Voting Note: The presidential primary election is Tuesday, March 5. Each party’s candidates, as well as candidates for state and town party committees, are on the ballot. Early in-person voting […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, February 29, - Thursday, March 7, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Wellfleet Legal Notices
TOWN OF WELLFLEET SELECT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING March 12, 2024 Notice is hereby given that the Wellfleet Selectboard will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 12, 2024; 6:00pm. virtually […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices
Town of Truro CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE REMOTE AGENDA ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024,@5:00 PM Interested citizens can join the meeting via this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81544816741 Or dial in: 1-646-931-3860 […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Open Space Committee: Town Meeting Articles Public Hearing March 7, 2024 In accordance with §2-3-g of the Provincetown Charter and §5-2-1 of the General Bylaw, the Provincetown […]
PUMPING IT UP
A Shout-Out for the Provincetown Cheer Team
Students defeat faculty at basketball to chants from a first-rate fifth-grade squad
PROVINCETOWN — It’s T-minus-one day until the first-ever halftime show for seven cheerleaders at practice on Feb. 15. Fifth-grade energy abounds, and arms punch high. Then the cardboard parcel of […]
TOWN FINANCE
Eastham Raises Fee for Vacation Rentals to $350
The increase is expected to raise about $200K for oversight efforts
EASTHAM — The town’s short-term rental registration fee will increase from $75 this year to $350 in 2025. The projected additional $192,500 in revenue will fund stricter oversight of more […]
PRESERVATION
Jamaican Congregation Hopes to Stay in Its Truro Chapel
But property owners Bob and Kathy Valleau have rebuffed early offers
TRURO — Alarm over the impending eviction of the mostly Jamaican congregation that meets at Truro’s Chapel on the Pond coalesced into a community meeting last weekend, as neighbors, preservationists, […]
MARKET-RATE RENTALS
Provincetown Takes Steps to Sell Harbor Hill
The town also allocates $348,500 to Lease to Locals program
PROVINCETOWN — The town is looking for a real estate broker to help sell or lease the town-owned apartments at Harbor Hill, the 28-unit former timeshare complex where 55 people […]
COUCH SURFING
For Cape Cod’s Homeless Youth, Resources Are Few
A new mid-Cape shelter will bring housing resources closer to the Outer Cape
EASTHAM — For Tony, who graduated from Nauset Regional High School last May, the stress of homework was the least of his troubles. He was one of three homeless students […]
SNOW DAY
A February Tour in Provincetown
Finding the bright spots after a storm
Photos by Elias Duncan
MEET THE MAKER
Timelessness, Sculpted Slowly
In Sophia Dress’s woodshop, form and function occupy the same territory
On a tabletop in Sophia Dress’s Truro studio are about a half dozen wooden objects carved from walnut wood. It’s not obvious how to categorize them. About the size of […]
‘THIRSTY THROUGH THE YEARS’
A Collection of Costumes Hits the Runway for a Cause
Thirsty Burlington auctions (some of) the contents of her closet
Two-foot-tall wigs and chandelier headpieces barely cleared the doorway of the Gifford House in Provincetown on Feb. 10, where the lobby served as backstage for “Thirsty Through the Years.” It […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Housing Workshop Canceled
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
Town Calendar Adjustments
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are held online. Locations are noted for in-person meetings. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details […]
