WELLFLEET — Oysters don’t hibernate, but when winter sets in and water temperatures dip below 48 degrees Fahrenheit, they enter something like a dormant state, which allows them to conserve […]
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WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
ADA Compliance
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Mar. 13, - Thursday, Mar. 20, 2025
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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 […]
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 […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
‘State of Town’ at Community Forum
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Mar. 6, - Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025
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Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Conservation Commission Public Hearing March 19, 2025 Please take notice that the Wellfleet Conservation Commission, in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wellfleet Environmental […]
LOCAL IMPACT
Feds Terminate Three National Seashore Staff
Archaeologist, ranger, and restoration ecologist were fired on Feb. 14
WELLFLEET — A nationwide mass firing of federal employees who were in their “probationary” first year on the job included three full-time staff at the Cape Cod National Seashore: archaeologist […]
WASTEWATER
Select Board Delays Vote on Watershed Management Plan
Another public hearing will be scheduled for March
WELLFLEET — The town’s long-awaited targeted watershed management plan, which involves building a sewer system for the central district and applying new septic system rules to most other properties, was […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Regionalization Study
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Feb. 27, - Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025
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Wellfleet Legal Notices
Town of Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing March 13, 2025 Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40-A, Section 11 and Wellfleet Section 235, the ZBA will hold public […]
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Where to Eat When Winter Gets Deep
The Independent’s February guide to Outer Cape restaurants that are open now
This article was updated on March 5, 2025. When the season slows, those of us who stay put on the Outer Cape savor our stay-at-home evenings — until we don’t. […]
WASTEWATER
Workshop Makes Wellfleet’s Sewer Plans Seem Less Murky
Select board hears how other towns have ‘planned to adapt’
WELLFLEET — At a workshop organized by the select board on Feb. 11, the way toward finalizing Wellfleet’s targeted watershed management plan became less murky. The board invited representatives from Mashpee […]
