The Swapshop Ecology Action (SEA) Prize, awarded by the Wellfleet-based nonprofit Cape Cool, goes to graduating Cape Cod seniors who have demonstrated dedication to environmentalism both inside and outside the […]
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CURRENTS
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Thursday, July 9 Planning Board, 6 p.m. Public Pier Corp., 3 p.m. […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. To watch live, go to truro-ma.gov and follow the “helpful link” to Truro Channel 18. Thursday, July 9 Zoning Board of Appeals, Cloverleaf hearing, […]
currents
This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for instructions on how to participate. Thursday, July 9 Dredging Task Force, […]
currents
This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on a particular meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take […]
INVESTIGATION
Willy’s Gym Owner Is Accused of Identity Fraud
Barbara Niggel is said to have agreed to pay for dropping of charge
EASTHAM — Virginia Reynolds was working in the summer of 2018 at Bayside Consignment, a now-defunct shop on Route 6, when, she says, Barbara Niggel, the owner of the building, […]
POLICING, PART 1
Racial Profiling and Outer Cape Police Practice
Chiefs say summer population influx makes arrest data unreliable
As conversations about racism and police brutality have spread to every corner of the country, including the Outer Cape, police data have been at the root of efforts to expose […]
ADDICTION
State Boosts Telehealth for Drug Therapy
Baker’s order makes treatment for substance abuse more accessible
Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order on March 15 expanding access to telehealth services for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis. His action has the potential to make Medication […]
REOPENING
Phase Three Businesses Wait for the Green Light
Museums, boats, tours, and gyms all look to July 6
PROVINCETOWN — Many of Provincetown’s most iconic experiences are phase three businesses that could, if statewide indicators stay on the right track, be reopening on Monday, July 6. Phase three […]
ELECTION
Truro Turns Down New Firefighters
New ambulance passes, but DPW truck purchase fails
TRURO — Voters said no to hiring four new firefighter-paramedics and purchasing a heavy-duty tractor trailer for the DPW at the June 30 town election. Only 469 or 24 percent […]
HOUSING
Cloverleaf Plan Adds Cedar Shingles, Wastewater Treatment
ZBA continues its review of Truro’s largest affordable housing development
TRURO — The proposed affordable housing complex known as the “Cloverleaf” will have the cedar shingles and painted trim that have typified other housing developments by the Provincetown-based Community Housing […]
DEVELOPMENT
More Condos, Less Impact
Klink’s Route 6 development in Eastham won’t exit via Wiley Lane
EASTHAM — There’s been a meeting of the minds between Tim Klink and the residents of Wiley Lane, the cul-de-sac behind the Route 6 property he wants to develop. Rather […]
CIVICS
Keeping the Postal Service Alive
What’s at stake goes beyond threats to voting by mail
In the current round of local town elections, it appears that about 90 percent of the votes were sent in by mail. And if the Covid-19 pandemic continues into the […]
ACCIDENT
Cyclist Injured on Route 6
WELLFLEET — Kathleen Kusiak, 55, of West Newton was struck by a car when she turned north on Route 6 from Main Street at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 28, according […]
CRIME
Unruly Tourist Assaults Elderly Restaurateur
PROVINCETOWN — The 80-year-old owner of George’s Pizza, who was punched in the face Saturday night by an allegedly unruly customer, still had ringing in his ears days later, according […]
