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Wellfleet
HOUSING
Planning Board Debates Changes in AADU Bylaw
Affordability in accessory dwelling units is addressed
WELLFLEET — The planning board voted 5 to 1 at its Jan. 6 meeting to draft a new umbrella bylaw regulating both accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and affordable accessory dwelling […]
TOWN HALL
New Accountant Takes On ‘Glaring Issues’
WELLFLEET — Nearly three months after the abrupt dismissal of the town accountant, the town has filled the position. The new accountant, Heather Michaud, began work on Dec. 14, Town […]
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Uncaged
THE DREDGE REPORT
Wellfleet Loses Bid to Extend Dredging
A win for the whales as their season in the bay begins
WELLFLEET — Throwing its weight behind the Balaenidae of Cape Cod Bay, the Army Corps of Engineers on Dec. 30 rejected the town’s last-ditch request for a two-week extension of […]
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Covid Halts Wellfleet’s MLK Walk
Voices and artworks will still speak out on racism
WELLFLEET — Following months of racial reckoning inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this was supposed to be a big year for Wellfleet’s 18-year-old Martin Luther King Day observance […]
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GALLERY
House to House on Bound Brook Island
Exploring the past on a walk in the woods
Following the roads and paths of Wellfleet’s Bound Brook Island, you’ll find hillsides covered with bearberry and stands of winterberry along the now-still tidal brook below. There are houses, too […]
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ECONOMY
For Wellfleet Shellfishermen, Farmers Market Is ‘Pure Good News’
On the town pier: oysters to go
WELLFLEET — For local shellfishermen, good news this fall was in short supply. Covid’s shuttering of restaurants across the country had wreaked havoc on the wholesale distribution chain, usually a […]
TIPPING POINT
Cliffhanger at the Blasch House
Conservation Commission OKs sandbagging to prevent imminent slide
WELLFLEET — The long-running drama of the Blasch house continues, as the structure is now just 12 to 14 feet from the edge of the coastal bank high above Cape […]
BOUGHS
An Outer Cape Storybook Christmas
Handmade ornaments bring back memories of school at Rudelle’s
In winters past, Rudelle Falkenburg’s Storybook School was a regular Santa’s workshop of handmade ornaments. Many families still lovingly unpack these decorations each year, and, with them, sweet memories. “We […]
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ZONING
Wellfleet Looks at Changing Its Accessory Dwelling Bylaw
Could dropping ‘affordable’ ease the year-round housing shortage?
WELLFLEET — The planning board is discussing a new zoning bylaw that would loosen the rules governing accessory dwelling units by removing the requirement that they be “affordable.” The town’s […]
