Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Mar. 13, - Thursday, Mar. 20, 2025
Know when to hit the flats.
Town of Truro Legal Notices
Town of Truro PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF REMOTE PUBLIC HEARING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025 AT 5:00 PM View on television Channel 8 in Truro; or on the Homepage website (www.truro-ma.gov), […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Finance Committee ANNUAL TOWN MEETING – FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Public Hearing March 13, 2025 Per the Provincetown Charter 2-3-g, the Committee will hold a Public Hearing on […]
TERMINATION
Outer Cape Protests Firing of Park Service Staff
More than 100 people gather near Salt Pond Visitor Center on March 1
EASTHAM — A yellow patch of grass opposite the Lobster Shanty on Route 6 became the site of a 100-person protest on Saturday, March 1, as it was the nearest […]
TOWN MEETING
Eastham School Committee Will Request a Stabilization Fund
The current elementary budget is ‘cutting at the bones,’ superintendent warns
EASTHAM — At this year’s town meeting, voters will be asked to approve the creation of a special education stabilization fund to help support expenses at the town’s elementary school. […]
ERAS TOUR
Collins Cove Cottage Colony Sale Finalized
Condos are the future of one of Eastham’s last rental cottage clusters
EASTHAM — For more than 100 years, five generations of Collinses have cared for a collection of six rental cottages along with a main house built along the shore of […]
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Commission Votes to Delay Demolition of Mid-Century House
In place of an original Saltonstall ‘Colony’ cottage, owners say they need a bigger house
WELLFLEET — The historical commission has urged the owners of a 75-year-old cottage that is an important example of mid-century modern architecture to consider alternatives to its demolition. The house […]
HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Navigating Abortion Care on the Outer Cape
National anti-abortion efforts have an effect on local access
PROVINCETOWN — Despite Massachusetts laws protecting access to abortion, logistical and institutional barriers persist for Outer Cape residents seeking care. Most abortions in the U.S. today are early in pregnancy: […]
FRESH BROOK HISTORY
The Sea-Run Brook Trout of Wellfleet
Along a stream where fishing flourished, stillness, and a chance for restoration
It’s hard to imagine what Wellfleet’s Fresh Brook — or Trout Brook, as it is labeled on some old maps — looked like a half millennium ago, when it was […]
HISTORY
How 2013 Closing of Provincetown High School Still Echoes Today
Tipping point came fast for the ‘heart of the community’
PROVINCETOWN — The four towns of the Nauset Regional School District — Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster — are embarking this year on a state-supported study of whether two or […]
HOEDOWN
The Boot Scootin’ Boogie and Other Line Dances
Francis Grant wants you to allow yourself to have a good time
Music drifts out of the Wilde Playhouse room at the Gifford House in Provincetown, but it’s somehow not what you’re expecting. It’s the twang of the “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” by […]
CULTIVATION
The Bold and Patient Art of Bonsai
David Gavelek teaches a class that’s part horticulture, part art, and part engineering
Six bonsai trees in clay pots stand in a lineup under the fluorescent lights of the cafeteria at the Truro Central School, awaiting critique. The bonsai, all larches and junipers, […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Superintendent Interviews
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
New Town Clerk
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join. […]
