WELLFLEET — The town’s interim administrator and accountants like to refer to the journals and records they are working to make sense of as a “ball of yarn” that is […]
YEAR IN REVIEW: HOUSING CRISIS
2021 Saw a Growing Determination to Build
A labor crisis and lots of new money mean action is coming
PROVINCETOWN — The Covid pandemic has been called the “great accelerator,” because it took existing trends, like working from home, and societal problems, like the spread of misinformation on social […]
THE YEAR IN ECOLOGY
Salt Marshes Through the Seasons, So Far
Six months’ worth of lessons about life on the tides for bloodsuckers, turtles, grasses, and golf balls
WELLFLEET — Throughout August, the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater spritzed the outdoor set of Nat Turner in Jerusalem with bug spray, so performers Ricardy Fabre and Robert St. Laurence could […]
MINISTRY
An Acupuncture Clinic in Wellfleet Seeks to Dispel Despair
A doctor offers free alternative treatment for addiction and depression
WELLFLEET — Dr. Margaret Tilton is out to change the ways people — both patients and physicians — approach treatment for depression and addiction. The starting point, she believes, is […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Meetings Ahead in Provincetown
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Meetings Ahead in Truro
All meetings in Truro are remote only. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Wednesday, Jan. 5 […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Meetings Ahead in Wellfleet
All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Meetings Ahead in Eastham
Most meetings are being held in person, but some are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations and […]
ON THE WATERFRONT
Eastham Pulls Out of Nauset Dredging Plan
After investing $600K, Orleans unlikely to find a way forward
EASTHAM — At a joint meeting with the Orleans Select Board on Dec. 13, the Eastham Select Board voted unanimously to pull out of the Nauset Estuary Dredge permitting process. […]
WELLFLEET’S ACCOUNTS
1,000 Errors Fixed So Far, As Search Continues
Free cash certification is now delayed until January
WELLFLEET — More than a thousand errors have been corrected in the town’s books for fiscal year 2020, interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner announced to the select board at its […]
FISHERIES
Judge Rules Against Gloucester Clammer ‘Monte’ Rome
Questions about enforcement of hydraulic dredging rules remain
PROVINCETOWN — A Barnstable Superior Court judge last month ordered the North Shore owner of a 70-foot sea clam boat to pay $7,500 in docking fees and obtain a permit […]
HOUSING CRISIS
Town Meeting Will Decide Funding and Possible Development Sites
Majority of select board favors stronger inclusionary bylaw revision
PROVINCETOWN — The local housing crisis will be on the table repeatedly at the 2022 annual town meeting in a slate of warrant articles to allocate money for housing, to […]
LIGHTBULB MOMENT
Wellfleet’s Long-Awaited Solar Array Is Up and Running
The project stalled because title to land for a utility pole was unclear
WELLFLEET — After a two-year delay, Wellfleet’s solar array is “on.” The power company Eversource and the solar contractor Ameresco flipped the switch on Dec. 9, bringing online 2,400 solar […]
PIER REVIEW
Who Should Pay to Repair an Aging Pier?
A longstanding argument about dockage rates is about to resume
PROVINCETOWN — Twenty years after an $18-million reconstruction, MacMillan Pier — the town’s economic and cultural heart — needs work. All agree on that. What is disputed is who should […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Mask Up in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Dec. 23 […]
