EASTHAM — Every driver who enters Eastham via Route 6 is greeted by an orange sign warning that the next 6.2 miles of highway are a “High Traffic Enforcement Area.” […]
THE RENTAL TAX
Wellfleet Select Board: 80% of Revenue Should Go to Trust Fund
Short-term rentals created housing shortage, says Terkanian
WELLFLEET — The select board has endorsed the idea of earmarking 80 percent of the revenue from the short-term rental tax to the town’s new affordable housing trust fund. “A […]
HOW TO SPEND IT
Morse Suggests Putting 26% of Rooms Taxes Into Housing Efforts
Three boards try to move the needle on town’s housing crisis
PROVINCETOWN — How much of the money collected from the new short-term rental tax should go to community housing efforts? That was the big question on the table at a […]
FOOTBALL
High School Football Teams Deal With Drop in Participation
Coaches and players try to understand why ‘Friday night lights’ are not so bright this year
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School’s football team won its Homecoming game against Martha’s Vineyard on Oct. 15, giving players and fans something to celebrate in a season rocked by […]
PAINE HOLLOW
Progress on 8 Affordable Units First Proposed in 2006
ZBA says changes agreed to by developer and abutters don’t require new hearing
WELLFLEET — Developer Ted Malone will be able to meet the Oct. 30 pre-application deadline to seek funding in 2022 for his plan to build eight units of affordable housing […]
CLIMATE CRISIS
Coastal Studies’ Rich Delaney Is Going to Glasgow
A small-town CEO with global influence at U.N. conference
PROVINCETOWN — Center for Coastal Studies CEO Rich Delaney may sit in the driver’s seat of a small nonprofit working to save the whales in Provincetown, but he has a […]
MAYDAY
Three Rescued From Capsized Sailboat in Wellfleet Harbor
Unpredictable fall weather takes the blame
WELLFLEET — Curt Felix says that if the wind had just stayed steady, he and two other sailors would have enjoyed a beautiful Sunday sail on Oct. 17. Instead, gusts […]
TURTLE TALK
Mass Audubon Volunteers Release Record Number of Terrapin Hatchlings
Hurricane Ida’s remnants unleash droves of diamondback babies
WELLFLEET — The day after Hurricane Ida’s rainy remnants swept across the Cape on Sept. 2, Jessica Ciarcia of Massachusetts Audubon arrived on Lieutenant Island for a diamondback terrapin monitoring […]
LOVE, ACTUALLY
An After-Hours Wedding
Bob Keary and Peter Sullivan
Bob Keary and Peter Sullivan tied the knot on Oct. 16, 2021 after 14 years together. “We prefer not to rush into things,” Keary said. The wedding was celebrated on […]
MODERNISM
On a Tour, Glimpses of How Architecture Inspired a Way of Life
At the Kepes and Hatch houses, brief encounters with modernism’s inhabitants
WELLFLEET — Down a sand road along the back of a kettle pond sits an austere one-story plywood-skinned rectangle on low stilts. Barely discernible from its surroundings, it was designed […]
POSTAL WOE
Delays Plague Eastham P.O. Once More
Residents report week-long delivery lapses
EASTHAM — A mail carrier at the Eastham Post Office has recently quit, resulting in service lapses for many residents, according to numerous sources. In recent weeks, mail trucks have […]
EXIT INTERVIEW
Health Director Says the Pandemic Didn’t Wear Her Down
For Morgan Clark, the regulator role was the hardest part of the job
PROVINCETOWN — After almost 10 years in the town health dept., including seven as health director, Morgan Clark is leaving town government. She’s going back to work for one of […]
SCHOOLS
Search for New Nauset Superintendent Begins
ORLEANS — If everything goes according to plan, the Nauset Regional Schools will name a new superintendent by Jan. 29, 2022. Thus far, the search committee has held four public […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
It’s Official: Selects Like Morse
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in-person only, some are remote only, and some are a hybrid where you can go both ways. Go to provincetown-ma.gov, click on the meeting you want to watch, and follow […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
New Finance Director
Meetings Ahead
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. Thursday, Oct. 21 […]
