WELLFLEET — Voters at Saturday’s special town meeting adopted two zoning bylaw changes intended to create more year-round affordable dwellings in town. Both articles had been proposed by select board […]
Wellfleet
HOUSING CRISIS
When You Have to Live at a Campground
Hundreds of workers feel lucky to stay in trailers for the season
WELLFLEET — Flowers border the trailer where Katie Nelson has lived for the past four summers. Rocks and antique bottles collected at the beach surround the garden. Her boyfriend’s neon […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Vote on Sept. 20
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 - Wednesday Sept 21, 2022
Know when to hit the flats.
Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Select Board Hybrid Public Hearing September 27, 2022 In accordance with MGL Chapter 130 Sections 52, 57, 58, 60, and 68 and all applicable Town Shellfish Regulations, […]
FISCAL CRISIS
Wellfleet Once Again Faces No Free Cash
Voters will gather at town meeting on Saturday morning
WELLFLEET — Several capital projects listed on the warrant will need to be delayed because the town still has no free cash going into Saturday’s special town meeting. It starts […]
HOUSING
Developers Seek 12 Zoning Waivers for 95 Lawrence Road
One would allow Lower Village building to be 44 feet high
WELLFLEET — The developers of 46 units of affordable housing at 95 Lawrence Road, known as Long Pond Village, have requested 12 waivers from the town’s zoning regulations, which the […]
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Campground Cesspool Waiver Has to Come From the State DEP
A new wrinkle appears in the plan to buy Maurice’s in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — The details of a proposal that the town buy Maurice’s Campground as a site for community housing continued to change in the days leading up to the Sept. […]
MEET THE MAKER
Lightening Up the Serious World of Design
Playfulness and technical mastery come together in Bernhard Dessecker’s creations
When Bernhard Dessecker and his partner, Della Spring, were getting duct work done for air conditioning at their house in Wellfleet, the excavators dug up a trove of silver objects, […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Powers & Sullivan Again
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
THE STROLL
Wellfleet, Late August
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
Frying Pan Gallery 250 Commercial St. Friends Heather MacBride of Mashpee and Debbie Ward of Sandwich are dressed up for a night on the town. Having just enjoyed oyster happy […]
Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Wellfleet Conservation Commission Please take notice that the Wellfleet Conservation Commission, in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wellfleet Environmental Protection Bylaw, will hold […]
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Wellfleet’s Sept. 10 Campground Vote Hinges on Septic Waiver
Proponents seek compromise on Maurice’s 35 cesspools
WELLFLEET — Voters will be asked to buy a 21-acre campground with 240 campsites for $6.5 million at the Sept. 10 special town meeting. The goal is to create a […]
BIRDS
On the Herring River With Stephen Broker
Watching herons, egrets, ospreys, and rails
WELLFLEET — Mayo Beach is bustling on an August evening. SUVs are loaded with beach gear, and musicians tune up under the tent across the street. In the background, the […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Maurice’s Goes to Town Meeting
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]