When a work of theater focuses exclusively on the lives of older women — the things that pain them, humiliate them, terrify them, strengthen them, elate them, or amuse them […]
Wellfleet
oysterfest 2019
OysterFest Goes ‘Plastic Free’
Beer and wine in cans and stainless steel mugs replace plastic cups
WELLFLEET — Organizers of the Wellfeet OysterFest announced last week that this year’s event will be “plastic free” in response to rising concerns about the environmental impact of single-use plastics. […]
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Purchase of HDYLTA Flats Delayed by Survey Dispute
Town’s surveyor measured 162 acres, not the advertised 254
WELLFLEET — The town’s purchase of 254 acres of shellfish flats for $2 million from the HDYLTA Trust, which was supposed to close by Sept. 20, has been at least […]
WELLFLEET OYSTERFEST 2019
Wellfleet OysterFest Schedule of Attractions
Wellfleet OysterFest 2019 will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19-20, rain or shine. General admission tickets are $10 per day. Shellfishermen and food […]
environment
The DEP Says the Blasches May Build Their Wall
The town still hopes to prevail against the revetment in court
WELLFLEET — The owners of a mansion teetering on the edge of a dune near Great Island won approval from the state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) to construct a […]
Rail Trail
Wellfleet Select Board Unmoved by Bike Path Extension Opponents
In a close vote, board decides not to appeal to Gov. Baker
WELLFLEET — Following a heated exchange on Monday with a crowd opposed to the extension of the Cape Cod Rail Trail extension to Route 6, the Wellfleet Select Board voted […]
oysterfest 2019
Changes Coming to This Year’s Wellfleet OysterFest
Revamped SPAT board hires new oyster handlers
WELLFLEET — Ever wonder how all those oysters get to OysterFest? This year, Wellfleet Shellfish Promotion and Tasting (SPAT), the nonprofit that organizes the OysterFest, is expecting to serve 130,000 […]
PEOPLE
An Audubon Leader Fascinated by Humans
Melissa Lowe Cestaro on watching shifts in nature, culture, values
WELLFLEET — In September Melissa Lowe Cestaro became the director of Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. She succeeds Bob Prescott, who is retiring after nearly 40 years in the […]
Environment
Local Bird Banders Think Globally
Audubon work may shed light on alarming worldwide decline in bird populations
WELLFLEET — A Cape May warbler is flying through a pine forest. Its brown-green wings flutter madly as it races to keep up with its flock. It has been feeding […]
island notebook
Cock Soup From Scratch
Memories of my Jamaican grandparents come back to life
WELLFLEET — I grew up in the agricultural community of Black River, Jamaica, where my grandfather, Elmas Gustauvas Bowlin, was a prominent butcher at the local farmers’ market. The pride […]
Economy
Selectmen Tighten Rules on Overwintered Shellfish Racks
Farmers say new regs to avert wrecked gear won’t work
WELLFLEET — At a contentious meeting on Tuesday, the Wellfleet Select Board voted 3-0 to limit the number of shellfish racks that may be left on aquaculture grants through the […]
ART AND POETRY
A Love of Two Peninsulas Creates an Unusual Exhibit
Bracaval and Brunet-Weinmann collaboration connects Cape Cod and Brittany
WELLFLEET — Art critic and poet Monique Brunet-Weinmann and artist Bertrand Bracaval are both from Brittany, the westernmost region of France, but they did not meet each other there. That […]
LEARNING
Draft Regional School Plan Calls for ‘Learning Culture’
EASTHAM — A proposed revision of the strategic plan for the Nauset Regional School District emphasizes social and emotional learning, global citizenship, and partnerships between the schools and the community […]
FIRST RESPONSE
Fire Exposes Weakness in Outer Cape Emergency Lines
Both 911 and regular phone service are cut off for hours
WELLFLEET — A fiber optic cable fire on Route 6 near Pamet Point Road took out telephone lines and blocked first responder communications from Wellfleet to Provincetown for several hours […]
CLIMATE
Libraries Team Up to Prepare for Crisis
‘Blue marble librarians’ aim to promote social resilience
WELLFLEET — As citizens organize to address the certainty of disruptive climate-related events here, librarians — including Wellfleet’s Gabrielle Griffis — are taking a leading role in urging communities to […]
