This season, the Wellfleet Farmers Market is going to be one of those places where life’s new rules seem weirdest. The place to go to get your hands-on local produce […]
AQUACULTURE
OysterFest Is off the Table
Economic hit estimated at over $2 million
WELLFLEET — This town’s signature day will be missing in 2020 due to fears about the spread of Covid-19. The select board voted on April 28 to ban public uses […]
FROM A DISTANCE
Eastham Elementary Works to Maintain Connections
A parent group organizes interactions that matter to kids and adults
EASTHAM — Elementary students and teachers won’t be returning to school this year, but the community is trying to help make the most of the situation. There were cheerful waves […]
RESILIENCE
High Schools Plan to Celebrate Their Seniors
With a little help from a friend
WELLFLEET — Schools are shut for the rest of this term, at least, but that doesn’t mean Outer Cape high school seniors and their families won’t have a chance to […]
DEVELOPMENT
ZBA Backs Commissioner’s Duplex Ruling
A builder argues that his Route 6 project is really townhouses
EASTHAM — Developer Tim Klink of Coastal Companies failed to persuade the zoning board of appeals on May 7 to overrule the building commissioner’s decision that Klink’s proposed 16-unit Route […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Town Meeting Delay Stalls Housing Progress
Water main upgrade, a first step, needs voter approval
WELLFLEET — Officials are pumping the brakes on the 95 Lawrence Road affordable housing project due to the delay of town meeting. The use of town-owned land at that location, […]
AT THE LIBRARY
Curbside Pickup for Books Is Coming
Eastham Public Library gears up for an online summer
EASTHAM — The town’s library closed to the public exactly two months ago, but staff have been busy providing online options for patrons and planning for the day when the […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Provincetown
All meetings are held remotely. To watch a meeting go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Follow the link to the agenda for instructions on […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. To watch live: go to the town website, truro-ma.gov and find meetings on the lower right of the home page. Click on the agenda […]
currents
This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead All meetings are held online. Go to Wellfleet’s town website wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the individual meetings for instructions. Thursday, May 14 Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m. Friday, May […]
currents
This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Meetings are being conducted remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on a particular meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and […]
MIDDLE SCHOOL MORNINGS
From the Daily Journals of Provincetown Students
Fears for family, but also gratitude and peace
For the first 10 minutes of each school day, the Provincetown Schools Middle Years students — grades six, seven, and eight —write in their journals about their experiences living through […]
ARTISTS
Sky Power’s Abstract Dreamscapes: Emotions in Oil
A Provincetown artist retires and recharges
When we enter this world as newborns, we experience our surroundings visually as forms, shadows, and, gradually, shades of color. We recognize our mother’s face before all else, then become […]
ARS INTERRUPTUS
FAWC Cancels Entire Summer Program
PAAM and Castle Hill wait to see how crisis evolves
PROVINCETOWN — The Fine Arts Work Center notified participants in its summer workshops by email on April 29 that the entire program had been postponed until 2021 due to the […]
SUMMER 2020
Day-trippers Uninvited to Wellfleet Beaches
The first Outer Cape town to limit beach access
WELLFLEET — Summertime is coming but the living is far from easy. The expansive Outer Cape beaches may seem the perfect social distancing paradise, but the Wellfleet Select Board is […]
