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    STATE GOVERNMENT

    Housing Bill Is Still on Track, Say Cape Legislators

    The ‘most significant housing legislation since 40B’ will go to hearings in January

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    PROVINCETOWN — The state legislature has been roasted by the Boston Globe and WBUR for its slow pace of lawmaking this year — the first in which Democrats have held […]

    MAKERS’ MARKET

    A Visit to a Village Populated by Quirky Craftsfolk

    String lights and spruce boughs, fiber art and Barbie heads

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    PROVINCETOWN — Celeste Hanlon’s Barbie-head ornaments are hard to miss at Canteen’s annual holiday market. She started making them before Barbie became a movie star. Years ago, Hanlon started buying […]

    SNAPSHOT

    Norm Torvill Is Bound for Iowa

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    Provincetown, Dec. 4, 1:41 p.m.: Norm Torvill is restoring benches on MacMillan Pier. He’s also getting ready to move to Iowa, where an old Army buddy tells him life is […]

    PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Psilocybin in the Legislature

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    Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]

    Provincetown Legal Notices

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    Town of Provincetown Position Opening Assistant Town Treasurer & Collector  The Town of Provincetown is now accepting applications for the full-time position of Assistant Town Treasurer & Collector.   This candidate […]

    HOUSING

    Workshop Offers a Preview of Town Meeting Agenda

    Zoning changes and a ‘Lease to Locals’ program are on the docket

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    PROVINCETOWN — The town’s “housing workshops” — periodic joint meetings of four committees plus town staff that began in 2021 — have become a kind of drafting room for town […]

    CHAPTER 91

    State Regulators Face Questions on Harbor Access

    The DEP’s Waterways Division is ‘still reviewing the file’ on Provincetown Marina

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    PROVINCETOWN — The director and assistant director of the state Dept. of Environmental Protection’s Waterways Division joined a Nov. 30 workshop in Provincetown focused on encouraging compliance with Chapter 91, […]

    PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Flooding Forum

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    Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]

    Provincetown Legal Notices

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    Town of Provincetown School Committee Public Hearing December 20, 2023 The Provincetown School Committee will hold a Public Hearing for Proposals to the FY25 School Budget on Wednesday, December 20, […]

    HOUSING MARKET

    Year-Round Trust Debates Rent Hike at Harbor Hill

    ‘Market-rate rent’ is hard to pin down, and estimates spark disagreement

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    PROVINCETOWN — After discussing how quickly to raise rents at the town-owned Harbor Hill apartments at their meeting on Oct. 30, the members of Provincetown’s Year-Round Market-Rate Rental Housing Trust […]

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