Override votes that sailed through town meeting struggled at the ballot box
TRURO — Late on election night, the “unofficial results” for Truro’s May 9 town balloting showed a perfectly tied vote on the Community Sustainability Package — a bundle of three […]
HOUSING
Cape Cod Commission Is Developing a Housing Strategy
A menu of policies should be released in fall; in the meantime, there’s a survey online
PROVINCETOWN — If you’re subscribed to emails from your town’s government, you’ve probably received a message recently asking you to respond to the Cape Cod Commission’s Regional Housing Preference Survey. […]
SMALL-TOWN NOISE
Battle Over Music at Fox & Crow Goes to Court
Zoning board hopes the two sides can find a compromise
WELLFLEET — Trudy Vermehren has been in an argument with neighbors about noise ever since she moved her popular year-round gathering spot, the Fox & Crow Café, from its previous […]
