PROVINCETOWN — An appeal of the planning board’s approval of the workforce housing development known as the Barracks will remain in Barnstable Superior Court. Lawyers for the developer, Provincetown businessman […]
Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
The Lobster Pot Tree Cometh
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Dec. 9 […]
COVID-19 UPDATE
Outer Cape Kids and Parents Feel Relief About Pediatric Vaccine
Gatherings, family vacations, and going back to school
PROVINCETOWN — With crayons and pages of coloring books scattered over the floor around them, Alaina and Kacey Vida sit in the waiting area of a Walgreens Pharmacy. It’s the […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Short-Term Rental Tax
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Dec. 2 […]
REAL ESTATE
Pace of Sales Picks Up in Provincetown’s Business Sector
Brass Key, Crowne Pointe, and Land’s End Inn are all changing hands
PROVINCETOWN — The sales of three important hotel and restaurant properties have been announced in recent days, with at least one more pending, as the frenzied real estate market on […]
COURT REPORT
Charged With 4th OUI and Facing 2 Years in Jail
Provincetown man wrecks car on nature trail after police chase
PROVINCETOWN — Sean P. Hallisey, 51, of Bradford Street crashed his ex-partner’s vehicle into the woods beside the entrance to the Old Colony Nature Pathway on Howland Street on Saturday, […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Sign of the Times: Edibles and Pets
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Town Hall is […]
SAL'S PLACE V. CONNORS
Judge Recognizes State Ownership of Intertidal Zone
Reversal means Carew may not have to pay fines and attorney fees
PROVINCETOWN — The owner of Sal’s Place may not have to pay $78,499 in legal fees plus fines for putting restaurant tables on the beach behind her neighbor’s house. In […]
BEACON HILL
Cyr and Peake Direct Federal and State Relief at Housing Efforts
Legislative earmarks could bring $4.5 million to Cape Cod
PROVINCETOWN — Spending bills being finalized in Boston this week will allocate $2.4 billion in federal relief money from the American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress passed in March, and […]
EQUITY
Diversity Audit Sets Direction for Future DEI Officer
Increasing diversity is difficult, so work toward inclusion, says Hinton
PROVINCETOWN — The results of a town diversity audit are in: Provincetown year-rounders are mostly white and older, on average, than the rest of the state, and the community is […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Turkeys Will Trot
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Nov. 18 […]
SECRET PLACES
Collecting Rubies in the Sand
In the Province Lands, a bog for berries and reflection
The greens, golds, pinks, and reds of just a few weeks ago have given way to a sepia-toned world, awash in amber, russet, and ash. I pull up to my […]
MISSING THE BUS
If You See Something, Say Something
PROVINCETOWN — Police are investigating the disappearance of a white 2011 Chevrolet Star Crafter student activities mini-bus. It was apparently stolen sometime overnight on Thursday, Nov. 4 from the public […]
COURT REPORT
Judge Is Asked to Require $50K Bond in Barracks Suit
Plaintiffs argue that dorm-style housing doesn’t count as ‘affordable’
PROVINCETOWN — Lawyers for the developer of a proposed workforce housing project — known as the Barracks — and the town’s planning board, which approved the development, have asked a […]
VETERANS DAY
A Son of Provincetown Looks Back on His Service
The challenge now is to ‘stay true to the idealism that inspired us in the first place’
Michael Cabral retired as a sergeant in the United States Army in 2013 with a chest full of medals. He also had PTSD. Cabral fractured his back twice in training […]
