Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available.
Tuesday, Nov. 16
- Conservation Commission, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 17
- Historic District Commission, 4 p.m., Town Hall
Thursday, Nov. 18
- Board of Health, 4 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m. Town Hall
Conversation Starters
A Park by Any Other Name
The recreation commission is looking for the public to vote on three potential names for the East End Waterfront Park to be created on what was formerly Elena Hall’s parking lot at 387 Commercial St.
Due to a close vote among survey respondents, the recreation commissioners want more residents to weigh in on the three names: Hall Park (named for the late Elena Hall), Cannery Wharf Park (the historic use of the area), or the East End Waterfront Park (the park’s location).
If you have not voted already, use this link (surveymonkey.com/r/387CommercialStName) by Dec. 1. The recreation commission will also hold a public forum on the name on Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m.
‘A Clamming Town’
The recreational shellfishing season opened on time, Nov. 5, and runs through March. Recreational license holders may pick and dig on Sundays and Fridays, and Stephen Wisbauer, the town’s shellfish constable, said he expects shellfishing will be more popular than ever this winter as people come out of Covid-19 hibernation.
The Mass. Div. of Marine Fisheries had warned the town that pollution from a wrecked sailboat at the West End breakwater could prevent the recreational season from starting on time. But the harbormaster’s office was able to clear the boat off the breakwater and water testing for fecal coliform (which would have come from the head on the boat) revealed the water was safe for shellfishing, Wisbauer said.
Forty-six shellfish foragers combed the flats on Nov. 7, which Wisbauer called a small, “intimate” group. Past years have brought out as many as 160 foragers in a day. He thinks Sunday, Nov. 14, could attract a record 200.
Residents and nonresidents can purchase shellfish licenses online at provincetown-ma.gov/80/Shellfish.
Most people come to the Provincetown flats at low tide to dig for clams. Oysters are also available, but way less popular.
“People go right by them,” Wisbauer said. “It’s a clamming town.” —K.C. Myers
