EASTHAM — At any beach cleanup, the haul of trash is fairly predictable: plastic, in the form of beverage bottles, shopping bags, straws, netting, and more. Because much of the […]
ECONOMY
Outer Cape Sees Boom in Rooms Tax Receipts
First full quarter of ‘weekly tax’ brings in an extra $1 million
PROVINCETOWN — After a year of commotion and confusion, the expansion of the rooms occupancy tax to cover short-term rentals is beginning to produce its intended dividends. In the first […]
BABYCAKES
First Wellfleet Baby of 2020
Wellfleet’s New Year’s baby is Charles Dylan Emmons, who was born on Jan. 10 at Cape Cod Hospital at 10:51 a.m. to parents Nina Picariello and Alexander Emmons. Nina teaches […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Three Pastors on a Hill of Storms
From 1711 to 1828, Truro was served by three notable ministers
TRURO — Everyone who drives to Provincetown along Route 6 in North Truro travels across one of the town’s highest elevations, called in the old custom the “Hill of Storms.” […]
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Monday, Jan. 27 Board of Health, 10 a.m., Earle Mountain Meeting Room, Town Hall Eastham 400 Commemoration Committee, 10:30 a.m., Public Library Eastham Elementary School Committee, 5:30 p.m., Earle […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 23 Local Comprehensive Planning Committee, 8:30 a.m., Council on Aging Local Housing Partnership, 4 p.m., Town Hall Tuesday, Jan. 28 Select Board, 6 p.m., Council on […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 23 Conservation Commission, 1 p.m., Town Hall Pamet Harbor Commission, 7 p.m., Truro Public Safety Facility Monday, Jan. 27 Select Board and Finance Committee Budget Task […]
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This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 23 Economic Development Committee, 11 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Public Pier Corp., 4 p.m., Town Hall Recreation Commission, 5:30 […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Long History of Ills Led to Willy’s Closing
December crackdown on popular gym followed illicit shindig
EASTHAM — The Dec. 12 order shutting down Willy’s World Wellness & Conference Center is the latest chapter in a long and troubled history of the popular gym. Eastham Building […]
EXITS
Wellfleet Town Administrator Gives Notice
Dan Hoort, citing stress of the job, to leave June 30
WELLFLEET — Town Administrator Dan Hoort announced Friday that he is resigning from his job after four years, effective June 30. Hoort, a Provincetown innkeeper, holds a degree in accounting […]
LEADERSHIP
Robin Craver Takes the Reins in Provincetown
New town manager will get $190K salary plus housing bonus
PROVINCETOWN — Robin Craver led her first meeting as town manager at 9 a.m. Tuesday, just hours after the select board announced on Monday night that they had agreed to […]
WAYS AND MEANS
FY21 Eastham Budget Includes Town Staff Restructuring
New positions include community development director and grants administrator
EASTHAM — Town Administrator Jacqueline Beebe presented the select board with a fiscal year 2021 budget totaling nearly $32 million on Jan. 6, representing an increase of 4 percent over […]
MLK WEEKEND
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Highlights
Though the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born on Jan. 15, 1929, his birthday is memorialized on a federal holiday on the third Monday in […]
CIVICS
There’s a New Town Planner at Work
Thaddeus Soulé says that ‘everyone is a planner’
PROVINCETOWN — Thaddeus Soulé, the new town planner, said that he’s out to cast a wide net and bring as many people as possible into Provincetown planning. In a recent […]
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This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 16 Animal Welfare Committee, 12 noon, Council on Aging Community Housing Council, 3 p.m., Town Hall Harbor Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall Year-Round Market-Rate Rental Housing […]
