PROVINCETOWN — Elizabeth Paine, the select board’s secretary for the last five years, has been promoted to town clerk, besting 14 other candidates for the position, which pays $86,516 a […]
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PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Cruiser Crash: Don’t Ask
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Port Report
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Wednesday, Nov. 30 Walsh […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Housing Plan Survey
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Drive-In Town Meeting?
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to the eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
HOUSING
Four Development Plans Offered for Walsh Land
Committee leans toward housing amid questions about Truro’s ‘character’
TRURO — Consultants from Tighe & Bond presented four scenarios for developing a 28.5-acre tract at the Nov. 9 meeting of the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee. The town purchased […]
WATER QUALITY
Officials Search for Source of PFAS Contamination
Levels 7 times limit prompt state action; no definitive answers
WELLFLEET — Drinking water in the well serving a private home on Chequessett Neck Road contained nearly seven times the state’s limit for PFAS when it was tested in the […]
ELECTION ANALYSIS
Outer Cape Votes Help Flip Barnstable County Sheriff Race
High turnout and large margins are decisive
PROVINCETOWN — Reno, Nevada calls itself the “biggest little city in America.” Well, at least when it comes to elections, the communities of the Outer Cape could be the “biggest […]
NAUSET HIGH RENOVATION
New Vote Set for Jan. 10 on Cost Overrun
Four Nauset district towns will be asked for another $38 million
EASTHAM — Voters in Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster will be asked to spend another $38.1 million to renovate Nauset Regional High School at a district-wide election on Jan. 10, […]
GO WITH THE FLOW
$75-Million Sewer Project Sails Through Town Meeting
Provincetown will have wastewater treatment town-wide by 2030
This story, which initially ran on Nov. 11, has been updated for the Nov. 17 issue. PROVINCETOWN — Voters at the Nov. 9 special town meeting endorsed a $75-million sewer […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Motta Field Community Design
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Cottage Gets New Home
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Nov. 17 Shellfish […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Shellfish Grant Lottery
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Ambulance Shortage Averted
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to the eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
2022 ELECTION
A Democratic Party Sweep on the Outer Cape
Election returns for key races in four towns: Nov. 8, 2022
Provincetown Registered voters: 3,390; ballots counted: 2,221 (65.5%) Governor Healey (D) 2,000 Diehl (R) 191 State Senator Cyr (D) 2,061 Lauzon (R) 133 County Commissioner Bergstrom (D) 2,040 Beaty (R) […]
