PROVINCETOWN — The public landscape committee presented its plan to renovate the Pilgrims’ First Landing Park in the West End at a joint meeting with the select board on Monday, […]
LEARNING
Selectmen Ask for Help on Scholarship Eligibility
Board members disagree on whether aid should be reserved to town residents
PROVINCETOWN — Disagreement over who should be eligible to benefit from a town scholarship fund established more than 30 years ago led the select board to ask for help from […]
LEARNING
Draft Regional School Plan Calls for ‘Learning Culture’
EASTHAM — A proposed revision of the strategic plan for the Nauset Regional School District emphasizes social and emotional learning, global citizenship, and partnerships between the schools and the community […]
OBITUARY
Rev. James W. Cox of Provincetown Methodist Church Dies at 59
Reverend Jim planned a traditional New Orleans "second line" funeral for himself
PROVINCETOWN — The Rev. James W. “Jim” Cox of Provincetown died on Sept. 10, 2019 at home, surrounded by friends. He was 59. Born in Barnstable and raised in Wellfleet, he was the […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Provincetown’s Fake Economy
Income inequality is all around us
PROVINCETOWN — I live in an unusual Provincetown neighborhood. There are 11 nearby dwellings, and eight of them are occupied year-round. (That’s 73 percent.) Two of my year-round neighbors own […]
OBITUARIES
Santos and Rocheteau Services This Weekend
Mary Lou Santos, 90 TRURO — A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 20 for Mary Lou Santos, who died at age 90 on April […]
FIRST RESPONSE
Fire Exposes Weakness in Outer Cape Emergency Lines
Both 911 and regular phone service are cut off for hours
WELLFLEET — A fiber optic cable fire on Route 6 near Pamet Point Road took out telephone lines and blocked first responder communications from Wellfleet to Provincetown for several hours […]
OBITUARY
Artist, Gallery Owner Anne Lord Malicoat Is Dead at 81
A long-time presence in Provincetown, she was a compulsive truth-teller
PROVINCETOWN — Anne Lord Malicoat, a long-time resident of Provincetown, died peacefully at home on Aug. 29, 2019, with her family at her side. She was 81 and had lived […]
CLIMATE
Libraries Team Up to Prepare for Crisis
‘Blue marble librarians’ aim to promote social resilience
WELLFLEET — As citizens organize to address the certainty of disruptive climate-related events here, librarians — including Wellfleet’s Gabrielle Griffis — are taking a leading role in urging communities to […]
EASTHAM CURRENTS
‘First Encounter’ Events Start With Lecture
Bragdon will speak on early visitors to the Outer Cape
EASTHAM — The 400 Commemoration Committee isn’t waiting until 2020 to start the celebrations; the first of its events, in partnership with the Eastham Public Library, takes place this Sunday, […]
HOUSING
263 Apply for Affordable Units in Eastham
Lottery sets order in which Nauset Green applicants will be considered
EASTHAM — Some 200 local residents filled the Orleans-Eastham Elks Lodge on Sept. 5, waiting anxiously for their numbers to be called by representatives of Pennrose, the developer of the […]
THEATER
Tennessee Williams Festival to Spotlight Mishima and Japan
Exploring how two writers’ queerness led to “a truly generative exchange”
PROVINCETOWN — Everybody knows the name Tennessee Williams, the two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright who gave us The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Not […]
THEATER
A Tale of Two ‘Rhinoceros’es
WHAT celebrates 35 years with the play that started it all
WELLFLEET — Spoiler alert: Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, which opens this weekend at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, ends with a defiant declaration. “I’m not capitulating!” shouts the last man on earth. It’s […]
ENVIRONMENT
Mayo Creek Project May Be Key to Harbor Improvement
Some residents wary of restoration plan OK’d by select board
WELLFLEET — A multimillion-dollar plan to restore Mayo Creek could significantly improve water quality in Wellfleet Harbor and would not threaten nearby structures or septic systems, town officials have concluded. […]
HEALTH
Mosquitoes Infected With EEE Virus Found in Wellfleet, Truro
The rare but deadly disease calls for extra precautions
WELLFLEET — Health and Conservation Agent Hillary Greenberg-Lemos issued a warning on Wednesday that the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus had been detected in Wellfleet. The rare but deadly disease is […]
