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EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
No Residential Exemption
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still held online. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details on any virtual options […]
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Lower Cape Ambulance Will Take Its Last Ride on July 1
Provincetown needs to hire 16 medics; Truro needs 8
TRURO — The symbiotic relationship between Provincetown, Truro, and the Lower Cape Ambulance Association (LCAA) will come to an end on July 1. Though the demise of the 86-year-old nonprofit […]
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Student Count Keeps Falling at Nauset High School
Truro and Wellfleet elementary schools also see decline
EASTHAM — Enrollment numbers for the Outer Cape’s public schools have finally arrived, and they show that existing trends here are getting worse. This year’s total enrollment in the Truro […]
THE HOUSING PUZZLE
Resource Center Tries to Light the Way for More ADUs
But even with help, most owners are deterred by high costs
PROVINCETOWN — Spend enough time learning about Cape Cod’s housing crisis and you’ll eventually hear something about ADUs, or accessory dwelling units. By definition, an ADU is a smaller residential […]
COUNTY POLITICS
Recall Provision for Commissioners Is Nixed Again
The commissioners won’t endorse the Assembly’s proposal
BARNSTABLE — The latest effort to add a provision to the Barnstable County charter allowing for the recall of a county commissioner has failed, after not securing the support of […]
STAFFING
Wellfleet Town Hall Welcomes First HR Director
Christine Ezersky takes the job created by voters at September’s special town meeting.
WELLFLEET — Christine Ezersky walked into town hall on Jan. 9 as the town’s first-ever human resources director. Voters at a Sept. 10, 2022 special town meeting approved Article 4 […]
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
OCHS Proposes New Addiction Recovery Clinic in Wellfleet
In-person therapy would be added to outpatient addiction program
WELLFLEET — The first clinic in the region to offer intensive in-person counseling to patients battling substance use disorders is currently in the works and would operate in the building […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Sharing the Road
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
Forget About Fossil Fuels
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, Jan. 19 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
The Buy-Down Bridge
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
The Present Is Female
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]
RESCUE
Housing Could Get $11.4M From County ARPA Pot
Addressing homelessness, affordable housing, and the ‘missing middle’
BARNSTABLE — An advisory committee established to recommend best uses of the $41.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding sent to the county says the $11.4 million remaining […]
HOUSING SOLUTIONS
Teaming Up to Bring Vail’s Strategy Home
P’town, Vineyard, and Nantucket, ask state to OK new deed restrictions
PROVINCETOWN — A housing strategy involving deed restrictions that was devised in Vail, Colo. and has been duplicated in Lake Tahoe, Calif. could soon be coming to the Cape and […]
ARPA UPDATE
$10M for Towns and $5M in Small Grants Slowly Progress
Countywide programs await Assembly approval
BARNSTABLE — The federal American Rescue Plan Act sent $41.3 million to Barnstable County. That money has now been divided into four separate pots: $12.8 million will be spent by […]
