Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 13 Local Comprehensive Planning Committee, 8:30 a.m., Council on Aging Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m., Brewster Town Hall Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m., Council […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 6 Housing Authority, 9:15 a.m., Town Hall Parking Task Force II at Wellfleet Forum, 7 p.m. Council on Aging Saturday, Feb. 8 Nauset Regional School Committee […]
THRIFT
Mass Appeal Gets Reprieve
Landlord changes his mind on eviction
WELLFLEET — Just nine days before the landlord’s deadline for vacating their longtime home, the volunteers at Mass Appeal got the good news that they can stay at the Cove […]
FLIGHT
Gliding the Outer Cape Coastline
Paragliders and hang gliders travel from across New England to catch that ‘magic flight’
WELLFLEET — The Outer Cape’s beaches are desolate this time of year. The only sign of human life may be the brave souls who trek the beaches on days that […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Friday, Jan. 31 95 Lawrence Road Rental Housing Task Force, 8 a.m., Town Hall Board of Assessors, 9:30 a.m., Town Hall Wednesday, Feb. 5 Conservation Commission, 4 p.m., […]
ECONOMY
Outer Cape Sees Boom in Rooms Tax Receipts
First full quarter of ‘weekly tax’ brings in an extra $1 million
PROVINCETOWN — After a year of commotion and confusion, the expansion of the rooms occupancy tax to cover short-term rentals is beginning to produce its intended dividends. In the first […]
BABYCAKES
First Wellfleet Baby of 2020
Wellfleet’s New Year’s baby is Charles Dylan Emmons, who was born on Jan. 10 at Cape Cod Hospital at 10:51 a.m. to parents Nina Picariello and Alexander Emmons. Nina teaches […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 23 Local Comprehensive Planning Committee, 8:30 a.m., Council on Aging Local Housing Partnership, 4 p.m., Town Hall Tuesday, Jan. 28 Select Board, 6 p.m., Council on […]
EXITS
Wellfleet Town Administrator Gives Notice
Dan Hoort, citing stress of the job, to leave June 30
WELLFLEET — Town Administrator Dan Hoort announced Friday that he is resigning from his job after four years, effective June 30. Hoort, a Provincetown innkeeper, holds a degree in accounting […]
MLK WEEKEND
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Highlights
Though the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born on Jan. 15, 1929, his birthday is memorialized on a federal holiday on the third Monday in […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 16 Herring River Executive Council, 3 p.m., Council on Aging Monday, Jan. 20 Town Hall closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tuesday, Jan. 21 Community-wide […]
HOUSING
Task Force Envisions Up to 46 New Rental Units
Apartments near school would be in two clusters
WELLFLEET — The 11-member task force that has been planning for affordable rental housing across from the Wellfleet Elementary School presented its work so far to a receptive audience of […]
CURRENTS
Meetings and Conversation Starters, Town by Town
Provincetown Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 9 Bicycle Committee, 2 p.m., Maushop Community Room, 44 Harry Kemp Way Economic Development Committee, 11 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center, 2 Mayflower Lane Planning […]
UPDATE
Mass Appeal Still Looking for New Home
Landlord MacGregor remains elusive
WELLFLEET — Mass Appeal, a nonprofit that has given away donated clothing at Cove Corner for the last 23 years, still has no place to go following a Nov. 1 […]
ENVIRONMENT
Wellfleet Resident Challenges Shark Mitigation Study
Says visual detection technology was improperly evaluated
WELLFLEET — Kristian Sexton, who says he is developing an aerial imaging system using drones to detect sharks, claims that there are “a number of serious problems” with the Woods […]
